Patrice Barrentine has worked in the farm and food business sector in Washington for 25 years. She has been a natural foods grocery buyer, worked for the Washington State Department of Agriculture, served on Governor Gregoire’s Job Creation and Economic Development Subcabinet, and on the Washington Beer Commission. Now with the King County Agriculture Program, she works on Agriculture Policy and Economic Development, staffing the King County Agriculture Commission, supporting custom and USDA meat processing, King County’s 40 farmers markets with partner WA State Farmers Market Association, and coordinating agriculture land resource strategic plans. She currently serves on the Pike Place Market PDA Council, and WA Meat Up.