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Following her presentation, our Working Groups had an opportunity to present on the progress they made in their work. We closed with a reframing of our Coalition structure and presented our Coalition working model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604334473979-R644O4PF8IS9BD0GZAPB/IMG_3701_Original.jpg About - May 3, 2019, Our Second Convening We met at the Wallace Center at FDR’s Estate in Hyde Park, NY to work through different Food System Models, define our Core Values, and in our Working Groups to develop a written strategy to guide each priority area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604330613735-1ARYGWZVPG41MOWZCNQG/HVFoodSystemDiagram.jpg About - Working Group Model Working groups function as the “engine” of the Coalition. They work on specific initiatives to further strategic priorities and promote coalition wide projects. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/working-groups daily 0.75 2022-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1603900827291-FVOV82QT3P1Z8TEHS1RY/Building.png Working Groups - Processing, Aggregation, Distribution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1603901184824-M4TJGYXD17C43C94L3IY/Arrows.png Working Groups - Resource and Waste Recovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1603900888947-J2UXY0V1ALIC1J6YJI1J/Tractor.png Working Groups - Land and Agriculture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1603901251614-0D5XE17YOI02NTML37MG/LeavesSun.png Working Groups - Core Values https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1603900858424-3R2L0J2KJF18001F73P5/Groceries.png Working Groups - Food Security https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/facilitators daily 0.75 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1606318959669-PIAUT3F7I8K4HMSXZDH5/MAJ_Photo_2020.jpg Facilitators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1631127050312-KVQMX852T8D8JMUPYW0C/HEMMERLE_210527_0181_B.jpg Facilitators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604076902246-8LXZUZ1PFP1LI16W218G/Bio%2BPic%2BLarmer.jpg Facilitators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1631197500908-0FVEY3XGCS4165FSXEDW/Cristin+McPeake++Vice+President%2C+Programs+JPEG.jpg Facilitators - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1633530019681-BN6L4VIPNBPDQFAEQ7ED/IMG_1370.jpeg Facilitators https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/sarah-salem-bio daily 0.75 2022-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604078839531-NOA0BSCMVCHWIWNHNBSD/HEMM_190311_0255_A.jpg Sarah Salem Bio - Sarah Salem (They|Them) Founder/Director, Hudson Valley Food System Coalition ssalem@hvfoodsystem.org Salem is a network leader and freelance food systems strategy consultant specializing in regional food security strategy, food systems thinking, and equitable food systems network development. Salem works with individuals, organizations, and coalitions to strengthen regional food systems by developing strategies to expand the availability of regional foods through communities, planning and leading food systems partners through participatory convenings, educating partners about food system policies, and by building trusting relationships among food system stakeholders. As the founder of the Hudson Valley Food System Coalition, Salem brought together more than 100 food system stakeholders and guided them through the development of a regional transdisciplinary coalition to work across sectors. Previously, Salem was the Director of Development and Strategic Initiatives at Dutchess Outreach, their region’s widest-reaching food access organization. In that role, Salem was the primary fundraiser for the organization and worked to develop innovative food access programs including a sliding-scale Mobile Farmers’ Market. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/cristin-mcpeake-bio daily 0.75 2021-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1631197789358-PPN4S8N3I2NDQ9YHPW2M/Cristin+McPeake++Vice+President%2C+Programs+JPEG.jpg Cristin McPeake Bio - Cristin McPeake (She|Her) Vice President of Programs, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Cristin McPeake is the Vice President of Programs at the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley. She oversees the Foundations’ scholarships and grantmaking including the Hudson Valley Farm Fresh Food Initiative. Cristin previously worked for Rock Solid Foundation in Austin, TX. As their Program Development and Improvement Coordinator, she was responsible for developing licensing, contracting, and accreditation submissions for start-up child and family service organizations. Cristin received her Bachelor of Arts from Emerson College in Boston, MA. When not working with local nonprofits, students and donors, she spends her time with her husband and son enjoying camping, bicycling, gardening, cooking, and watching old movies together. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/megan-larmer-bio daily 0.75 2022-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604078482026-I4XGTAT2D443K5MK21G3/Bio%2BPic%2BLarmer.jpg Megan Larmer Bio - Megan Larmer (She|Her) Senior Director of Regional Food Programs, Glynwood Megan Larmer is Senior Director of the Regional Food Programs at the Glynwood Center for Food and Agriculture. She leads projects that convene food and farming professionals to execute training, collective efforts, and creative projects that further the development of a regional food system in the Hudson Valley. Primary amongst these are Glynwood's Cider Project, the Hudson Valley CSA Coalition, Local Food for Every Table, and Kitchen Cultivars. Previously, Megan was Director of Strategic Initiatives and Community Outreach for Slow Food USA. She holds an MA with distinction in Anthropology from SOAS, University of London, where her research focused on seed exchange, first-generation women farmers and food heritage. Megan is currently a PhD researcher in anthropology at the University of Exeter’s Center for Rural Policy Research investigating the social dynamics of the local food movement in the Hudson Valley. Megan has a broad range of experience in food and agriculture, including ten years as a restaurant professional, farmer's market manager, and community garden organizer. