In case you missed it, the Douglas County Commission indeed decided to create a food policy council as suggested by Commissioner Nancy Thellman. (Lawrence Journal-World). Council members are expected to be appointed soon.
In the meantime, several likely prospects attended the Oct. 10-13 Community Food Security Coalition’s annual conference in Des Moines. They were Scott Allegrucci of Local Burger, Jeanette Collier of the ECKAN Community Center in Douglas County, county administration intern Emily Jackson, Lori McMinn of Payless Shoesource, Dan Nagengast of the the Kansas Rural Center, Americorp volunteer Nicole Tichenor, Bill Wood of the county extension office, John Wilson of the Clinton Foundation, and Rita York of the Community Mercantile.
The conference included a session on local food policy councils. If you are interested, the coalition has posted presentation information from the conference. Check out the conference handouts.
It will be interesting to see where the county goes with its food policy council. Sending residents to Des Moines seems like a propitious start.
Janet Majure // Nov 4, 2009 at 9:30 am
A reader points out that I missed mentioning Tom Buller, the manager of the Lawrence Farmers Market, as one who went to Des Moines. Duly noted, and apologies for the oversight.