KCD Conservation Services - scc.wa.gov€¦ · KCD Regional Food System Program. Title: PowerPoint Presentation Author: Toby Holmes Created Date: 10/23/2017 4:23:59 PM

KCD Conservation Services

• Local Food• Healthy Forests• Clean Water

King Conservation District Budget 2017

Resource Conservation Investments

KCD Regional Food System Program

201611 Competitive Grants Awarded

Totaling $751,298

Strategic InitiativesLocal Institutional Food Team (LIFT)

Metrics Project



2017 Funding Priorities• Infrastructure• Consumer Demand• Land Access• Food Safety• Business Management


InfrastructureExamples:

• Produce Processing• Commercial Kitchens• Value-Added Processing Facilities• Cold Storage• Equipment Sharing / Loan Programs


Consumer DemandExamples:

• Eat Local Promotions• Farmer-Buyer Trade Meetings• Improve Access to Markets• Farmers Market Promotions• Retail Readiness• Market Assistance to Schools, Restaurants,

Institutions, and other Food Retailers• Support for Emerging Markets for Local Farm

Products


Land AccessExamples:

• Models and Resources for Leasing, Purchasing Land

• Developing/Expanding Farm Incubators• Services that Link Farmers and Farmland

Owners• Realtor Forums Focusing on Ag Zoned Lands or

Lands Suitable for Ag


Food SafetyExamples:

• Training and Education• Technical Assistance• Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)• Good Handling Practices (GHPs)• Hazzard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)• Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)


Business ManagementExamples:

• Business Planning• Finding Farmland• Finding and Managing Labor• Record Keeping• Insuring Crops and Other Risk Management

Tools• Finding Capital• Accessing Markets• Retirement Planning










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KCD Conservation Services - scc.wa.gov€¦ · KCD Regional Food System Program. Title: PowerPoint Presentation Author: Toby Holmes Created Date: 10/23/2017 4:23:59 PM