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/sarah-brannen-bio daily 0.75 2020-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604079562748-2UGZ9QQ1HMJ7AQ2SO3BN/Sarah.jpg Sarah Brannen Bio - Sarah Brannen (She|Her) Associate Director for Programs, Hudson Valley Farm Hub Sarah Brannen is the associate director for programs at the Hudson Valley Farm Hub, a 1,500-acre not-for-profit farm dedicated to an equitable and ecologically resilient food system. She oversees community food programming related to food access, farm-to-school, and local food supply chain development. She previously worked for the Local Economies Project of the New World Foundation managing grantmaking to support the Hudson Valley food system. Sarah has led a number of research and planning initiatives, including the Hudson Valley Food Hubs initiative; Reviving Small Grains in the Hudson Valley; and FoodWorks, New York City’s first comprehensive food plan. Before moving back to her hometown of Poughkeepsie, Sarah worked in government for more than ten years as a policy advisor to Speaker Quinn at the New York City Council, as an aide to a Baltimore City Council member, and as an investigator of police misconduct at the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board. Sarah received a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College and her Master of Public Policy degree from Johns Hopkins University. When not working to transform the local food system, Sarah spends her time serving as a member of the City of Poughkeepsie Common Council, hiking with her husband and two sons throughout the Hudson Valley, gardening, and figuring out what to cook with her CSA share. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/mary-ann-johnson-bio daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1606319297555-JETY5R9L9169HOXQDYDK/MAJ_Photo_2020.jpg Mary Ann Johnson Bio - Mary Ann Johnson (She|Her) Deputy Director, Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corp Mary Ann is a regional planner who specializes in land use, environmental and food systems planning. She brings more than ten years of strategic planning and project management experience to HVADC. Mary Ann currently provides executive direction and leadership for all major HVADC programming including the Incubator Without Walls, Farm and Food Funding Accelerator, FeedHV, HVADC Agriculture Loan Fund, and Hudson Valley Bounty programs. As HVADC Deputy Director, she has interacted with clients and consultants bringing technical assistance and services to more than 235 farms and agribusinesses in a eight county region of New York. Mary Ann also works closely with HVADC Executive Director Todd Erling on regional policy issues related to agriculture and food related businesses. She has served as co-chair of the agricultural focus group for the Mid-Hudson Regional Sustainability Plan and has been the lead consultant for town and county agricultural and farmland protection plans focusing not only on the preservation of farmland but the sustainability of the farmer. Prior to joining HVADC, Mary Ann was the Smart-Growth Planner at Scenic Hudson, Inc. – the largest environmental group focused on the Hudson River Valley. At Scenic Hudson, she was the lead coordinator of the Hudson Valley Smart Growth Alliance and liaison from the Alliance to the Hudson Valley Agricultural Partnership. She is a certified planner in good standing with the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). Mary Ann has received an undergraduate degree from Montclair State University in business administration with concentrations in finance and management and a graduate degree in land use and environmental planning from the University at Albany. Mary Ann is the current chair of the Town of Red Hook Farmland Preservation/Community Preservation Fund Committee and is former chair of the Town of Red Hook Agriculture and Open Space Committee. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/stiles-najac-bio daily 0.75 2020-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604593245195-J8RFADP4LFRV2YI4LBS0/Copy%2Bof%2B_Deitch_191026_0189.jpg Stiles Najac Bio - Stiles Najac (She|Her) Food Security Community Liaison, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Bio Coming Soon. