Christy  Gabbard  Local  Concepts  LLC  

2015  

Delivering  

Producing  

Processing  

Marketing  Purchasing  

Consuming  

Disposing  

Financial  

Food  System    Elements  

&    Pressures  

Social/  Cultural  

Poli0cal  Contextual/  

Environmental  

Adapted  from  Cornell’s  “Discovering  the  Food  System”  curriculum.  

How  we  grow,  distribute,  and  dispose  of  our  food  impacts  our  land  and  water,  so  the  CFN  uses  the  watershed  to  define  our  region.      

Action  Advocacy  

Common  venture  

Fund  raising  

Alignment  Align  around  goals  and  context  

Achieve  conceptual  congruence  

Create  and  promote  shared  vision  

Connections  Build  trust  

Share  knowledge  

Develop  understanding  for  the  system  Transactional    

Transformative  

Transitional  

Time  

Adapted  from  Curtis  Ogden,  Interaction  Institute  for  Social  Change  

Steering  Committee  

&  Coordinator  

Producing  &  Processing  

Aggregating  &  Delivering  

Marketing  &  Consumer  Education  

Purchasing  Consuming  

Waste  Recovery  &  Disposal  

Stewardship  &  Land  Access  

The  CFN  has  structured  relationship  building  &  learning  around  work  groups  that  mirror  the  food  sector  categories.    

Community    Health  

Data  

Funding/Finance  

Policy  &    Regulations  

Environmental  Health  

Network  framework  borrowed  adapted  from  Vermont  Farm  to  Plate  Network  

Blue  shading  indicates  active  work  groups.  

Policy    Work  Group  

Chair:    Anne  Palmer  Participants:  Anyone  

interested  in  policy  work  that  shares  CFN  vision.  

Policy  Work  Group  Example  15,000  ft  

Outcomes  Activities  

• Network  weaving  

• Strategic  activities  (e.g,  projects,  collaborative  policy  action  ,  workshops,  etc.)  

• Learning/project  updates  

• Network  promotion  

• Chair  serves  on  CFN  Steering  Committee  

Action  

Alignment  

Connections  Responsibilities  of  Participants:  

Come  with  the  intention  of  building  trust  &  meaningful  relationships,  sharing  information,    learning,  &  encouraging  leadership.      

Steering  Committee  &  Network  Coordinator  

Steering  Committee  30,000  ft.  

Steering  Committee    Participants:  

Chair  of  Work  Groups  

Strategic  Planning  Committee  

Change  Agents  

Government  reps.  

Decision  makers  

Etc.  

Outcomes  Activities  

• Network  weaving  

• Resource  development  

• Learning  

• Network  Promotion  

• Strategic  Activities  (e.g.,  SWOT  analysis,  prioritized  action,  etc.)    

Action  

Alignment  

Connections  

•     Contacts:  • Jill  Jefferson,  Program  Manager,  Environmental  Finance  Center,  Virginia  Satellite  Office,  University  of  Maryland  (jilljeff@umd.edu)  

• Nancy  Nunn,  Education  and  Outreach  Coordinator,  Harry  R.  Hughes  Center  for  Agro-­‐Ecology,  (nnunn@umd.edu)    

Christy  Gabbard,  Local  Concepts  LLC  Chesapeake  Foodshed  Network  

ChesapeakeFoodshedNetwork@gmail.com  540-­‐558-­‐8010  

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