Food Systems Major

June 21, 2022

Addressing Food Insecurity Through Community-led Distribution Partnerships:
Farmstand Local Foods and Pacific Coast Harvest, Neighborcare Health, and Rising Star (Team 1)

We worked alongside Farmstand Local Foods/Pacific Coast Harvest and NeighborCare Health to address structural inequities that lead to food insecurity in the United States. This was achieved by developing a plan to distribute curated food boxes to the students of Rising Star Elementary in South Beacon Hill. Community Partners: Farmstand Local Foods/Pacific Coast Harvest –…

Danny Woo Community Garden: The Safety & Sustainability Guide for Gardeners to Reduce Rodent Infestation (Team 2)

Explored natural deterrent solutions to minimize rodent infestation in rural gardens. Our goal is to maintain a sustainable and equitable food system at the Danny Woo Community Garden free of rodenticides and toxic chemicals. Community Partner: Danny Woo Community Gardens – Kaeli Deng, Manager, Interim CDA

Improving Food Safety and Sustainability: Minimizing the Effects of Rodents in an Urban Community Garden (Team 1)

For our Food Systems Capstone project, we collaborated with the Danny Woo Community Garden to suggest methods to decrease urban rodent infestations and their associated damage to gardeners’ crops. We produced a multilingual flyer for public distribution to spread awareness and inform Seattle residents of actions they can take to help mitigate the problem. Our…

Community-Driven Consumer Behavior Change for City of Seattle Human Services Department (Team 2)

Researching, identifying, and analyzing effective methods to increase access to nutritionally dense and plant-based foods for the City of Seattle’s Human Services Department to help guide community-driven consumer behavior change. Community Partner: City of Seattle – Seán Walsh, Food & Nutrition Strategic Advisor, Human Services Department

Community-Driven Consumer Behavior Change Team 1: Moving Towards Culturally Relevant, Environmentally Friendly Whole Foods

For our capstone, we compiled multiple campaigns & research articles to evaluate how strategies can be implemented to increase access to healthy, environmentally friendly, and plant-based foods for different communities in Seattle. We assess three strategies that can drive community-based consumer driven change and can be applied to support the Food Action Plan: 1) Follow…

Community Engagement: Incorporating Social Media into the Food Action Plan (Team 2)

Partnered with the City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment to develop a recommendation on the public engagement process for the final update of Seattle’s Food Action Plan. Assessed how food system-related issues regarding racial and social inequities in Seattle can be addressed by using social media and including communities that are most impacted…

Designing Community Engagement for Seattle’s Food Action Plan (Team 1)

Research on different cities’ food action plans to increase public engagement. Developed 4 strategies to increase Seattle’s residence engagement with the upcoming food action plan. Community Partner: City of Seattle – Chris Iberle, Strategic Advisor, Office of Sustainability & Environment

April 5, 2022

Mapping the Garden: Creating sitemaps for current & future Green Square

Created three maps for the University of Washington Tower Green Square representing the current state, future expansions and a 3D model using Adobe Illustrator, Miro, Figma, And SketchUp. Community Partners: Prof. Julie Johnson (Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Adjunct Associate Professor in Architecture, and Urban Design Certificate Program faculty member in the College of Built…

True Cost Accounting: Document an ongoing budget to keep this project going in the medium to long term

Examined the financial and social resources required for the successful completion of the University of Washington Green Square Project. Developed a budget that includes income from the Campus Sustainability Fund as well as the total costs of construction, maintenance, plants/planting material, and project design for the next 2 to 3 years. Community Partners: Cheryl Wheeler…

Finding the Money: Develop proposal for the next Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) grant

Utlized data, field trip experiences as well as new suggestions and ideas to write a proposal for the Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) grant to support improvements to Green Square during the 2023-2024 academic year. Community Partners: Kyle McDermott (CSF Outreach Coordinator), Fotima Ibrokhim (CSF Outreach Coordinator)

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