Agenda 05-10-22; 4 - Discussion on the Orange County Food Council and Next Steps

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8 Coordinate with Town 6 meetings with Town *Met over 12 months Relationships formed and County and County with strategic with food agencies departments and departments and partners including and County agencies associated partners food system partners county staff, HHS leadership, Food for Presentation given to to research (Health, Housing, the Summer program BOCC at annual successful policies Aging, DSS, Summer partners, elected board retreat that provide Food Program etc.) to officials, and incentives, help provide presentations community members Food insecurity report subsidize purchasing on findings to the with lived experience with pandemic data and/or increase advisory boards around food access; access to healthy, associated with the focus of meetings Food Security fresh foods. Town and County was to understand 1) infographic what programs, departments. resources, and Increased food Town and County policies currently access departments as well exist that address the representation on the as food provider issue of hunger and Food Council partners that are 2) look at the issue of including direct better informed on access to fresh, service agencies and nutritious, and community members policies and practices culturally appropriate with lived experience that can help foods through a multi- increase access to sector approach (how Food Access Think healthy foods and housing and cost of Tank is in help the Town and living impacts access development County departments to food) meet their strategic *Participated inmeetings with food goals councils and advocates across NC and around the U.S. to better understand best practices and innovative approaches to address the systemic issues that cause hunger and limited access to fresh food *Developed a report and presentation that was shared at the annual County Commissioner retreat in January 2020 *Create an infographic that was shared across our network, with the