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2022-04-27 https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/food-systems daily 0.75 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682300540-5V9HNV2OLJQP3QY7TM5O/Food-System.jpg Food Systems - The food system has been defined as… “an interconnected web of activities, resources and people that extends across all domains involved in providing human nourishment and sustaining health, including production, processing, packaging, distribution, marketing, consumption and disposal of food. The organization of food systems reflects and responds to social, cultural, political, economic, health and environmental conditions and can be identified at multiple scales, from a household kitchen to a city, county, state or nation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682406388-C513VSRG3LHH68XTYNDY/Local-Foods-System-Diagram-no-title-1.jpg Food Systems - First, a Food System model might consider the basic food system elements… From production to processing and distribution, these components contribute to the basal functioning of the system- how we get our food from the farm to our plates. In our model, many of these components have their own interest groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682541902-06W3GGHJUXDO11KYHC7N/food_diagram-01-1.png Food Systems - Next, consider those elements and how they might interact with other factors… Such as the health of people and the environment, the economy, waste and resource recovery, poverty, and other environmental, social, and economic factors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604935459274-WB4BWWY1SHJYMX2A5OX8/Enabling+Elements.jpg Food Systems - Consider what already exists… Additionally, we might also consider the facets of the system that can be influenced by local or regional policies- part of our enabling environment or “what is so”, also referred to as our “Sphere of Influence”. These are the conditions that, in coalition and collaboration, we are trying to disrupt, evolve or innovate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682790704-0SFIZJY3BMQ9PFLEDULD/HealthPeople-HiResFL-300x147.png Food Systems - A Food System that provides healthy food for all • ensures the health and wellbeing of all people, inclusive of race and class • connects people and the food system, from field to fork • connects people and land to promote health and wellness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682897081-TOG95WGI36NZ1GO3TBZR/SystThink-HiResFL-1024x320.png Food Systems - Using a systems approaches to consider the effects across a set of variables and calls for dynamic modeling with the expectation that changes will be non-linear and discontinuous to stimulate new ways of thinking and acting together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682768094-R1PA3REP9EQH5OLUH648/JusticeFair-HiResFL-300x138.png Food Systems - A Food System that provides food for all • reveals, challenges, and dismantles injustice in the food system • creates just food system structures and cares for food system workers • ensures that public institutions and local businesses support a just community food system https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682854882-J2764SYXGVQIRMA7TVIN/SustainEcosys-HiResFL-1024x403.png Food Systems - A Food System that sustains and grows a healthy environment • promotes an ecological ethic • enhances biodiversity • promotes agricultural and food distribution practices that mitigate climate change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682824829-3LSFPI6SH1QT0MHNFAYU/FarmGarden-HiResFL-1024x367.png Food Systems - A Food System that supports local, sustainable family farms to thrive and be economically viable • protects and cares for farmers and farm-workers • honors stories of food and farm legacy through community voices • respects farm animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1604682877917-SJQ64RYA3QLMB6VPU6J7/ThrivLocalEcon-HiResFL-1024x354.png Food Systems - A Food System that creates local jobs and builds long-term economic vitality within the food system • builds local wealth • promotes sustainable development while strengthening local food systems • includes infrastructure that supports community and environmental health https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/calendar daily 0.75 2020-11-13 https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/meeting-recordings daily 0.75 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1605819431021-4OC891LAVV0OT7A6OVFG/Deitch_190622_0584.jpg Meeting Recordings - Full Coalition Meeting Thursday, November 12, 2020 Re-connect with us on Thursday, November 12th to learn about the Coalition survey results and how we are responding, meet our expanded group of facilitators, and hear about the exciting new opportunities we have in store. We are offering a morning and an afternoon session to accommodate busy schedules. Each session will contain the same information but just be offered at different times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1642002348028-6UKFGKBNH5X6MTXWTG2R/nevinhvfsc.jpg Meeting Recordings - Food Security Interest Group A Presentation and Discussion with Nevin Cohen. Friday, February 11, 2022 On Friday, February 11, the Hudson Valley Food System Coalition Food Security Interest Group gathered on Zoom for a presentation and discussion with Nevin Cohen on the creation of a prototype food environment equity dashboard for New York City (FEED-NYC). The aim is to create a tool to advance "the understanding of the impacts of smart technologies in addressing food system inequality, by aggregating, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing food systems equity data; testing novel methods of disaggregating, combining, and mapping data to measure food insecurity vulnerabilities; developing use cases that illustrate the potential social and political effects of an equity-focused data dashboard; and evaluating the process of co-producing FEED-NYC and anticipated uses of the dashboard by municipal officials, service providers, and community stakeholders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1624887367179-TOSMBY81FNMQDBQJANUK/Copy+of+_Deitch_191012_0613.jpg Meeting Recordings - Full Coalition Meeting Wednesday, June 16, 2021 We are excited to introduce you to our new partners from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute as they join us to present their ongoing research on regional food equity