Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Food Policy as Prevention: Public Health’s Emerging Role for Healthier Communities
Sara Padilla, Community Food Security Coalition
Alisa Haushalter, Nashville
Erin MacDougall, Seattle & King County
Rachael Banks, Portland & Multnomah County
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Overview
CDC funding for Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)
Identifying solutions through Healthy Eating policy and systems changes
Focus on food systems, including farmers markets, food policy council, farm to school, healthy retail and healthy food purchasing
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Providing National Technical Assistance
CFSC was one of ten national organizations selected to provide TA. Partners include: Farmers Market Coalition National Farm to School Network National Good Food Network Public Health Law & Policy The Food Trust Urbane Development
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
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Session Format
Overview of each site Food systems project highlights Key roles as public health Challenges and successes Lessons learned Q & A
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Nashville: Metropolitan Government Board of Health 560,000 population Southeast Urban and rural
NashvilleIn Search of the Emerald City: A journey on the yellow brick road
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
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Nashville’s Community Action Plan: Collaborative Reflective Internal/external Idealistic/pragmatic Tree tops/grass roots
NashvilleIn Search of the Emerald City: A journey on the yellow brick road
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Tree Tops: Mayor’s Office Metro Departments Leadership Team Policy Director
NashvilleIn Search of the Emerald City: A journey on the yellow brick road
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Grass Roots: Neighborhoods Schools Worksites Places of Worship
NashvilleIn Search of the Emerald City: A journey on the yellow brick road
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Initiatives: Food Policy Council Community/School Gardens Corner Store Initiative Urban Agriculture HIA
NashvilleIn Search of the Emerald City: A journey on the yellow brick road
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Lessons Learned: Journey Simplicity/complexity Partnership Mission/vision focus
NashvilleIn Search of the Emerald City: A journey on the yellow brick road
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Multnomah County Health Department (MCHD) Food
Policy Efforts Supporting local food business
Promoting local and healthy food products
Creating more opportunities for urban food agriculture
Facilitating equitable community participation in decision-making
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Public Health’s Emerging Role for Healthier
Communities
“It is unreasonable to expect people to change their behavior easily when so many forces in the social, cultural, and physical environment conspire against such change.” -Institute of Medicine
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Current Initiatives
Community Settings:-Schools -Senior centers-Worksites-Parks & recreation facilities -Faith-based settings-Health care systems-Retail environments
Strategies:-Farm to institution partnerships-Facility improvements-Nutrition standards-Product placement & marketing-EBT/WIC access
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Nutrition Policies in Community Settings Through CPPW, MCHD is funding School
Districts to:
increase the procurement of local food implement cafeteria reforms implement campaigns that feature local,
healthy food MHCD is funding Ecotrust to provide
technical assistance and connect school districts to local farmers through its FoodHub
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Faith-based Settings
Changes impacting 100,000 people
healthy food policies and practices
kitchen modifications: removing deep fryers
raised bed garden in a former parking lot,
buying club by pooling resources to get food directly from local farmers
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
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Healthy Retail Initiative
Promoting voluntary strategies by retailers to increase healthy food options in underserved areas Community assessments Mini-grant program Branding campaign Alternative sourcing strategies Healthy Options Vendor Challenge
What are our next steps?
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Public health and food policy efforts in Seattle & King County, Washington
Farm to School Cooperative Purchasing Urban Farming Healthy Corner Stores EBT and WIC at Farmers Markets
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Seattle & King County
Farm to School
Kent School District – direct purchasing
Farm to School toolkithttp://www.wafarmtoschool.org/
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Seattle & King County
Farm to Table Project Advancing Cooperative Food Purchasing
Goals: Increase fruit and vegetable consumption by low income kids and seniors, Strengthen local food system, create relationships between providers to promote cooperative purchasing
Partners: City of Seattle, WA State Department of Agriculture, and Puget Sound Food Network Sixteen programs serving seniors and children in childcare linked to local food producers
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Seattle & King County
Farm Incubator Project
14 farmers from very diverse backgrounds
Mentoring and technical support
Contributing to increasing access to healthy foods in their community
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Seattle & King County
Healthy Corner Stores 30 stores in urban and suburban communities Partnering with Community Based Organizations Bringing support to businesses including capital
www.healthyfoodshere.org
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Seattle & King County
EBT and WIC at Farmers Markets
Increasing access to healthy foods through farmers markets
Marketing, training, and technical assistance support to markets
Coordination across markets
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
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Summary of Lessons learned
Identifying and testing impactful interventions for policy and systems change
Role of public health; partnering for other aspects
Evaluating and adjusting to focus our impact
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
May 20, 2011 Portland, OR
Resources CFSC – foodsecurity.org USDA Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative -
www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/knowyourfarmer National Farm to School Network –
www.farmtoschool.org National Healthy Corner Store Network –
www.healthycornerstores.org/ National Good Food Network - www.ngfn.org/
Food Policy From Neighborhood to Nation
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THANK YOU!
Our contact information:
Sara Padilla – [email protected]
Alisa Haushalter -
Erin MacDougall –
Rachael Banks – [email protected]