2021 Ohio Food Policy Summit

Join us for the 11th Annual Ohio Food Policy Summit on Monday, November 8th in a virtual format hosted by the Ohio Food Policy Network and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. This year we will be joined by US Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), State Representative Juanita Brent (Cleveland-12), and Stacy Malkan, co-founder and managing editor of U.S. Right to Know. Join us to find out who is this year’s Ohio Food Hero.

We will dive into the Ohio Food Policy Network’s policy agenda, engaging with local, state and national food system leaders and partners on a range of policy topics including:

  • federal funding opportunities for local and regional food systems
  • mobile slaughter and processing
  • food access and education
  • local food equity strategies
  • sustainable agriculture
  • pesticides and public health
  • and more!

A special PRE-EVENT will be held on Sunday November 7th from 5-6:30pm. FALLing for Food is a cook along with Growing and Growth Collective’s Adrienne Williams and Local Matters’ Michelle Moskowitz Brown.

The invitation is open to all who want to see a strong regional food system in Ohio – please share this event widely within your networks.

SCHEDULE

9:15am – 9:30am     Welcome and OFPN updates

9:30am – 10:15am    Taking the lead on local and regional food systems (Link to Recording)

10:30am –11:30am     Concurrent Breakout Session 1

  • OPTION A: Prioritizing Equity in Local Food Policy (Link to Recording)
  • OPTION B: Access, Education and Equity: Why they matter for Ohio’s Food System (Link to Recording)
  • OPTION C: Mobile Meat: Exploring Innovative Solutions to Slaughter and Processing (Link to Recording)

12:00pm- 12:30pm Lunch Keynote: “Fighting for Equity in Food and Farm Policy: Starting with Soil” with Representative Juanita Brent (Link to Recording)

12:45 – 1:45pm          Concurrent Breakout Session 2

2:00pm – 3:00pm      Closing Keynote: “Our Food, Our Future: The Global Movement for Food Sovereignty and Agroecology” with Stacy Malkan (Link to Recording)

REGISTRATION

Cost: $20 General Admission 

          $10 for Ohio Local Food Policy Council Members 

(click here to register)

Scholarships are available on request.

FULL AGENDA

PRE-EVENT – FALLing for Food (Sunday, November 7th, 5:00–6:15pm)

Cook along with Growing and Growth Collective’s Adrienne Williams and Local Matters’ Michelle Moskowitz Brown  Pick up a meal kit in Columbus, or just buy the ingredients from a list provided. The recipe will be revealed a week in advance, but Michelle will only learn what she’s cooking after it’s made.

  • Michelle M. Brown, Local Matters
  • Adriene Williams, Growing and Growth Collective
  • Amy Baskes, Baskes Consulting (moderator)

WELCOME (Monday, November 8th, 9:15-9:20am)

WHAT’S NEW WITH THE OHIO FOOD POLICY NETWORK? (9:20-9:30am)

Hear the latest about OFPN. 

  • Michelle M. Brown: Chair, Ohio Food Policy Network; Executive Director, Local Matters

TAKING THE LEAD ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS (9:30-10:15am)

Hear from Representative Marcy Kaptur, the longest serving woman in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives, and long-time champion of federal policy supporting local and regional food systems. Rep. Kaptur will share what opportunities exist to support local food system work, lessons learned from the food system disruptions caused by the pandemic, and how local food policy councils and food system advocates can both connect to and benefit from this important work.

  • Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)

BREAK (10:15-10:30am)

CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS #1 (10:30-11:30am)

  • OPTION A: Prioritizing Equity in Local Food Policy – Haley Caretta, Food Systems Project Manager with Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County will share a framework of the Montgomery County Food Equity Coalition and the development of their Food Equity Plan. Kip Holley with OSU’s Kirwan Institute will share findings and recommendations from the Columbus & Franklin County Local Food Board’s Racial Equity Assessment.
      • Haley Caretta, Food Systems Project Manager with Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County
      • Kip Holley, social research associate, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
  • OPTION B: Access, Education and Equity: Why they matter for Ohio’s Food System – Tevis Foreman, Produce Perks Midwest, and Noreen Warnock, Local Matters, will share advocacy updates and opportunities for action related to access and education priorities.  At this session, attendees will engage in thoughtful dialogue about why access and education matter, and how they fit into an equitable vision for Ohio’s food system.
      • Tevis Foreman, executive director, Produce Perks Midwest,
      • Noreen Warnock, co-founder and director of community outreach, Local Matters
  • OPTION C: Mobile Meat: Exploring Innovative Solutions to Slaughter and Processing – Demand for local meat continues to grow, but bottlenecks in the processing chain inhibit market opportunities for livestock farmers in Ohio and Central Appalachia. Speakers will share results of a mobile meat needs survey and findings from site visits to two mobile meat slaughter facilities, then lead a discussion about the collective policy and infrastructure solutions that can better serve Ohio red meat livestock farmers, processors, and consumers.
      • Angela Blatt, Vice-chair, Ohio Food Policy Network
      • Paul Dorrance: Farmer/Owner, Pastured Providence 
      • Rachel Tayse, Harmonious Homestead

GRAB YOUR LUNCH – BREAK (11:30am-noon)

FIGHTING FOR EQUITY IN FOOD AND FARM POLICY: STARTING WITH SOIL (NOON – 12:30pm)

Representative Brent was recently highlighted as a leader in a new generation of Black women driving new agricultural policy. Hear about her interests in equity in food and agricultural policy and her recent work on soil health.

  • Ohio State Representative Juanita Brent (Cleveland-12)

BREAK (12:30-12:45pm)

CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS #2 (12:45-1:45pm)

  • OPTION A: Local Food Council Networking – Network with fellow Local Food Councils, share ideas and strategies, and provide input on how OFPN can support your work. 
      • Marjorie Jean-Baptiste (moderator) 
  • OPTION B: Navigating Online SNAP – Join us for a discussion on Online SNAP purchasing in Ohio with Giant Eagle. Learn where this will be implemented, how it will work, challenges and more. 
      • Beth Knorr of Summit Food Coalition and Akron Canton Regional Foodbank (moderator)
  • OPTION C: The Farm Bill & Building Resilient Local Food Systems – It’s tough to follow all the zigs and zags of federal food and farm policy and untangle what each piece means for farmers, local food systems and building equitable communities. Want to learn about what the farm bill is and available farm bill programs and policies that support resilient and equitable local and regional food systems? Join Wes King of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition for a presentation about the history of the farm bill, programs in the 2018 Farm Bill that support local/regional food systems, all with an eye to the future and an opportunity for participants to share ideas about how the farm bill can be improved.
      • Wes King, Senior Policy Specialist, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
      • Jill Clark, OFPN Steering Committee Member (moderator)

BREAK (1:45-2:00pm)

OUR FOOD. OUR FUTURE: THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AGROECOLOGY (2:00-3:00pm)

Food and farming is at a crossroads, with most experts saying we need to transform current food production models to address worsening hunger, climate disruptions and ecological degradation. But there are very different ideas about what that transformation should look like, and many funders and governments are pushing to expand high-input industrial models that could worsen these problems. Stacy Malkan, co-founder of U.S. Right to Know, will discuss her group’s findings about the deceptive tactics the world’s largest food and chemical corporations use to shape the narrative about pesticides and our food system, and how people’s movements around the world are writing a new story for the future of food. U.S. Right to Know is a nonprofit investigative research group focused on promoting transparency for public health. Since 2015, the group has obtained and reported on thousands of once-secret industry and government documents that shine light on how profit-driven entities threaten the integrity of our health, our environment and our food system. Learn more at www.usrtk.org

    • Stacy Malkan, Co-founder and Managing Editor of U.S. Right to Know

CLOSING (3:00-3:15pm)

Looking forward to the next Summit.

    • Tevis Foreman, executive director, Produce Perks Midwest

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2019 Ohio Food Policy Summit

Join us for the 9th Annual Ohio Food Policy Summit on Monday, October 28th at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, (2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus) hosted by the Ohio Food Policy Network and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

ABOUT

The Summit will kick-off with a morning workshop – “Redesigning the table: using equity and systems for collective action” – led by Johns Hopkins University’s Food Policy Network that is aimed at strengthening and equipping Ohio’s local food policy councils. This workshop is designed for members of local food policy councils, but anyone who is interested is welcome to register and attend.

The main public event in the afternoon focuses on food and farm policies developing at local, state, and national levels, including challenges faced by farmers, issues of social equity, and food system financing. During the keynote, the Ohio Department of Agriculture will discuss policy initiatives around children, food, agriculture, and health in the state of Ohio.

The main event is open to all who want to see a strong regional food system in Ohio – please share this event widely within your networks!

SCHEDULE

9:00am – 12:00pm      Food Policy Council Workshop
12:00pm – 5:00pm      Annual Ohio Food Policy Summit
5:00pm – 7:00pm        Networking Event 

REGISTRATION

Cost: $25 (click here to register)
Parking and lunch are included.
Scholarships are available.

AGENDA

Registration for the morning session (8:30am – 9:00am) 

REDESIGNING THE TABLE: USING EQUITY & SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION (9:00am – 11:30am)

The Food Policy Networks project will be leading a co-learning and sharing workshop on how to integrate equity and systems practices both into food councils’ organizational structures and policy work. Together, we will share and explore specific tangible examples of how food councils are applying systems thinking and equity commitments in practice.

  • Anne Palmer: Program Director, Food Communities & Public Health Program, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
  • Raychel Santo: Senior Program Coordinator, Food Production & Public Health and Food Communities & Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

>> Slides & Resources

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Registration for the afternoon sessions (11:30am – 12:00pm)

LUNCH & NETWORKING (12:00 – 12:30pm)

A STATE & NATIONAL VIEW ON FOOD POLICY COUNCILS (12:30pm – 1:15pm)

State and national food policy network leaders will share views on the current moment in food policy, including an update from the Ohio Food Policy Network. The statewide Local Food Hero Award will also be presented during this opening session.

  • Michelle Moskowitz Brown: Chair, Ohio Food Policy Network; Executive Director, Local Matters
  • Raychel Santo: Senior Program Coordinator, Food Production & Public Health and Food Communities & Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
  • Jalisa Dawkins: Local Food Systems Strategies Manager, Columbus Public Health

>> Slides & Resources

SOCIAL EQUITY IN FOOD SYSTEM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1:15pm – 2:30pm)

The development of Ohio’s local and regional food systems will require significant community efforts as well as public and private economic investment. This session will examine the racialized and inequitable history of economic investment and explore innovative and equitable approaches to food business development with a panel of experts and practitioners.

  • Toby Rittner: President & CEO, Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA)
  • Dr. Jason Reece: Assistant Professor, City & Regional Planning, Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University
  • Melinda Carter: Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, Minority Business Assistance Center (MBAC) / Columbus Urban League 
  • Tamela F. Walker: MBA, Torlitas, LLC, Owner
  • Hannah Scott: Program Manager, CFAES Center for Cooperatives, The Ohio State University
  • Walt Bonham: Creator/Operator, The Food Lab; Urban Farm Manager/Consultant, North End Community Improvement Collaborative (NECIC); Farmer/Board Trustee, Richland Gro-Op Cooperative Inc.
  • Leslie Schaller: Director of Programs, ACEnet; Business Director and Worker-Owner, Casa Nueva Cooperative

>> Slides & Resources

BREAK (2:30pm – 2:45pm)

THE FOOD AND FARM POLICY LANDSCAPE FOR OHIO: HISTORY, WINS, CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES (2:45pm – 4:00pm)

This session will review the “lay of the land” in food and agricultural policy in the state and discuss some of the challenges for farmers as they face increasingly severe weather events.

  • Amalie Lipstreu: Policy Program Coordinator, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
  • Fred Yoder: Farmer/Owner, Yoder Ag Services in Plain City, OH; Chair of The North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance
  • Paul Dorrance: Farmer/Owner, Pastured Providence Farmstead in Chillicothe, OH; Air Force Reservist
  • Caroline McColloch: Farmer/Owner, Chez Nous Farm in Piqua, OH

>> Slides & Resources

KEYNOTE PANEL – NEW ADMINISTRATION, NEW OPPORTUNITIES: AN UPDATE ON THE STATE’S GOALS FOR NUTRITION & FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS (4:00pm – 5:00pm)

The office of Governor DeWine will share the Governor’s and First Lady’s vision for better nutrition for Ohioans and how state agencies will work together to accomplish those goals.

Panel:

  • Cathy Corbitt: Deputy Director of Children’s Initiatives, Ohio Department of Agriculture
  • Kara Bertke-Wente: Assistant Director of Health and Human Services, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
  • Stephanie Siddens: Senior Executive Director of the Center for Student Supports, Ohio Department of Education
  • Sarah Ginnetti: Program Consultant for Creating Healthy Communities, Ohio Department of Health

Moderator:

  • LeeAnne Cornyn: Director of Children’s Initiatives for Governor DeWine

NETWORKING EVENT (5:00pm – 7:00pm)

Networking Event sponsored by The Ohio State University’s Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation (InFACT).

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2018 Ohio Food Policy Summit: Developing and Financing Food Systems

Join us for the Eighth Annual Ohio Food Policy Summit, on Monday, September 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, hosted by the Ohio Food Policy Network and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

ABOUT

This year’s summit will focus on the financing, investment, and economic development potential of local food systems, with discussions centering around a recent report released by the Federal Reserve entitled “Harvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities.” This national framework will be applied to discussions on financial resources available for local and statewide efforts, exploring how it can be harnessed to build food systems and how to leverage the economic development potential of local food in Ohio. This event is dedicated to connecting food council members, policy-makers, finance and economic development specialists and all other stakeholders who want to see a strong regional food system in Ohio.

REGISTRATION

Cost: $20 (click here to register)
No charge for undergraduate students with valid ID.
Scholarships are available.
Parking and lunch are included.

AGENDA

WELCOME (10:00am – 10:15am)

  • Jill Clark, Associate Professor, OSU John Glenn College of Public Affairs
  • Amalie Lipstreu, Policy Program Coordinator, Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association
  • Beth Knorr, Director, Summit Food Coalition

HARVESTING OPPORTUNITY: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (10:15am – 11:15am)

  • Andrew Dumont, Senior Community Development Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank
  • Debbie Tropp, Deputy Director, Local Food Research and Development Division, AMS, USDA

Panelists will discuss the use of local and regional food strategies, and the drivers behind them, to advance community and economic development goals.

BREAK (11:15am – 11:25am)

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS (11:25am – 12:30pm)

Session 1A:  BASICS OF FOOD SYSTEMS FINANCING

  • Toby Rittner, President & CEO, Council of Development Finance Agencies  
  • Ryan Kozak, Managing Director & Group Head of Public Finance, Huntington Capital Markets and Founder & Board Chair, Food Conscious

Development finance is the efforts of local communities to support, encourage and catalyze expansion through public and private investment in the physical development, redevelopment and industry. Come to this session to learn the terms and the opportunities of using development finance for our food system.

Session 1B:  SUCCESSFULLY-FUNDED NON-PROFIT FOOD PROJECTS

  • John Garofalo, Vice-President, Community Investment, Akron Community Foundation
  • Beth Knorr, Director, Summit Food Coalition
  • Susan Beaudry, Director of Programs, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation
  • Carrie Carson, Food Partners Access Coordinator, Appalachian Accessible Food Network

During this session we will hear from successfully funded food-related nonprofit projects in Ohio, how those investments came about, the current status of each project, and how to build successful funder relationships.

