King County
food & fitness Initiative (kcffi)
vibrant
communities with
equal access
to
affordable,
healthy, locally
grown food
and
safe and inviting
places for physical
activity and play.
www.kcffi.org
why food & fitness?
All children
deserve to grow
up in places that
support being
healthy.
Affordable,
healthy food
and safe and
accessible s t h a na piece of fr
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for physical
activity -- both
essential to good
health -- are
scarce in many
places.
focus communities
Eight local communities (Federal Way, Kent, SeaTac, Tukwila, White Center, Seattle:
Delridge/West Seattle, Seattle: Central Area, and Seattle: Beacon Hill/SE Seattle) were
identified as potential focus sites based on:
size (fewer than 120,000 residents) and
levels of obesity and related chronic diseases, poor diet, and physical inactivity.
White Center and Delridge were selected as the two focus communities based on their
demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and their plan to engage diverse residents
and community-based organizations.
21 Acres Acting Food Policy Council of Seattle and King County Austin Foundation Black Dollar Days Task Force Cascade
Bicycle Club Education Foundation Cascade Harvest Coalition Center for Public Health and Nutrition, University of Washington
Children's Alliance Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center Community Food Security Coalition Community Health
Centers of King County Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association FareStart Feet First Food Lifeline Full Circle
Farm Futurewise Good Food Strategies Group Health Community Foundation Hmong Farmers Association International
District Housing Alliance King County King County 4-H Association King County Agriculture Commission King County Board
of Health Mithun Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance Neighborhood House Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic Pacific Asian
Empowerment Program Passages Northwest PCC Natural Markets Puget Sound Regional Council Puget Sound School
Gardens Collaborative Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers REACH Coalition Safe Futures Youth Center City of
Seattle-Mayor's Office City of Seattle-Department of Neighborhoods City of Seattle-Office of Sustainability & Environment
Seattle Chefs Collaborative Seattle Indian Health Board Seattle Tilth Seattle Youth Garden Works Sno-Valley Tilth Solid
Ground STEPS to Health King County The Seattle Foundation Transportation Choices Coalition Treeswing University of
Washington Center for Obesity Research University of Washington Department of Urban Design and Planning, Urban Form Lab
University of Washington Northwest Center for Livable Communities Washington Health Foundation Washington State Dept of
Agriculture Small Farm & Direct Marketing Program Washington State Department of Health Washington State University
Washington State University Small Farms Program White Center Community Development Association YMCA of Greater Seattle
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Youth Media Institute
Building a collaborative
to plan implement and sustain
improvements to the places we [INSERT]
live, learn,work, and play. Map of food
We are working with individuals from
all sectors of our community, resources OR photo
from transportation to public health,
from agriculture to education, and of people doing
from business to our faith assessment work in
communities
the communities
25-29% in
2007 From 4%
An average of 1971-1974 to
1500 mile almost 19%
in 2003-2004
c.
Potatoes $1,330,000,00
grown in 0 c. > 50%
Washington
Yes, that’s
$1.3 billion.
Source: Born, Branden, et.
Al. 2008. Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and the Local
Food System At the Table
with the Acting Food Policy Source: Center for Disease Source: Center for Disease
Council: Issue Paper No. 3. Control (www.cdc.gov) Control (www.cdc.gov)