planning. As part of their presentation, the CUNY team, in partnership with the East End Food Institute, will share insights and findings from a jointly developed food planning process piloted in the East End of Long Island (see their recent April 2021 report "Negotiating Conflict and Consensus Toward a Shared Food Future: Growing, Selling, Buying, and Eating Food on the East End of Long Island”). The presentation will be followed by a discussion about possible next steps for the project and the ways in which the process can be applied to our food system in a way that benefits the needs of all who grow, distribute, serve, and eat food in the Hudson Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1614775170761-38OF3IG9NEVBMV6U7MGM/Deitch_190622_0745.jpg Meeting Recordings - Farm to Food Access Roundtable Discussion Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Farm to Food Access Roundtable Discussion co-hosted by the Land & Agriculture Interest Group and Food Access Interest Group of the Hudson Valley Food Systems Coalition. The discussion centers around solutions and possibilities for supporting direct relationships between local agriculture and food access organizations for the purchase of food. There will be space to network and share ideas. Representatives from the NY State Department of Agriculture & Markets, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County, Glynwood Center for Regional Food & Farming, Scenic Hudson, Dutchess Outreach, and the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation will speak about current programs that exist in our area with a look towards institutionalizing partnerships for the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/d1365f65-fbba-4708-b621-4b613ee53a2c/IMG_8320.jpg Meeting Recordings - Farm Bill 101 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm Farm Bill 101 starts with the basics. The what, who, and how of the omnibus legislation with featured panelists: Maire Ullrich, MBA, Agriculture Program Leader, Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Team, Cornell Hemp Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County. Elizabeth Higgins, Extension Specialist, Ag Business Management and Production Economics, Cornell Cooperative Extension | Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture. Chris Pawelski, Pawelski Farms, Farmroot. Thank you to our Sponsor Hudson Valley Farm Hub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/17284fb8-6654-4535-8ca7-329333ef00d0/mq2.jpg Meeting Recordings - Core Values Interest Group A conversation with Elizabeth Walle. October 7, 2021 Elizabeth Walle, from the Food Chain Workers Alliance, will lead a discussion on their recent report, "WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE: Food Workers Organizing on the COVID Frontlines". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/560e1bfd-f95f-45a7-8f15-f12e1785ff5b/image001.jpg Meeting Recordings - Processing Interest Group A conversation with Kate MacKenzie. Monday, December 6, 2021 In February 2021, New York City released its first-ever 10-year food policy plan, Food Forward NYC. This presentation from Kate MacKenzie, Director of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy, will provide context for the development of the plan, including what we learned during the pandemic, and an overview of the plan’s major strategies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1633536283558-UWCTNLETMEUCUU94Q2I5/km.PNG Meeting Recordings - Food Security Interest Group A Conversation with Dr. Katie Martin. Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Dr. Katie Martin in conversation with the Hudson Valley Food System Coalition Food Security Interest Group on her new book, Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/0a80fa70-47f1-4914-9e3b-e2749e010e05/Agriculture%2Bin%2Bthe%2BClimate%2BAct%2B-%2BSave%2Bthe%2BDate%2B4.5.22.png Meeting Recordings - Agriculture in the NY Climate Act Monday, April 25, 2022 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 Pm New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, one of the country’s most ambitious pieces of climate legislation, is open for public comment through June 10, 2022. Join former New York Senator Jen Metzger, New York Farm Bureau Deputy Director of Public Policy Elizabeth Wolters, and Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Associate Dean, Office of Land-Grant Affairs Julie Suarez to learn how the Climate Act will impact agribusiness, from manure management and soil health to energy, transportation, waste, and beyond. This webinar will include an in-depth question-and-answer session and will share important ways for farmers to make their voices heard during the public comment period. Speakers include former New York State Senator Jen Metzger, Deputy Director of Public Policy from the New York Farm Bureau Elizabeth Wolters, and Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Associate Dean, Office of Land-Grant Affairs Julie Suarez. https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/11122020 daily 0.75 2020-11-20 https://www.hvfoodsystem.org/projects daily 0.75 2020-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8704c32748b964140c8eae/1605899355970-HXKH1B8RFW5D9N5M7T90/Deitch_190720_0711.jpg Projects - Food System Mapping 1. Researching and spatializing components of the Hudson Valley food system, including existing infrastructure and its relationship to producers and markets/consumers 2. Identifying gaps and opportunities to strengthen and expand that system 3. Analyzing and evaluating existing conditions and examples to understand barriers, needs, and best practices 4. 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