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Food System Schematic <br /> "Local" <br /> • Many different interpretations <br /> • CEFS (10% Campaign) "local is a relative concept" <br /> • CEFS does not assign a mileage limit <br /> • Refers to production & consumption in the same geographic region <br /> • Goal is to optimize sourcing of food in that region <br /> • Collards vs. Oranges <br /> • "Value Radius" <br /> Considerations <br /> • Do we want to embrace the CEFS 10% Campaign as it exists (including its definition of <br /> "local") or do we want a program specific to Orange County? <br /> • Do we want to create requirements or offer incentives toward achieving greater <br /> sourcing of local foods? <br /> • Can we effectively achieve the goal by collaborative investments (public-private) in a <br /> "farm to fork" food system infrastructure which would facilitate local sourcing? <br /> Recommendations <br /> • Make the 10% Campaign the first priority of the Orange County Economic Development <br /> Plan which is under construction at the Economic Development Office. <br /> • Fund an initial public outreach campaign and ongoing quarterly/seasonal activities to <br /> raise public awareness of the 10% initiative. <br /> • Direct the Agriculture Economic Developer to work with County departments to increase <br /> local food sourcing and develop and maintain a local producer/provider database <br /> (buying guide) for use by County departments in their local sourcing efforts. This <br /> buying guide will be continually updated and shared throughout all departments. <br /> • Authorize the Economic Development Office to create a Food Systems Advisory Team <br /> to assist in the further implementation and ongoing management of the 10% Campaign <br /> and other food system economic development efforts. <br /> • Direct the proposed Food Systems Advisory Team to also evaluate the possibility of a <br /> separate but complimentary "local food sourcing" campaign specific to Orange County. <br /> • Merge many of the current initiatives into a common collaborative effort to grow <br /> agricultural economic development and local food systems by creating market <br /> infrastructure (food enterprise district, food hub, PFAP, rural aggregation center, <br /> Breeze Farm development, etc.). <br /> Commissioner Burroughs said the aggregation system seems like a big issue to <br /> achieving the sourcing of local foods. <br />