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Food Networks Food Councils
Minnesota Food Councils • Superior Good Food Network • Headwaters Food Sovereignty Council • Pine and Lakes Local Foods Working Group • Pride of the Prairie • Homegrown Minneapolis • St. Paul/Ramsey County Food & Nutrition Commission • Homegrown South • Healthy Food Alliance • Southwest Food Network • AND??
Working with hospitals to improve healthy food options Creating grants and TA for food-related entrepreneurs Improving school food across a region Improving healthy food access through healthy cornerstores Increasing healthy food options in foodshelves Building distribution networks of farmers to supply institutional buyers and restaurants Launching and expanding farmers markets Establishing zoning policy to protect farmland of small farmers Creating policy to foster urban agriculture
Emerging Infra-structure Statewide Influence
Minnesota Food Charter www.mnfoodcharter.com
What’s next…. What are we doing today?
What you’ll do… Participate in a structured, sequenced process, starting with a shared experience & ending with producing common themes and priorities for your region
for the statewide folks