Madison Food Policy Council14 matters
- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemRegional Food System Planning
Funding for food plan activity has been restored by USDA. Because of the uncertainty, efforts are being made to shorten the timeline into this year. Individuals can get involved through Dane County Food Coalition committees. Reach out to Noah Bloedorn if interested. May first follow-up to public launch event will be held at Pasture and Plenty. Decentralized community engagement process has set aside $40,000 in the budget for community partners to work with their own partners in collecting data for hosting individual engagement sessions.
- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemRegional Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Meetings to be held first Wednesdays at 3PM.
- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemBusiness Development Specialist
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- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemPublic Health Madison & Dane County
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- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemExtension Dane County, UW-Madison
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- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemCommunity Gardens
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- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemMadison Metropolitan School District
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- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemDouble Dollars Program
Double Dollars season set for June 1 to October 31.
- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemMadison Food Policy Council Chair
Welcoming Logan Morrow to MFPC. Offering gratitude for Alder Regina Vidaver’s term Council. She will be replaced by Alder Bill Tischler.
- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemFarmland Preservation Task Force
The March/April schedule proposed for approving revisions to the City’s leases on agricultural lands was put on hold after farmers who rented these lands last year expressed concern about some of the updated provisions related to tillage methods and chemical usage. According to Matt Mikolajewski, Director of the Economic Development Division, Staff is “exploring adjustments to the language that may address both the goals of the MFPC and the needs of needs of current and likely future farm tenants.” The approval process will resume when these adjustments have been made.
- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemDane Food Access Network
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- Items ReferredDiscussion ItemFood System Assessment
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- FiledDiscussion ItemPublic Comment: MFPC 4/16/25
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- FiledDiscussion ItemUW Madison Food Equity Access Simulation Technology (FEAST)
Morales presented from the attached information. Bloedorn: have you added farmers markets? A: Yes, this will be included Q: What does it take for a community to work with the project? A: There will be a fee for service arrangement with different partners. Meeting with USDA and City of New York later this spring. Bloedorn: Would be great to have a county instance as well as City of Madison. Leeper: Are we able to add data about food storage? A: Yes, where the data is available, it can be added to the model Leete: How could this be used for HRAP and other city programs? Reistad: This data would provide much more interactive and focus to help inform decision-making. Would also offer insight into ways to approach and target potential HRAP areas of focus.
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- FEAST Description One Page_MFPC 041625.pdfOpen FEAST Description One Page_MFPC 041625.pdf