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60 <br /> 1 Jonathon Smith said he is going to talk to his counterparts to get an idea of what is realistic <br /> 2 and will address low-hanging fruit first. He said a plan should be in place by the end of next year. <br /> 3 Chair Bedford added that Aging, DSS, Sheriff's Office, and other county departments all <br /> 4 do food-related work too. <br /> 5 Jonathan Smith said he will be sure to include all relevant entities and departments. He <br /> 6 said one of his first steps will be to create an inclusive advisory council that is ready to work with <br /> 7 him. <br /> 8 Commissioner Greene said Food Council did a preliminary study that she could find for <br /> 9 him. She said the Food Council also did a Community Food Access Assessment in 2022. She <br /> 10 suggested looking at some of these things to help him get started. <br /> 11 Mike Ortosky said Tri COG Feeds is working on a planning grant for Regional Food <br /> 12 System planning. <br /> 13 Commissioner Portie-Ascott said Central Elementary recently got a grant to open a food <br /> 14 pantry. She asked if it would be appropriate for someone from the schools to be involved in these <br /> 15 planning discussions. <br /> 16 Jonathon Smith said there is distribution already going on at some other OCS schools as <br /> 17 well. He said he will figure out what is currently offered and how to support. He said there is a <br /> 18 significant number of students receiving free and reduced lunch in public schools across the <br /> 19 country, so this is a major need in schools and will work on ideas to further assist families. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Slide #14 <br /> Food <br /> Production <br /> Resource& Distribution& <br /> Waste Recovery Aggregation <br /> Food System <br /> Elements <br /> Preparation 8 ® Food <br /> Consumption Processing <br /> Purchasing Marketing <br /> Adapted 6y[hristy Shl,lmm{omNl urvverury,Ltlsrove M the rood System; ldwf 1 <br /> A Fnrner an Co+nmu+:lY��9/stems,tlnFlrrp Food,Nuirftiun cndA9r^s'✓tfurr <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ()RTf f C'AROLINA <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Jonathon Smith said food security has to involve more than just distributing food. He said <br /> 24 there are a lot of variables that might prevent someone from having access to food and will look <br /> 25 at all aspects of the local food system. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br />