Wednesday March 18 6:30pm-8:30pm Legion Wing Veterans Hall
1745 Mission Drive Solvang
Spanish Translations will be provided
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY - FOOD ACTION PLAN
Listening Sessions: March 18 2015
Locations: Santa Barbara, Solvang
For healthy people, a healthy economy, and a healthy environment
The SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOOD ACTION PLAN is a strategy-based community blueprint for an accessible, thriving, sustainable, and healthy food system. This will address every aspect of the food system in a way that supports healthy people, a healthy economy, and a healthy environment.
These LISTENING SESSIONS are an opportunity for the community to engage in the development of the Food Action Plan, and develop strategies for implementation. Participants will be asked to contribute based on their professional knowledge, expertise, or personal experiences.
Tuesday March 17 10:00am-12:00pm Cornerstone Room 705 South McClelland Santa Maria
Wednesday March 18 1:00pm-3:00pm Faulkner Gallery Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara
Wednesday March 18 6:30pm-8:30pm Legion Wing Veterans Hall
1745 Mission Drive Solvang
Spanish Translations will be provided
Questions? Email sbcfoodaction@gmail.com.
The FOOD ACTION PLAN will address:
AGRICULTURE VIABILITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES FOOD ACCESS & JUSTICE
HEALTH & NUTRITION
POTENTIAL OUTCOMES
We anticipate the FOOD ACTION PLAN will result in the following types of outcomes:
- Improve public health in key areas
- Improve food access and security through
- increased small-scale growing
- Improve food literacy through partnership and common goals with a wide variety of local agencies
- Reduce pollution and waste by promoting a ‘closed loop’ food system
- Create a more resilient local food system to withstand the shocks of natural or man-made disasters
- Promote community economic development
- Inform or influence policy
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