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National League of Cities elects Seattle City Council President Richard...
Council President Richard Conlin National League of Cities elects Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin to Board of Directors Farm Bill resolution modeled on Seattle also approved SEATTLE – On...
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National League of Cities takes Seattle’s lead and adopts Farm Bill resolution
Council President Richard Conlin National League of Cities takes Seattle's lead and adopts Farm Bill resolution SEATTLE – The National League of Cities (NLC) passed a far-reaching resolution,...
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Seattle Successes at National League of Cities
NLC logo Last week the National League of Cities (NLC) held its annual conference, and Seattle won two victories in the voting on Saturday, November 12. Our first success came when I was elected to a...
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Climate Neutral Blog Post 16: The Intersection of Food and Climate
Marra Farm As I noted in an earlier post in this series, the food system and agriculture generate somewhere between 15% and 20% of America’s carbon emissions (depending on the study and what it...
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Hunger Free Community
City of Seattle Seal United Way of King County has boldly announced a goal of making King County a hunger free community. The City Council applauds this goal, and on March 15, I was a plenary speaker...
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FARM BILL UPDATE
Photo from urbanfarmhub.org The saga of the Federal Farm Bill (AKA ‘Food Bill’, which is what local food advocates prefer to call it), has reached a new level of uncertainty. The Senate approved a new...
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