Erin MacDougall
ErinMacDougall
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| My Groups: | Sustainably Growing the Local Food Economy |
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Areas of Focus
Agricultural Policy
(802 people) | Gardening
(1862 people) | Organic Farming
(2227 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(2470 people) | Ecotourism
(1353 people) | Child and Youth Protection
(1076 people) | Children's Health
(986 people) | Youth Capacity Building
(963 people) | Youth Education and Empowerment
(2441 people) | Youth Leadership
(1370 people) | Youth Participation
(1095 people) | Youth-led Organizations
(868 people) | Leadership Training
(1667 people) | Land Stewardship
(1214 people) | Global Food Supply and Sustainability
(1719 people) | Local Food Systems
(1957 people) | Hunger and Food Security
(939 people) | Food Supply
(584 people) | Greenhouse Gases
(1012 people) | Climate Change
(3153 people) | Environmental Health
(1108 people) | Green Hospital Movement
(527 people) | Public Health
(855 people) | Sustainable Living
(2527 people) | Infrastructure
(755 people) | Sustainable Communities
(2815 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1315 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1434 people) | Urban Ecology
(1241 people) | Urban Revitalization
(899 people) | Green Roofs
(1207 people)
About
I work for Public Health Seattle & King County and manage the county’s efforts around Healthy Eating and Active Living. My passion is to advance programs and policies around Nutrition, Physical Activity, Land Use and the Built Environment to help all residents "make the healthy choice, the easy choice." I am working with many community partners to advance a new Kellogg Foundation funded effort, called the King County Food and Fitness Initiative (www.kcffi.org) to support local, sustainable food systems and safe and inviting places for physical activity and play for children and families in our region. My background is in Nutrition Science, with an emphasis on understanding chronic disease. I have been involved locally for the last 5 years in school gardening through the Puget Sound School Gardens Collective (www.pugetsoundschoolgardens.org), Farm to School efforts (www.farmtoschoolwashington.org), community gardening (http://seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/), the Acting Food Policy Council (http://king.wsu.edu/foodandfarms/foodpolicycouncil.htm), campaigns that promote eating local food (http://www.pugetsoundfresh.org/eatlocal/index.asp), and advancing local food policy (e.g. http://www.environmentalpriorities.org/local-farms/local-farms-healthy-kids). I also volunteer as a board member of the P-Patch Trust (www.ppatchtrust.org), a nonprofit organization working to acquire, build, preserve and protect community gardens in Seattle’s neighborhoods. I believe strongly in the role of local, sustainable agriculture in the prevention of chronic disease and as an essential way to promote lifelong health for people and the planet.