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36 <br />Priority 1 <br />Priority 2 <br />Priority 3 <br />Develop relationships with <br />Increase procurement of local <br />Support profitability of local food <br />elected officials to provide <br />foods by Orange County <br />producers and business owners, <br />information and policy <br />institutions, such as public <br />with particular attention to <br />recommendations on local food <br />schools, universities, and <br />socially disadvantaged <br />and farms <br />hospitals <br />populations (cultural, racial, <br />educational <br />gender) <br />Current Actions <br />Action <br />Timing <br />Outcome /Measurement <br />Priority <br />Key <br />Status of <br />Stakeholders <br />Goal <br />Create brief <br />Fall 2017 <br />1 -page fact sheet <br />1 <br />Actors in the <br />Complete <br />educational <br />Orange County <br />but will be <br />document that <br />food economy <br />updated <br />provides an <br />again in <br />overview of local <br />summer <br />farm economy <br />2018 <br />Assist with public <br />Fall 2017 <br />Local political candidates <br />1 <br />Chapel Hill and <br />Complete <br />forums to ensure <br />will discuss their priorities <br />Carrboro <br />the food and farm <br />for a local food and farm <br />residents, <br />is a topic of <br />economy; increase <br />candidates, <br />discussion <br />awareness within the <br />and elected <br />community <br />officials <br />Identify farmers <br />Fall /Wint <br />List of farmers that (once <br />2 <br />Orange County <br />Complete <br />that are interested <br />er 2017 <br />GAP certified) could grow <br />farmers <br />in GAP <br />for OC /CHC schools <br />certification <br />Present Ag Trust <br />Spring <br />Additional funds are <br />1,3 <br />Orange County <br />Fund proposal to <br />2018 <br />contributed to the current <br />farmers, <br />county using <br />Orange County Farmer <br />County <br />deferred tax <br />Grant program <br />administrators, <br />dollars from PUV <br />and elected <br />program <br />officials <br />Compile <br />Winter <br />Assess current state of <br />3 <br />Orange County <br />Ongoing <br />information for <br />2017 <br />diversity in the local food <br />farmers, food <br />food producers, <br />and farm economy in <br />producers, and <br />restaurant owners <br />Orange County. <br />food business <br />and other food <br />owners <br />businesses that <br />are owned by <br />POC <br />Identify additional <br />Spring <br />2 <br />Orange County <br />institutions to <br />2018 <br />farmers, food <br />encourage, <br />producers, and <br />engage, challenge <br />area <br />Orange County Food Council Local Food Economy Action Plan <br />