Urban Food Link is a community development consulting firm that works with public, private, and non-profit clients focused on food system enhancements and building strong local food economies. We offer comprehensive food planning and technical assistance services, including:

• Program Development and Evaluation: Whether you’re interested in getting fresh food into your school cafeteria or local corner store, or you want to start a community garden, Urban Food Link offers expert guidance on creating programs aimed at improving access to healthy food. We can also help set up the systems you need to monitor program progress, track your success, and make adjustments when necessary.

• Project Management: With almost 15 years of experience guiding a variety of projects, Urban Food Link can help you with project planning, determining resource requirements, contract management and other problem-solving techniques to help meet your goals.

• Neighborhood Food Security Assessments: Urban Food Link can help launch your food project with an overview of your neighborhood’s current food security. This work usually includes an analysis of your community profile, as well as your local food economy, current food resources, and other services and access issues.

• Policy Development and Analysis: Urban Food Link offers extensive experience in public policy development and advocacy and can guide your organization through the process of advancing your agenda.

• Workshop Development and Facilitation: In addition to workshops on organizational capacity and development, Urban Food Link can develop workshops and training programs that focus on various food systems issues including food security, policy development and advocacy, public health, and local food economies. If you have a special topic you’d like to learn about, contact Urban Food Link.

Past Collaborations have included:

• Acting Food Policy Council Seattle-King County: interim coordinator and legislative liaison

• Community Food Security Coalition: evaluation research on the USDA Community Food Project program

• Sustainable Seattle: qualitative research for Why Local Linkages Matter, a study on local food economies

• WSU King County Extension: workshop development for Eating Seasonally on a Budget, Cultivating Success program

• United Way King County: food security assessment and action plan for improving food security

• Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin: advisor on development of the Local Food Action Intiative

• Kellogg Food & Fitness Initiative: advisor to policy committee and Healthy Retail Strategy committee

• B-Sustainable: advisor on development of sustainable regional food system indicators