[Southern California Permaculture] TODAY Santa Barbara/Solvang Mar 18 Listening Sessions for SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOOD ACTION PLAN /Let your voice be heard

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY - FOOD ACTION PLAN
Listening Sessions: March 18, 2015
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
 

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 at 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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