Hello all, In advance (if you can call a couple of weekend days "advance") of this workshop Jemila Sequeira announced below, I'm compiling an informal brief on what pieces of the community food security puzzle Tompkins County already has that would fit right into any local assessment effort. E.g., the Compass reports, the information that Sara Pines just sent on FDN work, information the Food Bank collects from its members, and many assessments that CCE-Tompkins County teams have done.
If you have some relevant data already collected on the Tompkins County food system, including production, availability of groceries, barriers people face in accessing healthy food, recent changes in use of food emergency and support services, etc., that you would be willing to share in any community food security assessment effort, please send me a blurb on the data you have (e.g, what data what collected from whom in what ways, when). (You do not need to share the data with me, but just be willing to share it if or when a community food security assessment might get underway) After the workshop I will revise and share this brief with this list. Thank you! Christine Christine Porter [email protected] 607 272 7330 http://myprofile.cos.com/c_porter Jemila Sequeira wrote: Greetings! Please mark your calendars for this informative and timely workshop on community food assessment planning! Our apologies for the late notice however this opportunity came to our attention late yesterday afternoon. We look forward to seeing you Feb. 23rd, 8:30am-10:30am. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * *Community Food Assessment Planning Workshop Our Guest: Hugh Joseph, *Assistant Professor, Adjunct,Tufts University Food and Environment Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy *How food secure are our Tompkins County communities? Where should we focus our food justice efforts? *Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and Cornell University is honored to offer a workshop by *Hugh Joseph*. This national expert and activist on community food security is offering a public workshop to help us answer these questions on Monday morning. Date:* Monday, February 23rd *Time:* 8:30-10:15am *Place:* Cornell Cooperative Extension- Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca. *RSVP, questions?:* Jemila Sequeira, *[email protected] or 272-2292, of the Whole Community Project * Our County has many strengths that we can draw upon to leverage for food justice. This includes an amazing set of institutions, organizations and people already playing a part and ready to invest more in this work, as well as the Compass assessment on individual food insecurity. When we coordinate, build on and focus our work, we can achieve a much more just food system. * In July 2008, twenty community leaders gathered to discuss food justice. These individuals agreed that we need to: - Broaden input into this discussion, including commercial sector and especially people suffering most from food injustice. - Coordinate and communicate, leveraging our existing assets and effort. - Focus not just on those in need; our food system and its injustices affect everyone. - Create action plans for our organizations and as a County. . Further information is available at: www.wkkf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=90&CID=4&ItemID=40177&NID=50177&LanguageID=0 http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Every single child in Tompkins County should have all the healthy they need and plenty of opportunities for safe, fun and active play. Jemila Sequeira T: 607-272-2292x157 Whole Community Project F: 607-272-7088 Cornell Cooperative Extension Email: [email protected] Tompkins County 615 Willow Avenue Ithaca NY 14850 -- ------------------- Christine Porter [email protected] 607 272 7330 http://myprofile.cos.com/c_porter _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
