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King County FOOD and FITNESS Initiative
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The King County Food and Fitness Initiative (KCFFI) is a community coalition formed in 2006, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to begin planning for a ten plus year initiative, called Food and Fitness, launched in 2007 nationally in 9 regions around the country. The vision for the Food and Fitness Initiative is “Creating vibrant communities that support access to locally grown, healthy, affordable food and safe and inviting places for physical activity and play—for everyone.”
The Kellogg Foundation sees this initiative as a strategy for social change to not only address healthy eating and physical activity but to also move toward social and health equity, support families and children.
Please Click Here or, at right [KCFFI Vision] for notes and reflections on the first year of this 2-year planning process.
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FREE SCREENING July 9th!
Join us!
In the fields and orchards of the Pacific Northwest, something remarkable is happening. Family farmers have been disappearing for decades, but now they are making a comeback. They are taking better care of the land, growing healthier food, and lots more food per acre, while using less energy and water than industrial agriculture.
To respond to climate change and peak oil, we need to produce more of our food locally. With the stories of these growers, plus the businesses and markets that feature their products, Good Food shows that it is possible to increase the supply of healthy, local, sustainably grown food.
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5-27-08
Re-cap on neighborhood grocery audit coming soon:
What's Cooking in Our Local Food System?
Grocery Store Audit of White Center and Delridge
Saturday, May 24th from 10:00am-2:00pm
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5-12-08
Thanks to the many collaborative partners who attended the last Collaborative Partner Meeting on May 7th @ Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. The meeting was facilitated by our friends from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, who are experts on Organizational Learning & Systems Thinking tools & frameworks. To review powerful draft values statements defined by the group or locate more resources on organizational learning and systems thinking, visit the KCFFI Vision tab. |
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Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 “to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations." To achieve the greatest impact, the Foundation targets its grants toward specific areas. These include: health; food systems and rural development; youth and education; and philanthropy and volunteerism. Within these areas, attention is given to exploring learning opportunities in leadership; information and communication technology; capitalizing on diversity; and social and economic community development.
Grants are concentrated in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.
For further information, please visit the Foundation's Web site at www.wkkf.org. The site offers: in-depth information about the Foundation's programming interests; information on the Foundation's grant application process; a database of current grant recipients; and access to publications which report on Foundation-funded projects.
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