Sustainably Growing the Local Food Economy

Locally directed spending supports a web of relationships that serves to restore the land and regenerate community.  Locally directed spending by consumers more than doubles the number of food dollars circulating among businesses in our communities.

A shift of 20% of our food dollars into locally directed spending would result in a nearly half billion dollar annual income increase in King County alone and double that in the Central Puget Sound region.

The Vision of a Sustainable Regional Food System is to grow the web of relationships that makes up the local food economy to a size that meets the region’s need for justly and sustainably produced food.

The challenge is to sustainably grow the web of relationships that is the local food economy's foundation without sapping its vitality in the process.

The opportunity is to meet the growing demand for locally-produced food in a way that preserves and regenerates this web of relationships.