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Local Food Summit
grassroots definitions for a local agroecomony
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Agenda
Who is HomeGrownBirth of the Local Food SummitParticipants ExercisesSpeakersMealsWorkshopsExamples Impressions
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Homegrown
A group of impatient activists wanted to celebrate local food and local business
So they organized a festival.
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Late one bar night...
A summit is born.
Shannon Brines convinces the rest of the HomeGrown Festival board of directors to host a summit.
Organizers: Erica Kempter, presidentShannon BrinesKim BayerDeirdra StockmannJason Frenzel facilitated by Lisa Brush.
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Participants
Farmers GardenersChefsVendorsCity DeptsStudentsActivistsNonprofits MediaFarmers Market Managers"Eaters"Business OwnersDistribution Managers
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Summit Format
"Local Food" topic. No further breakdown given by committee.
Gather Public Opinion: "Think privately for 2 min about what a 'local food system' means to you" Then...Exercise 1: Everyone writes sticky notes about our "Assets"
Exercise 2: Everyone discusses missing links, or "Needs"
Exercise 3: Everyone gets in groups to decide on "Actions"
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Categories for Exercise 1
⁃ Producers Retail⁃ Distribution⁃ Policy⁃ Communication⁃ Education⁃ Outreach⁃ Promotion⁃ People Resources⁃ natural Resources⁃ Heritage⁃ Who Should Be here??⁃ consumers⁃ natural resources⁃ local programs⁃
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Categories determined for Needs
A. Resources for young/new farmers B. database network to existing assets C. food policy/legistlation D. distribution E. collaboration F. increase production G. education H. accessibility/justice/food security I. simplify direct purchasing/bringing pruducers and purchasers together J. processing K. systems/infrastructure L. communication M. standards/labeling N. community self reliance
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Speakers
Patty Cantrell from Michigan Land Use Institute Topics: Grow Jobs, Build Health, Save Land www.localdifference.org Mrs. Fran Alexander from Alexander Resource Consulting Topics: Food Security Study for Washtenaw Growing Hope and Food Gatherers effortsChris Bedford from Sweetwater Local Foods Market, Muskegon Topics: Farm to School as an Economic Recovery plan http://www.chrisbedfordfilms.com/
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Food
Breakfast - Zingerman's zingermans.com
Lunch - A Knife's Work aknifeswork.com
snacks brought by participants
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Workshops
People picked which one of the Exercise 2 categories to attend.
Each team required to come up with:• action/project• point person• future meeting time• email lists of all present
13 different meetings came out of those sessions, with future projects.
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Example: The Data Clearinghouse
One of the most common "Needs" mentioned was a place or procedure to share information and connect similar efforts.
I created/joined a group that focuses on creating solutions to information problems.
Items created so far:• google group for internal organization• 3 wiki pages on ArborWiki (rough) to document Summit• aggregate calendar of local food events
this last is live, hosted at http://agrarianist.org
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Impressions
Very well facilitated Good mixture of public involvement and organized leadership Format empowered participants Good representation of interests b/c of zero narrowing of topic = High likelihood of followthrough
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Questions
Should we add the NWAEG calendar to the local food calendar?
Do we want to get involved in any efforts?