Food Systems Program Initiatives bring together experts from across value chains to collaborate on solutions to pressing issues facing regional food and farm systems. This page includes both current initiatives and an archive of past programs, events, and resources that continue to inform and inspire ongoing work. While some archived materials may not meet current digital accessibility standards, they are provided as a resource to highlight the evolution and impact of Food Systems programming at Washington State University.
WA Meat Up
WA Meat Up was created to catalyze collaboration and entrepreneurship along every link of the niche meat supply chain in Washington State. We’re hoping to inspire change, build resilience, foster viable farm and food businesses, and promote scaled processing and distribution systems.
Cascadia Grains
The Cascadia Grains Conference and supporting events bring together farmers, bakers, brewers, distillers, brokers, investors, policy-makers and others to strengthen the role of grains in our local food economy by sharing the latest science, techniques, and developments, as well as creating a space in which new business, policy and research relationships can form and existing ones can be strengthened.
Past Initiatives
- WA Organic Seed Summit
- International Quinoa Symposium
- Peri Urban Agriculture Initiative
- Assessing WA Food through an Equity Lens