Mark Winne at May 4 SFPB Meeting – Open to All

SFC invites you to attend the Monday, May 4 special meeting of the City of Austin / Travis County Sustainable Food Policy Board at Austin City Hall Council Chambers at 12:30 pm.

On our agenda is a presentation by, and discussion with, author and food policy council consultant Mark Winne. Mark has worked for over 30 years on food and agriculture policy groups including the City of Hartford Food Policy Commission, the Connecticut Food Policy Council and the national Community Food Security Coalition. Mark currently writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional agriculture, community food assessment, and food policy.

He is the author of “Closing the Food Gap — Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty” and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he serves on the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council. In December several of the SFC staff had the pleasure of meeting Mark when he came to Austin on his book tour.

Mark will share strategies for board / policy council work on making effective policy recommendations for achieving our goals of strengthening our local food system and economy.

Full agenda will be posted on the City of Austin website. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/agenda/boards_comms.htm