May 3 Draft Plan for WMA Real Food Summit
Draft Plan for Western MA Real Food Summit:
created May 3, 2008 - more details below plan.
give feedback about this plan in the related discussion forum.
CONNECTING TO:
- Target Hunger Project of The Food Bank of Western MA
- The Real Food Challenge launch on October 22, 2008
GOALS:
- Structural Change of the food system in colleges and in the region (WMA).
- Real Food Challenge: shift 20% of total college food purchases to real food in 10 years.
- All communities have access to real food as X% of their food in X years.
- focus on reducing hunger and increasing food security
SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER EVENTS:
- September: Core organizers meet
- kick off month of strategic planning
- short term goal: finalize plans for events leading to October 22
- Sat., Sept. 13 or Sat., Sept. 20
- who? Campus organizers and community organizers.
- October 22 (Wednesday): Real Food Challenge Launch and National Action Day
- who? campus people, community orgs, legislators, Kelley Erwin
- how big?
WHO?
(All the spokes of the food wheel make revolution!)
(** develop this section more, and get feedback from these groups about this summit plan **)
- Food Bank
- Organized communities, especially under-represented communities
- communities with links to The Food Bank
Regional organizers
- on campus (approx. 30 students have come to 2 or more meetings in the 5 Colleges)
- off campus
How many?
- There are 19 colleges in Western MA
- 5 people per college makes 95 people
- The Food Bank has connections with 430 to 570 agencies
WHERE?
- on campuses
- Springfield
considerations: Where are the participants? What transportation is available? What venues are available?
give feedback about this plan in the related discussion forum.
Notes of 1st Real Food Summit Planning Meeting
Next Meeting:
Thursday, May 22
7:00-9:00pm
Mount Holyoke College, in the Francis Perkins House
Next Steps:
- by May 22, gather feedback from our groups about this "May 3 Draft"
- Is this plan realistic?
- Is this summit something that people you know would come to?
- What would motivate you to come to this summit?
- by May 15, have one contact person at each college in Western MA (Patrick coordinates)
This meeting:
May 3
1-3pm
Hampshire College, in FPH 106
Present:
Robin Claremont (The Food Bank of Western MA)
Morgan Lindsay (Mount Holyoke College)
Sarah Lince (Mount Holyoke College)
Marissa Baker-Wagner (Hampshire College)
Hector Figarella (The Food Bank of Western MA)
Patrick Gibbs (Gaia University, Hampshire College)
Joanna Campe (Remineralize the Earth - came for first half, is not participating in summit organizing)
Contributors to this Page
Hi, I am farming and have been involved in food initatives in the area for a while, including growing food for Target Hunger. I heard about your meeting on the Permaculture Guild list serve. This looks like a great idea and from an angle I really support.
I think you need to make it more clear that this is a campus initative seeking community feedback, connections and participation rather than a regional initative. (A regional "Real Food Summit" would look quite different, I think) I have noticed some confusion amoung community members who have recieved your e-mail posts on this point, and only clarified it myself by reading your materials. Don't get me wrong, I think what you are doing is totally worthwhile, but made stronger by clarfiying this point?