Localizing the Olympia Food System

Natasha Bynum - Spring Quarter 2017

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Project Weekly

Week Ten: Final Presentation

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Week Nine: Resolution

Just as promised – the Resolution I have been working on all quarter with Sustainable South Sound. Read away! To see pictures of some of the public community gardens Olympia has now, check out my Image Gallery.   A RESOLUTION… Continue Reading →

Week Eight: “Food Brings Communities Together”

As the weeks in Spring Quarter are winding down it feels like my projects have only just begun – it is becoming quite clear that I don’t have the heart to leave any of these projects unfinished just because school… Continue Reading →

Week Seven: Mounting the Food Summit

This week I attended the monthly South Sound Food Systems Network Food Summit meeting. While last meeting was a bit contentious, it seems like we are finally starting to really make some headway on this event. It is finally coming… Continue Reading →

Week Six: The Dream Market

Although I have been busy with multiple tasks the past few days, I am taking this week’s update to talk about something specific. This past Sunday I tabled at the Farmers Market for a sort of Mother’s Day outreach event…. Continue Reading →

Week Five: So It Begins

As the quarter officially reaches its halfway point, I am happy to say that the project to increase local produce sourced by OFM restaurants is finally under way! After a short battle with a cold in the beginning of the… Continue Reading →

Week Five Self-Evaluation: A Letter to Myself

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Week Four: Gardens for Olympia

As Week 4 comes to a close, it is very clear to me that my independent project has not gone as previously expected. This, however, has not necessarily been a bad thing. While the Farmers Market project has gotten a… Continue Reading →

Week Three: Theory to Practice

“The challenge for those of us involved in food localization is to be able to see such pockets of aliveness and wholeness in our emerging foodshed and in our communities and to protect them, to catalyze their replication- and then… Continue Reading →

Week One and Two: Local Food Through Sustainable South Sound

Before I say anything else, I would like to say that coordinating hours and tasks with an internship is an entirely different beast than working independently.   This quarter I will be working as an intern with Sustainable South Sound… Continue Reading →

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