The Regional Food Policy Council develops just and integrated policy and action recommendations that promote health, sustain and strengthen the local and regional food system, and engage and partner with agriculture, business, communities and governments in the four-county region.

Next Meeting

June 14, 2013 • 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PSRC Conference Room
1011 Western Avenue, 5th Floor, Seattle
Contact: Olivia Robinson, 206-464-7890
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Members

Councilmember Richard Conlin, City of Seattle, Chair
Jerry Bartlett, Cedar Grove – Waste/recycling/energy use sector
Branden Born, University of Washington – Higher education/academia
Roy Breiman, Chefs Collaborative – Restaurant sector
Dennis Canty, American Farmland Trust – Farmland Preservation Organization
Executive Dow Constantine, King County
Scott Daniels, Kitsap Public Health – Regional Public Health Agency
Heather Day, Community Alliance for Global Justice – Non-governmental social justice org
Diane Dempster, Charlie’s Produce – Regional distributor
Tony D’Onofrio, Town & Country Markets – Small to mid-sized retail grocers
Mary Embleton, Cascade Harvest Coalition – Wholesale production and marketing
Andrea Platt Dwyer, Seattle Tilth – Urban/town community-based agriculture
Brad Gaolach, WSU Extension, Vice-Chair
Commissioner Charlotte Garrido, Kitsap County
Kate Halstead, Sno-Valley Tilth – Direct market production (vegetative)
Nicole Hopper, Taylor Shellfish – Maritime Industry
Bobbi Lindemulder, Snoh. Conservation District – Farmland preservation or conservation district
Executive Pat McCarthy, Pierce County
Helen McGovern, Community-based food access
Linda Nageotte, Food LifeLine – Non-governmental anti-hunger organization
Sharon Ness, UFCW Local 367
Cristina Orbe, Delridge Neighborhood Development Association – FEEST Program
Cheryl Ouellette, Direct market production (meat-based)
Rob Purser, The Suquamish Tribe
Councilmember De’Sean Quinn, City of Tukwila – Other cities and towns
Valerie Segrest, The Muckleshoot Tribe
Dwight Sutton, Kitsap Economic Development Alliance – Regional economic development entities
Mayor Barbara Tolbert, City of Arlington – Other cities and towns
Mark Weed, Puget Sound Meat Producers Cooperative – Processing

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