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8 <br /> 1 • Advocate for a policy limiting the sugary products available in vending machines, and <br /> 2 approved for fundraising at local public schools. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 What have we done so far: <br /> 5 Collaborative Agreement <br /> 6 • Defines Purpose, Common Values, Structure, Decision-making Process and <br /> 7 Membership <br /> 8 • Membership stakeholder categories: <br /> 9 o Food Access/security <br /> 10 o Agriculture <br /> 11 o Health/Healthcare <br /> 12 o Economic Development <br /> 13 o Environmental stewardship/justice <br /> 14 o Planning <br /> 15 o Public education <br /> 16 o Retail: grocers, restaurant, wholesale <br /> 17 o Waste management <br /> 18 o Elected officials from municipalities <br /> 19 o UNC <br /> 20 o Faith-based organizations <br /> 21 o Consumers (diverse including across lifespan, ethnicity) <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Sarah Prager, Orange County Food Council Member and Chapel Hill Farmer's Market <br /> 24 Coordinator, continued the presentation: <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Baseline Orange County Food Assessment: Purpose &Approach <br /> 27 Purpose: Understand how the Orange County Food Council may support a successful and <br /> 28 socially, economically, and environmentally just system providing safe, culturally appropriate, <br /> 29 and nutritionally sound food. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Food Assessment: Data Collected <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Cyril Murphy resumed the presentation: <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Next Steps... <br /> 36 • Finalize Council membership including representation from all municipal elected bodies. <br /> 37 o Includes appointment of Orange County Commissioner to Council seat <br /> 38 • Transition from Task Force to Council <br /> 39 • Hire part-time Coordinator <br /> 40 • Complete Qualitative portion of Baseline Food Assessment <br /> 41 • Create Food Security Action Plan for Orange County <br /> 42 • Conduct outreach and hold two large community forums over the first year of the <br /> 43 council's life. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the handout, noting that "a majority of Chapel Hill and <br /> 46 Carrboro is a classified food desert". He asked if there could be clarification of this statement. <br /> 47 Sarah Prager said the USDA classifies a food desert area partly by looking at income <br /> 48 levels, and the (UNC) student population brings the overall income level down. She said the <br /> 49 food desert measurement is a half mile. She said the USDA only considers grocery stores that <br />