Seattle City Council Addresses Local Food Security

As food costs rise and global food insecurity deepens, a local government in the US is set to vote on an action plan which would identify programs and opportunities to promote local food system sustainability and security. Seattle's City Council is set to vote on a Local Food Action Initiative today: some of the initiative's recommendations, such as community gardens, are already making inroads in alleviating the food crisis; while others, such as improving methods for urban farmers to feed city dwellers, are in the planning stage. FSRN's Martha Baskin has the story.

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