Backup — original pdf

Backup

Public Health Commission November 4 , 2026 th Kelly Nichols, Woollard Nichols Torres Consulting (Food Plan Backbone Lead) Why This Work, Why Now The 2024 Austin/Travis County Food Plan set the vision shaped by 3,500+ community voices and cross- sector leadership. The Collaborative exists to turn the Food Plan from vision into action. Built so the people most affected by food insecurity help lead the work, not just inform it. What We’re Building: The Food Plan Collaborative A cross-sector network for coordination, accountability, and long-term food system change. Quarterly Collaborative meetings, open to anyone Five working groups carry the work between meetings: Grow Local Food Buy & Serve Better Food Support Food Workers Get Food to People Rescue and Reuse Food Who’s at the Table (2026 by the Numbers) 220 total community members engaged 121 active participants, over 1/3 with lived experience Representation across every food system area, with Health & Food Access the largest share (about a third) 62.8%Lived Experience37.2%What’s Ahead for the Collaborative Drafting a Collaborative Charter: purpose, membership, decision-making, evaluation Building shared ways to track progress on Food Plan strategies Pursuing funding for resident-led leadership, so people with lived experience of food insecurity can step into and stay in leadership roles How You Can Help Move the Food Plan Forward 1) Get involved, and bring others with you Join a working group or a quarterly Collaborative meeting. Connect us with people in your networks who work in or are affected by the food system, especially people with lived experience. 2) Partner with the Food Policy Board to bring food and health issues to policymakers.