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7 <br /> Orange County public with representatives relationship for an foods purchased by <br /> institutions and of local institutions to ongoing local Orange County <br /> through strategic chart out a plan to procurement Schools <br /> partnerships support meet the goal. The commitment <br /> *Convened meetings Local farmers selling <br /> an increase in the Local Food Economy between school directly to several <br /> amount of locally Workgroup will nutrition directors and child care centers <br /> grown food procured facilitate relationship Farmer Foodshare to <br /> by the identified building between support schools in <br /> partner institutions local food providers sourcing some local <br /> and agencies and local public foods with available <br /> (measured in dollars institutions to help entitlement dollars <br /> spent for food meet the determined from Department ofDefense funding <br /> purchasing). goals around local *Supported the <br /> food procurement. Orange County Farm <br /> to Early Child <br /> Education Coalition <br /> to increase locally <br /> grown foods in <br /> childcare centers and <br /> develop partnerships <br /> between farmers and <br /> centers <br /> Food Access <br /> Goals Performance Summary of Progress Outcomes <br /> Measures <br /> Increase community 10 meetings of the *Food Access Community Food <br /> awareness of food Food Access Workgroup met Resource Guide <br /> access resources Workgroup are held monthly from 2018 - available on website <br /> available in Orange each fiscal year. March 2020, and in PDF (in <br /> workgroup has been multiple languages) <br /> County. Develop a meeting via zoom <br /> Community Food since the pandemic Workgroup <br /> Resource Guide that began membership grew <br /> incorporates the *Created a and diversified <br /> many different Community Food <br /> resource guides Resource Guide in 3 community <br /> available through collaboration with workshops hosted <br /> various agencies in food access providers <br /> the county. and community <br /> leaders <br /> *Guide is updated 1-2 <br /> annually or anytime <br /> someone contacts <br /> the Coordinator with <br /> new information <br />