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Good Food News: Community Collaboration Providing Healthy Meals and Food Education to Seattle Students 

All students, regardless of their school or family income, deserve access to meals cooked from scratch to feel full and energized, allowing them to learn, play, and succeed. Food education helps kids learn about where our food comes from, how to eat nutritiously, ways to prevent food waste, and more. … [ Keep reading ]

Happening Now! Sign Up for Community Supported Agriculture to Get Fresh Fruits and Veggies from Local Farms

If you’re looking to support local farmers in Seattle and consistently stock your kitchen with fresh food, joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program might be for you! What is Community Supported Agriculture?   A CSA is an arrangement between a farmer and customer where the customer buys a subscription for… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor Harrell Releases Updated “Food Action Plan” to Guide City Policies and Programs, Increase Food Security in Seattle

Seattle, WA – Today, Mayor Harrell released the first ever update to the City of Seattle’s “Food Action Plan,” which will guide City departments over the next five years to implement programs and policies to alleviate high rates of food insecurity, historically high food prices, the negative impacts of excessive food… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Public Schools Partners with Muckleshoot Tribe to Serve Locally Sourced Salmon School Lunch with Support from OSE’s Healthy Food in Schools Program

On May 25, Seattle Public Schools Culinary Services program continued its mission of serving freshly cooked, locally sourced, and culturally relevant food in school meals. All 109 Seattle Public Schools (SPS) served students a freshly prepared salmon alfredo pasta dish with 3,000 pounds of sustainable, local salmon purchased from Muckleshoot Seafood Products…. [ Keep reading ]

Green Worker Spotlight: Moving Toward a More Just and Healthy City

The COVID-19 pandemic has made worse many existing inequities across our communities. As we work to build Seattle back better, we have an opportunity to build a more just, healthy, and beautiful city. Under a Green New Deal framework, we are working to eliminate our city’s climate pollution by 2030,… [ Keep reading ]

Lower Your Carbon “Foodprint”

By now, you’ve probably heard of a carbon footprint, where you measure the carbon associated with your daily activities, like commuting, heating/cooling your home and taking trips. But one of the biggest choices you make to impact the climate may be related to food, or your carbon “foodprint.” Food production… [ Keep reading ]