In these economic times, when local businesses and communities are struggling to balance budgets, buying local food may just be the answer. According to a recent Washington Post article, buying produce from local farms helps keep money in communities, which actually contributes to job growth and crime reduction. From the article: If the population in…
Update: we are no longer accepting applications for this position. Thanks for the interest. =============== The Northwest Agriculture Business Center (NABC) will be locating a staff person in Whatcom County. The primary responsibility for this staff position will be to focus on working with farmers, institutions, and businesses to increase access to local food within…
Update: we are no longer accepting applications for this position. Thanks for the interest. ======== The Northwest Agriculture Business Center has an immediate opening for a contract position as the Content Manager for agbizcenter.org. The Content Manager will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the database for the Puget Sound Food Network and will…
NABC welcomes Lucy Norris, the Puget Sound Food Network’s Regional Food Developer. Lucy will be responsible for connecting regional buyer needs with producer products, assisting the completion of transactions, building relationships, and continuing research pertinent to increasing the production, consumption, and distribution of regional food. Lucy brings to PSFN a unique professional background. For three…
A report from Detroit, MI discussed the economic impact of a regional food economy. From the report: ” Just in the city of Detroit, shifting twenty percent of food spending would increase annual output by nearly half a billion dollars. More than 4,700 jobs would be created, paying $125 million more in earnings. The city…
Thank you for all the interest in the position. We are now closed to new applications. ====== PSFN is moving forward with development and implementation at an accelerating pace. We are excited to offer a contract position opening for a research/sales support lead. Please follow this link for more information about the job. View the…
PSFN has spent the past months researching what is needed to support the growth of regional food transactions.The last month has been spent less on blog posting and more on network formation. Development of the next-phase website (beyond this development blog) is under way, with a soft launch of the initial work due next month….
Separating out the economic return of growing local food for regional consumption is gaining momentum as more governments and communities measure the economic return of going local. New Jersey is one state that has measured such efforts. The state supports a Jersey Fresh program with an annual expenditure from state funds. From the 2004 NJ…
Portland, Oregon’s Ecotrust just released an economic analysis that researched the impact of farm to school spending across the state’s economy and found that “Investing in locally produced foods for the school lunchroom fortifies the state’s economy with dollars previously spent elsewhere.” The research focused on two public school districts that were part of a…
