In June the House passed a Farm Bill that increases hunger and poverty. By cutting $20 billion and strictly limiting eligibility for SNAP (food stamps), it takes food away from working-poor families, children, disabled people, veterans, seniors and seasonal workers. […]
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Buy Local – Build Local. Where will We Get our Future Farmers?
The men and women who grow our food are getting older. Who will replace them? […]
The Many Ways to Shop at Your Local Farmers Market
By Kendra Dean, Catholic Charities Eastern Washington Food For All Project Manager There are a multitude of reasons to support your local farmers markets here in Spokane County. These include, but are not limited to, enhanced flavor, building your local community, reducing your environmental impact, and supporting local businesses – all great things! We are […]
Food & Politics: The Farm Bill
Written By: Linda Moulder Begun after the Dust Bowl and Depression years of the 1930s, Congress developed a complex set of safety nets for food, fiber, fuel and energy and named it the Farm Bill. $100 billion is allotted annually to support Farm Bill programs. Federal policies are complicated and the Farm Bill is no […]
What Food Policy in Spokane means for you
Spokane Food Policy “SFPC Update: The Spokane Food Policy Council (SFPC) first met October 2013, and since then has been engaged in council organizational/program development, research, and outreach. Some particular areas of current and future interest include: farmland preservation K-12 nutrition institutional purchasing policies policies that allow for local food processing in or near urban […]
Urban Livestock and Market Gardening in the City of Spokane
Written By: Pat Munts May 2017- Urban Livestock and Market Gardening in the City of Spokane: “How cool would it be if you could walk down the street in your Spokane neighborhood and buy vegetables fruit and flowers from your neighbor who grew them right in their back yard? It can’t be fresher […]
