Kick-Off Agenda

Convener: Edwin Marty

11 people invited
5 main agenda items

Convener: Edwin Marty

​Invited

• Robyn Metcalfe or Joy Nathan (Food and City)
• Clare Zutz (UT Community and Regional Planning)
• Adrienne Haschke (Austin Travis County Food Policy Board)
• Andrea Able (Farmshare Austin)
• Carmen Llanes (GAVA)
• Sue Beckwith (Texas Center for Local Food)
• Aliya Hussaini or TJ Moen (Michael and Susan Dell Foundation)
• Elizabeth Krause (St David’s Foundation)
• Elliott Smith (Travis County)
• Chris Schreck (CAPCOG)
• Curt Nelson (Austin Food Shed Investors)

Central Texas Food System Planning Conversation
Tuesday June 19th over lunch, 11:30 to 1 pm
Street Jones Building (1000 East 11th St, Room 200A)
Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction
• What is a Regional Food Systems Plan?
  • Review best-practice examples
  • Review existing planning efforts in the region
• What’s missing in the Central Texas Food System?
  • Do we need a Regional Food Systems Plan?
    • Or an ‘initiative’?
    • Or a ‘collaboration’?
• If we think a Plan is needed:
  • What is the ideal geographical scope? What is feasible?
  • What is the ideal process?  What is feasible? 
  • How long will it take?
  • What are the deliverables?
  • How much would it cost and who would fund it?
• Next Steps
  • Create a Leadership Taskforce
    • Define roles and responsibilities
    • Set meeting schedule
    • Identify funding options