Related Websites and Documents

Documents

* All Documents are in Adobe Acrobat format unless otherwise stated.

• Dane County Food Council --- Annual Report 2007 (1.3MB)
• Dane County Food Council --- Annual Report 2006 (1.3MB)
• Recipe for Success: Recommendations of the Dane County Local Food Policy Advisory Subcommittee (326KB)
• Setting The Table: A Report on Dane County's Local Food Summit Conference, Feb. 11th, 2005 (398KB)
• Food Summit Evaluation Form (fillable 295KB)
• Is the Time Ripe? Thoughts on Strenghtening Madison's Food System (641KB)
• Governing principles of a local food system as recommended by the subcommittee - Sept. 27th, 2004
• Food Brochure: "A Sense of Place: Serving Local Food at Your Meeting"
• Madison Food System Project Report: What's Eating You About What You Eat? (642KB)
• Preliminary Feasibility Study for a Madison Central Ag and Food Facility (CAFF)¹ (1.27MB)
• Preliminary Feasibility Study for a Public Market for Madison¹ (247KB)
• 2003 Dane County Farmers Market Survey (5.53MB)
• Searchable version of the 2003 DC Farmers Market Survey (1.43MB)
• Dane County Hunger Prevention Council Position Paper (104KB)
• Dane County Hunger Prevention Council 2003 Food Pantry Survey (143KB)
• Food Policy Council Fact Sheet
• Wisconsin State DATCP Meat and Poultry Direct Marketing Guide (105KB)
• 2000 Dane County Agricultural Advisory Council Report (127KB)

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Featured Websites

• Community Food Security Coalition Conference
  This is the site for the October Community Food Security Coalition conference in Milwaukee. Of particular interest to the Subcommittee should be the descriptions of the two tours (Oct. 17) and one trip (Oct. 16, to the Farmers' Market) to Madison and Dane County. Also among the workshops and presentations on the 18th and 19th will be several on food security activities in our area - all for a national audience.
   
• State & Local Food Policy Councils Site
  This is the site for the State Food Policy Council group that's based at the Agricultural Law Center at Drake University in Des Moines. The website contains basic information on the FPC concept, and links to the existing state and local food policy councils that are considered partner organizations. The Drake group's coordinator has expressed interest in assisting us set the stage for the formal establishment of a local FPC. This is also the group hosting the early-September conference on farmers' markets.
   
• Friends of Troy Gardens Site
  One of the best local example of integrated, single-site, on-the-ground food security work.
   
• USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service's Hunger and Food Security Page
   
• "Food Policy Councils: Practice and Possiblity" by Sarah Marie Borron from the Congressional Hunger Center (PDF document)
  Report that summarizes the structures, missions, and accomplishments of several food policy councils

Other Websites

Portland-Multahmah County Food Policy Council Recommendations of the Portland-Multahmah County Food Policy Council (PDF document) - including their mandate and recommendations to the City and County State Food Policy Council Resources and Information - information about councils around the country Toronto Food Policy Council Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems 2002 Census of Agriculture American Farmland Trust

Farmland Information Center King County, Washington "Puget Sound Fresh" Initiative Farmers' Market Online Food System Resource Guide Value-added Farm Food Markets WI DATCP Value Added Resources Dane County Farmers' Market REAP (Research, Education, Action, and Policy) on Food Group Intervale Sustainable Farm/Food Initiative Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition