3. Food system image

4. downstream symptom

5. upstream problem

6. sustenance

7. nourishing food

8. subsistence

9. enough food

10. sustainabilit y

11. lasting food

12. opting out

13. Food Networks Food Councils

14. Minnesota Food Councils Superior Good Food Network Headwaters Food Sovereignty Council Pine and Lakes Local Foods Working Group Pride of the Prairie Homegrown Minneapolis St. Paul/Ramsey County Food & Nutrition Commission Homegrown South Healthy Food Alliance Southwest Food Network AND??

15. Improving school food across a region Building distribution networks of farmers to supply institutional buyers and restaurants Working with hospitals to improve healthy food options Creating policy to foster urban agriculture Establishing zoning policy to protect farmland of small farmers Creating grants and TA for food- related entrepreneurs Launching and expanding farmers markets Improving healthy food access through healthy cornerstores Increasing healthy food options in foodshelves

17. Emerging Infra- structure Statewide Influence

18. Minnesota Food Charter www.mnfoodcharter.com

19. thinking like a region

20. WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY? What’s next….

21. Regional Breakouts

22. What you’ll do… Participate in a structured, sequenced process, starting with a shared experience & ending with producing common themes and priorities for your region

23. for the statewide folks