1. Corralling the Bureaucracy: How to collaborate across departments to achieve integrated citywide food policy
Group activity guidelines
1. Break into small groups – mingling encouraged!
2. As individuals, spend a couple minutes coming up with a scenario – think big or small and identify a food
systems related policy/program you’d like to see happen in your city (e.g. You’d like your city to source 20% of
fresh produce from within city boundaries within the next 10 years).
3. As a group, choose one of your ideas to move forward with, then identify:
Internal partners (at least 4 departments/sectors) and why you’ll need them
Community partnerships that might help move your project forward
Goals of your idea and how it will improve your local food system
The structure you’ll use to move your idea forward (e.g. an IDT or maybe something less formal)
Timeline
How to measure success
Identify needed resources (staff, budget, etc), but don’t get hung up on $
Assessment/research needed
What kind of interdepartmental coordination is needed to establish this as a sustainable, on-going effort
Political challenges
Other anticipated challenges
You will have 25 minutes to come up with an idea and identify the items above. Facilitators will be on hand to update
you on time left, and you can feel free to ask us questions. If you’re getting a lot of great dialogue out of this, don’t
worry too much about getting through all of the items. Each team will then have an opportunity (1-2 min) to share
what your project was and key lessons learned from this activity.
Corralling the Bureaucracy: How to collaborate across departments to achieve integrated citywide food policy
Group activity guidelines
1. Break into small groups (mingling encouraged!).
2. As individuals, spend a couple minutes coming up with a scenario – think big or small and identify a food
systems related policy/program you’d like to see happen in your city (e.g. You’d like your city to source 20% of
fresh produce from within city boundaries within the next 10 years).
3. As a group, choose one of your ideas to move forward with, then identify:
Internal partners (at least 4 departments/sectors) and why you’ll need them
Community partnerships that might help move your project forward
Goals of your idea and how it will improve your local food system
The structure you’ll use to move your idea forward (e.g. an IDT or maybe something less formal)
Timeline
How to measure success
Identify needed resources (staff, budget, etc), but don’t get hung up on $
Assessment/research needed
What kind of interdepartmental coordination is needed to establish this as a sustainable, on-going effort
Political challenges
Other anticipated challenges
You will have 25 minutes to come up with an idea and identify the items above. Facilitators will be on hand to update
you on time left, and you can feel free to ask us questions. If you’re getting a lot of great dialogue out of this, don’t
worry too much about getting through all of the items. Each team will then have an opportunity (1-2 min) to share
what your project was, and key lessons learned from this activity.

2. Thanks for your participation!
To keep the conversation going, feel free to contact us:
Allison Schwartz
allison.schwartz@seattle.gov
(206) 386-4654
Seattle Dept of Transportation
Rich Macdonald
rich.macdonald@seattle.gov
(206) 386-0088
Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods
Becca Fong
becca.fong@seattle.gov
(206) 615-1811
Seattle Dept of Parks & Recreation
http://www.seattle.gov/urbanagriculture/
Thanks for your participation!
To keep the conversation going, feel free to contact us:
Allison Schwartz
allison.schwartz@seattle.gov
(206) 386-4654
Seattle Dept of Transportation
Rich Macdonald
rich.macdonald@seattle.gov
(206) 386-0088
Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods
Becca Fong
becca.fong@seattle.gov
(206) 615-1811
Seattle Dept of Parks & Recreation
http://www.seattle.gov/urbanagriculture/