Item 2. Food Plan Presentation - March 2024 — original pdf

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A Food Plan for Austin-Travis County ATCFPB March 18th 2024 Developing a Food Plan What is a Food Plan & why do we need one? ● A Food Plan will set clear Goals and Strategies to move toward a more equitable, sustainable & resilient food system ● The Food Plan build on several other initiatives made by the County, City, and Communities to tackle key food system issues. ● The Food Plan will center equity and the lived expertise of those most impacted by the current food system Plan Authorization ● On June 2021 Austin City Council directed the City Manager to initiate a planning process ● Travis County Commissioners Court approved formal participation in the plan in fall 2022 ● ATCFPB assisted with the creation of the ‘plan for the plan’, including the review of the RFP for the planning consultant, development and on-boarding of the CAC, and participation in the Issue Area Group Link to full resolution Project Timeline We are here Phase 0: Planning for the Plan Phase 1: Vision Development Phase 2: Goal & Strategy Development Phase 3: Review and Ground truthing September 2021 - January 2023 March 2023 - August 2023 March 2024 - July 2024 September 2023 - February 2024 ● ● ● ● Building Community Awareness 📰 Release of State of the Food System Report 📚 Onboarding Planning Consultant⭐ Recruitment of Community Teams🚀 ● Website launch 📶 ● World Cafe’s ☕ ● ● ● ● Listening Sessions & Tabling at events 📞 Equity Grounding Workshops 🤝 Community Circles 👐 Selecting Issue Area Groups🍽 ● ● ● Issue Area Group Meetings 🏘 Develop Goals and Strategies 🎯 Review Goals and Strategies 󰔞 ● ● ● ● ● Develop a draft for the Food Plan 🖊 Community Review of Plan 👀 Council and Commissioner Review ⚖ Approval 👍 Adoption 🏁 Co-creating the plan ● Planning Team: Coordinating and managing all moving parts ○ Includes: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ City of Austin staff Travis County staff Consultant Team Equity Consultants Austin Travis Food Policy Board Executive Leadership Team ● Community Advisory Committee: Advisory body overseeing the planning process ● Issue Area Groups: Developing goals and strategies for the plan ● Community Food Ambassadors: Connecting the plan to our communities ● Broader community feedback: Provide input at different stages of the plan Food Plan Structure ● Vision: Describes and articulates our shared aim - the kind of future we agree we would like to move toward together. ● Objectives: The ends towards which the goals and strategies of the food plan will aim to achieve. ● Goal: A specific target or desired end result to meet one or more objectives. ● Strategy: A specific action we will take to achieve one or more goals. Will also require an Implementation Plan: A roadmap of how we will accomplish the goals and strategies in the food plan (TBD, when we get there!). Food Plan Vision We envision a just, accessible, and culturally diverse food system, built by undoing inequities, that supports and sustains inclusive thriving communities, healthy ecosystems, and solutions to climate change where everyone can reach their full potential now and for generations to come. Food Plan Objectives Sustain and restore living ecosystems including air, soil, water, and biodiversity. Invest in an equitable local food economy and workforce, including strengthening local food production, agriculture, processing & distribution, and food recovery. Improve emergency food distribution preparedness and response. Strengthen food supply chains to support community health and nutrition, the well-being of workers, the environment, and animal welfare. Support health and eradicate food insecurity through equitable access to nutritious and culturally relevant food. Act as a climate solution, considering the food system from field to fork and beyond. Build collective community power and coordination to strengthen the local food justice movement towards the fundamental human right to food. Goals and Strategies Goal and Strategy Development ● Five Issues Area Groups have been meeting monthly for the last 3 months ● After 21 workshops, 9 goals and over 50 strategies have been developed ● Each strategy is being reviewed using a Sustainability and Equity Assessment Tool to prevent unintended consequences, Summary of our Community Engagement: ● 2500+ pieces of community feedback from 30+ engagement activities/events throughout Austin & Travis County ● 200+ volunteers across 20 workshops for 5 issue area groups ● Comprehensive review of existing City and County plans ● Aggregated and organized by the project team (consultants + City/County staff) ● 2500+ pieces of community feedback from 30+ engagement activities/events throughout Austin & Travis County ● 200+ volunteers in 20 workshops for our 5 issue area groups ● Comprehensive review of existing City and County plans ● Aggregated and organized by the project team (consultants + City/County staff) Next Steps Phase Three Public Engagement ● Development of the Food Plan Draft ● Public Review Window March 18th - April ● Public Review Meeting via Zoom on April 19th 5th ● Integrate Public Input into Strategies. ● CAC’s final review of the Plan Plan Adoption ● Present Plan to City Council and Commissioners Court in Summer 2024 ● Begin Implementation The Path to the Final Plan March 4 - March 11 March 18 - April 19 April May Summer 2024 Internal Review of Draft Plan Public Review of Draft Plan Public Review Meeting on April 3rd Creating the Final version of the Plan Present Plan to City Council and Commissioners Court Integrate public input into existing strategies CAC Approves Final Plan Implementation Begins Get involved Share your story! Review the plan together Join our virtual session! ● Joins us on Zoom, Wednesday, April 3rd, at 5:30pm ● Multiple languages available! Share your story! Provide feedback online ● Window for public input: ○ March 18th - April 19th ● Survey is now available online for you to review the Food Plan Draft! ● Please complete the entire survey including demographic info Share your story! Stay in touch Subscribe to never miss a beat! ● Subscribe to Austin Food Notes, our monthly newsletter to receive timely updates! Important Resources and Information The State of the Food System 2022 ● Provides a brief history of the Austin Food System ● Will provide the foundation for the Food Plan ● Each section contains: Overview, Trends and Challenges, Policy Actions, Key Questions & Facts Food Supply Chain Vulnerability Assessment ● describes issues that impact local food suppliers ● assesses the ability to rebound after a disaster for different sectors of the food system ● identifies strategies to decrease chronic vulnerabilities View full report here. Stay in touch Visit our website to learn more! Questions? Email sustainability@austintexas.gov