listening session

Join us for the second Franklin County Local Food Council listening session, "Visualizing the Food Environment: Mapping Our Way to Food Access"

In 2014, the Franklin County Local Food Council will host a series of community listening sessions organized around its three basic priorities: Local Food Policy, Local Food Access, and Supply Chain & Economic Development. 

Listening sessions serve as an opportunity for diverse groups working on similar issues to share their ideas for change. They are open to the public.  Several community partners will give short presentations followed by discussion.  The aim of the discussion is to help attendees better understand the broader goals of Franklin County Local Food Council.  Members of the public will also be invited to ask questions and make comments to further the discussion.

Please join us for our second listening session hosted by the Access Working Group. The topic of this listening session will be Visualizing the Food Environment: Mapping Our Way to Food Access. 

The goals of these listening sessions are:

  1. Collaboration and idea sharing to strengthen the collective efforts of individual groups working on similar issues.
  2. Informing the council on areas of local food system change that are important to community members, so that we may synthesize that information and share it with key decision-makers.
  3. Providing the general public with an opportunity hear about some of the important activities occurring to improve the local food system around Franklin County, giving the public the opportunity to ask questions or provide commentary.

We are happy to have the following key community partners in attendance.  They will discuss their experience in working to increase the opportunity of healthy foods:

Where: Columbus Public Health, 240 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215, Auditorium
When: Thursday, June 26th, 5:30-7 pm
Parking: Free visitor parking is available on the upper deck of the parking garage. The main entrance to the facility is on this level and guests enter the building through the automatic sliding doors.

Kindly RSVP by clicking here.  This link will direct you to a google spreadsheet from which we hope to compile a list of local food mapping projects.

Listening Session Summary

Policy Working Group March 18 Listening Session Summary

The Policy Working Group of the Franklin County Local Food Council (FCLFC) held a Listening Session on March 18, 2014 at the North Market. A panel consisting of representatives from the United Way of Central Ohio, Mid-Ohio Foodbank and the Ohio Farmers’ Market Management Network participated in a moderated discussion about their efforts to expand local and healthy food access in Central Ohio. Community participants included representatives from anti-hunger organizations, farmers’ markets, higher education institutions, foundations, and community organizations.

The goal of the Listening Session was to inform the FCLFC about SNAP benefit matching programs at farmers’ markets and fruit and vegetable prescription programs and to gauge participants’ interest in these programs in order to determine if this is a topic in which the FCLFC should engage.

To attend the next Listening Session, see the events calendar.