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5 <br /> Hold regular food Convene monthly *Monthly meetings 6 new council members <br /> council and workgroup meetings with Food have continued and <br /> meetings and Council members, workgroup participation New designated seat <br /> community forums. workgroups, partners expanded from 2018 to for Cooperative <br /> and community 2020 Extension <br /> members and *Relationships with <br /> biennial community community members Expanded partnerships <br /> forums; increase the have deepened and we with food agencies and <br /> number of people have expanded the practitioners <br /> participating amount of community <br /> partner organizations Council leadership <br /> we work with includes lived <br /> *New website was experience with food <br /> launched in spring insecurity and farming <br /> 2020 and meeting <br /> minutes will be updated Website with user- <br /> soon friendly resources <br /> *community forums <br /> planned for 2020 - More workgroup <br /> 2021 fiscal year are members and one new <br /> postponed due to the workgroup created <br /> Covid19 pandemic; <br /> smaller gatherings are <br /> happening via zoom <br /> Learn about barriers A listening session Change: in A methodology for <br /> and opportunities to guide is developed; conversations with equitable community- <br /> engage hard to reach collaborate with community leaders and based food system <br /> populations in creating community partners it was development <br /> determined a listening *the methodology is <br /> a stronger county food organizations like session guide would being built through two <br /> system. Jackson Center, not support the actual pilot programs <br /> Family Success goal. The Food Council happening in the <br /> Alliance, EI Centro, has redirected their beginning stages of a <br /> and Refugee efforts to engage Food Policy Agenda <br /> Community directly with community process <br /> Partnership members most <br /> impacted by issues in <br /> the food system. Two <br /> projects have come out <br /> of this proess since <br /> 2020: Orange County <br /> Black Farmer Think <br /> Tank and a community- <br /> led Food Access <br /> Assessment. <br /> Develop and implement Regular social media *Information and Emergency food <br /> a broad communication posts and website resource sharing resources and <br />