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Montgomery County Food Equity Coalition
November 20, 2019
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FOOD�;•• EQUITYn•■COA'LITION Bringing Solfution< to- the Table
Finance Unit
Provide coordination of project funding sources.
Food Insecurity • Provides food for all• Reveals, challenges, and dismantles injustice in
the food system• Creates just food sys.tern structures and cares
for food system workers• Ensures that public institutions and local
businesses support a just communityfood system
Strong Communities • Improves equity and responds to community
food needs• Contributes to healthy neighborhoods• Builds diverse and collaborative relations.hips.,
trust, and reciprocity• Supports dvic participation, political
empowennent and loca I leadership
Steering Committee
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Backbone Support Guide vision and strategies Support aligned activities
Advance policy Mobilize res.ources
Identify gaps in services
Joint Information Center Coordinate common messaging
Respond to media requests Assist branches with communications
Data Unit Operations & Planning Section Develop & implements action plan
Provide situational status. report
Compile and analyze data to support informed decision making.
Healthy People • Provides healthy food for all• Ensures the health and well being of all people,
inclusive of race and class• Connects people and the food system from
field to fork
• Connects people and land to promote healthand wellness
Sustainable Ecosystems • Sustains. and grows a healthy environment
..,_ ____ .,. _____ • • Promotes an ecological ethic
• Enhances biodiversfty• Promotes agricultural and food distJribution
practices that mitigate climate change
Vibrant Farms Thriving Local Economy • Supports local, sustainable family farms to • Creates local jobs and builds long-term
thrive and be economically viable economic vitality within the food system• Protects and cares for farmers and farm workers ..,_ ___________ .,. • Builds local wealth• Honors stories of food and farm legacy • Promotes sustainable development while
through community voices strengthening local food systems
• Respects fann animals • Includes infrastructure that supportscommunity and environmental health
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Thriving Local Economy
Darius Beckham, City of Dayton (co-chair) Tawana Jones, Montgomery County (co-chair)
Tina Patterson, Homefull
Thriving Local Economy
Promotes sustainable development while strengthening local
food systems
Builds long-term economic vitality within the food system
Encourages local investment
Builds local wealth
GOAL 1: Describe and quantify Montgomery County’s food economy.
Complete a Food Shed Assessme
GOAL 2: Expand the capacity of the local food supply chain.
GOAL 3: Create more local food system jobs.
Livable wage
Support food system projects that create jobs
Community Benefit Agreements
Job training
GOAL 4: Support distribution of locally sourced food by identifying financing mechanisms for food
system projects.
Revolving funding pool for food system projects in
Montgomery County
GOAL 5: Attract grocery stores and smaller markets to underserved communities.
Taxes Zoning
Consumer Research Incentives
Homefull - Currently
We sell food in convenient locations at an affordable price!
Homefull - Currently
On any given day, we put five to fifteen homeless people to work, they learn and earn!
16 acres of opportunity!Food Hub, Farmer’s Market,
and more…
