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Advancing Economic Growth Through Food Systems
October 10, 2018 || Planning For Healthy Communities Conference Jared Cates, Community Food StrategiesCarolina Farm Stewardship Association
CFSA is a farmer-driven, membership-based
non-profit that supports farming that is good for consumers, good for our farmers and farmworkers, and good for the land.
www.carolinafarmstewards.org
What We Do:
Farm ServicesFood SystemsEducationAdvocacy
CFSA Policy Team
Rochelle Sparko
Roland McReynolds
Glenn Kern
Jared Cates
www.communityfoodstrategies.org
Support from:
Abbey Piner –
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Amy Marion –
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Gini Knight –
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Jamilla Hawkins –
NC Rural Center
Jared Cates –
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Llogan Walters –
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Megan Bolejack –
Care Share Health Alliance
Shorlette Ammons
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CORE. Center for Environmental Farming Systems
NC Food Council Network
www.communityfoodstrategies.org
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Vision:
To build a resilient and equitable food and farming system across all counties in North Carolina
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What do
food councils do?Assess the current food systemConnect stakeholders to align efforts
Educate leaders and the community
Recommend policy and program changes
ACTIONS
Connect
Educate
Assess
Recommend
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Assess the current food system
Seven counties have created baseline community food assessments.Several counties have hosted
community input forums.
Chatham County
Pitt County
Durham
County
Several food councils are beginning to create inventories of local public policy and public investments in their local food systems.
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Connect
stakeholders to align efforts
Char-Meck Food Policy Council partnered with their Health Dept. to host a ‘Fresh Look at School Food’ event in 2016 to bring together stakeholders
, teachers and parents to discuss farm to school efforts. This has led to ongoing collaboration.
Cabarrus Farm and Food Council worked to connect community stakeholders to bring together multiple partners, project ideas, and funding streams to garner greater support for a larger project: the Rotary Square Market in Concord.
Concord Rotary Square and Market
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Educate leaders and the community
Four councils have hosted multiple Candidates Forums and McDowell Food Advisory Council is planning one for this year. Several councils have c
reat
ed
local farm
&
food director
ies with community partners.
Several councils host
monthly Documentary & Discussion events or Brown Bag lunches.
Food councils are actively meeting with local, state and federal elected officials to educate them on food system opportunities and challenges.
Brunswick County
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Recommend change
Outer Banks Local Foods Council worked to pass a resolution for 10% local food purchasing. Durham Farm and Food Network worked to change the Unified Development Ordinance to allow for commercial crop production within city limits.
Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council worked to change policy with their Sustainability Office to create the Community Gardens Program and the Urban Agriculture Lease Program to both encourage community gardening and commercial crop production on city owned property.
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Worked with City Council, Planning Dept, and Health Dept to change zoning to allow for mobile markets to operate in residential zoning.
Hosted Advocacy Trainings for partners and stakeholders around their identified food policy goals and priorities. Hosted Meet the Candidates events
Hosted U.S. Congresswoman Alma Adams End Hunger Roundtable
http://www.charlottefoodpolicy.org/
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Worked with High Point City Council to fund a Community Garden Coordinator position through Guilford County Cooperative Extension.
Advocating with the city for free water hook ups and reduced water rates for community gardens. Working on policy solutions to prevent food waste out of cafeterias. https://www.ghpfa.org/
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Advocated for the creation of a Food Systems Coordinator position in City/County government. Supporting local government in a community-grounded assessment process to help create the new position.
https://durhamfarmandfoodnetwork.wordpress.com/
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CapitalAreaFoodNetwork.org
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http://www.abfoodpolicy.org/
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Working towards building an equitable and resilient food system for the health and economic welfare of our community.
https://www.davidsoncountyfood.com
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https://www.catawbafarmandfood.org/
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https://breadriot.org/
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Hosted farm tour - working with their local tourism office
On-farm sales at each farm visitedLocal food lunch served at last farmHistory and current practices of the growers at eachSold out with 50+ attendeesCreated audio guide in farmer’s voice - can make this ongoing available to visitors/residents
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McDowell County Farm to Table
Food and Health Hub:a facility that will house a commercial and teaching kitchen, a farmer wash and storage area, a pantry warehouse distribution site have been underway in McDowell County.
https://www.facebook.com/mcdowellfarmtotable/
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From McDowell News, March 2017:
In September, 2017,, the N.C. Cooperative Extension for McDowell County received $40,000 in grant money that will be used to help start this community food and health hub. The money came from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) and Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust.The $20,000 grant from the CFWNC was awarded in September to the local office of the N.C. Cooperative Extension to determine the feasibility of a community food and health hub in McDowell. This money was matched with another $20,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust’s Healthy Places Initiative.
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Watauga Food Council
The Watauga Food Council helped secure bi-partisan, town-county support for Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture's new High Country Food Hub, which is a central storage facility for locally-grown food.http://www.wataugafoodcouncil.org/
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jared@carolinafarmstewards.org
www.communityfoodstrategies.orgwww.carolinafarmstewards.org