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"The Real Food Challenge is a national campaign that unites and empowers students and their allies to create a food system that truly nourishes people, communities, and the earth. The purpose of the Real Food Challenge is to establish a common platform for existing networks to talk with each other—to amplify the work that fair trade campaigners, local food ...learn more
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Created: Mar 12, 2008
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
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Topic: Discussion about the May 3 Draft Plan for the WMA Real Food Summit
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This is the place to post your ideas about the May 3 Draft Plan for the WMA Real Food Summit (originally posted here). Any feedback is great, and we're especially interested in these three questions:
Here's a copy of the draft so that you can see it in the same place as the responses:
Draft Plan for Western MA Real Food Summit:
created May 3, 2008 - more details below plan.
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?
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Any feedback is great, and we're especially interested in these three questions: