Montgomery County Food Equity Coalition November 20, 2019
Vibrant F Farms
Felix Fernando, University of Dayton (co-chair) Suzanne Mills-Wasniak, The Ohio State University Extension (co-chair) Matt Keener, Keener Farm
What is is Vib ibrant Farms? • Geographically located in Montgomery County • Similarity in goals and challenges such as economic viability and affordability • Both farmers, farm workers, and broader community • Meet certain product and safety standards • Farm food safety • Care for farm animals • Regardless of production system • Organic, urban farming, conventional
Vibrant F Farms Encourages local, family Protects and cares for farmers farms to thrive and be and farm workers economically viable Honors stories of food production through Respects farm animals community voices
GOAL 1: Enhance communication amongst farmers to Enhance share resources and plan collaboratively. Explore GOAL 2: Explore and support a distribution and and aggregation mechanism within Montgomery County. support GOAL 3: Promote agriculture-education programs for Promote Montgomery County residents. GOAL 4: Pursue additional grants and financial resources to Pursue support vibrant farms in Montgomery County. GOAL 5: Advocate for public policies and practices that Advocate support agricultural use within the local food system.
Next Steps…Join Us! Contact Haley Carretta Project Manager - Food Systems HCarretta@phdmc.org 937-496-3308
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