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Local Food Economy: Why Local Linkages Matter

"Over the last two years, Viki Sonntag has been working on a study of the social and economic impact of food. Her report Why Local Linkages Matter: Findings from the Local Food Economy explains why we should care about our spending choices when it comes to food and sustainability. It finds that locally directed spending supports a web of relationships, rooted in place, which makes for healthier and more prosperous communities.

One of the study's findings shows that a shift of just 20% of our food dollars into locally directed spending would result in a nearly half billion dollar annual income increase in King County alone and twice that in the Central Puget Sound region
The full report in its final draft stage is posted on our website.

You can read the study's findings to see how we can make a difference."
source: http://www.sustainableseattle.org/

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