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Photo Essay: Community Fuels Urban Farm’s Equitable Food System Plans

“Growing your own food gives you some sense of control over what you are eating, and it’s also healthy.”

By Sidney Aspinall and Azeb Tuji
South Seattle Emerald
June 25, 2022

Excerpt:

Since 2017, the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (RBUFW) has been jointly operated by the Tilth Alliance and the Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands.

“RBUFW is unique because it is a working farm in the middle of the community, and it’s really focused on food production, [and] learning about food,” said Melissa Spear, executive director at Tilth Alliance.

Tilth’s community outreach for the Rainier Beach farm focuses on South Seattle and recognizes the diverse needs of the immigrant and refugee communities within the neighborhood.

“The other interesting thing about the way we operate RBUFW is that all the programs are not [the Tilth Alliance’s] programs. We have a lot of programs which are run by other community members who just run the site. We collaborate with them, we partner with them, we support them,” said Spear.

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