Session 1C:  LOCAL FOOD, LOCAL DOLLARS: INVESTING IN OHIO’S VALUE CHAIN

  • Andrew Dumont, Senior Community Development Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank
  • Debbie Tropp, Deputy Director, Local Food Research and Development Division, AMS, USDA
  • Brian Williams, Principal, Local Nexus

Continue the conversation from the morning panel, with a focus on Ohio. We begin by asking: What are the missing services in Ohio? How should we go about developing a holistic plan to address gaps? How do we get local, regional, and state buy-in?

LUNCH (12:30pm – 2:00pm)

OPEN NETWORKING (12:30pm – 1:15pm)

FARM BILL AND FOOD SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (1:15pm – 2:00pm)

  • Jonathan McCracken, Legislative Aide for Senator Sherrod Brown

This session will provide an overview of the current status of the 2018 Farm Bill negotiations, highlight the Local Agriculture Market Program which includes Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program as well as the new Regional Food Economy Partnership and speak to the role of food councils and advocates in shaping and reconstituting local and regional food systems.

HISTORY MATTERS: UNDERSTANDING THE LEGACY OF INSTITUTIONALIZED DISINVESTMENT ON COMMUNITY HEALTH (2:00pm – 2:30pm)

  • Jason Reece, Assistant Professor, OSU Knowlton School, City and Regional Planning

Why do we see such stark differences between neighborhoods? A hidden history of structural discrimination has shaped today’s geography of opportunity. The talk will discuss the factors shaping this landscape and how our history should inform contemporary community building.

BREAK (2:30pm – 2:40pm)

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS (2:40pm – 3:45pm)

Session 2A:  DO YOU WANT TO JOIN A STATEWIDE FPC ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN?

  • Amalie Lipstreu, Policy Program Coordinator, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
  • Carol Smathers, Field Specialist, Youth Nutrition and Wellness, OSU Extension
  • Beth Knorr, Director, Summit Food Coalition
  • Tevis Foreman, Director, Produce Perks Midwest

Join the Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council and issue leaders from Columbus to discuss creating a statewide food policy advocacy agenda. Michaela Oldfield, Director of the GCRFPC, will present a platform proposal and framework for developing statewide collective work. The issue leaders will briefly review what their organizations’ interests and capacities are. Then there will be open discussion of if and how FPCs across Ohio can work together to impact policy in the statehouse.

Session 2B:  SUCCESSFULLY-FUNDED ENTREPRENEURIAL FOOD PROJECTS

  • Lela Klein, Executive Director, Greater Dayton Union Co-op Initiative and Board Member, Gem City Market
  • Shaun Hamilton, System Director of Community Benefits, Premier Health
  • Anne Geggie, Vice President of Lending, Finance Fund

During this session we will hear from successfully funded food-related entrepreneurial projects and funders in Ohio, how those investments came about, the current status of each project, and how to build successful funder relationships.

Session 2C:  EQUITY IN PRACTICE

  • Jason Reece (Moderator), Assistant Professor, OSU Knowlton School, City and Regional Planning
  • Deonna Barnett, Executive Director, INCREASE CDC
  • Melinda Carter, Columbus Director, Minority Business Assistance Center
  • J. Averi Frost, Executive Director, Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce
  • Jerome Jones, Business Consultant, Small Business Development Center

Continue the conversation from lunch! Learn about equity in practice and access to financing for socially and economically disadvantaged communities.

BREAK (3:45pm – 4:00pm)

OHIO’S FOOD SYSTEM FINANCING AGENDA (4:00pm – 5:00pm)

  • Toby Rittner, President & CEO of Council of Development Finance Agencies
  • Gubernatorial Candidates, invited

Our last plenary session is the start of a food system financing agenda for Ohio.

ADJOURN (5:00pm)