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Tumwater staff and consultant present community food assessment and invite policy direction
Summary
The committee received a community food assessment and began discussing a city-level food system plan with goals to provide healthy food for all, reduce food waste, and support local processing and production; staff and consultant sought council priorities and regional collaboration models.
The General Government Committee on May 14 heard a briefing and discussion on a community food assessment that will feed a broader Tumwater food system plan. Dana Powers, associate planner, introduced the item and invited consultant Rebecca Potasnik to present key findings and next steps.
Rebecca summarized the assessment as a baseline snapshot that identifies gaps in local food access, supply, distribution and regional collaboration. She told the committee that federal policy changes to food benefits could alter local demand and that the plan should be cognizant of evolving eligibility rules for food assistance programs.
Rebecca said she organized the draft plan around three primary goals…
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