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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Public Hearing - 10/19/22
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Urban Agriculture & Food Equity
A
A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
Pittsburgh
City
council's
public
hearing
today
is
Wednesday
October
19
2022,
and
our
public
hearing
is
relative
to
Urban
Agriculture
and
food
equity.
My
name
is
Deborah
gross
and
I
am
the
council
member
from
district
7
and
the
chair
of
intergovernmental
affairs.
Will
the
Kirk
please
read
the
subject
of
the
hearing.
A
Thank
you
for
the
record.
Today
we
are
joined
by
council
member
Wilson.
Thank
you
for
being
here
in
our
order
of
business
will
be
testimony
first
from
our
registered
speakers.
I
will
call
your
name
I'll,
try
to
call
two
names
in
a
row
that
way.
You
know
that
you're
up
next
in
case
you're
in
Chambers
or
if
you're
online
medical
clerk.
We
do
have
members
testimony
from
people
online
as
well
and
those
of
you
online.
So
when
you
hear
your
name
called
you'll
know,
you'll
be
up
next
and
you'll
know
to
unmute
yourself.
A
After
we
exhaust
our
registered
speakers,
we
will
take
anyone,
who's
not
registered,
and
you
will
have
one
minute
to
speak
as
a
reminder.
The
registered
speakers
have
three
minutes
and
when
you,
when
it's
your
turn
and
your
name
is
called
either
come
to
the
podium
or
unmute
yourself,
and
if
you
don't
mind,
please
giving
your
full
name-
and
it
says,
address
here,
but
I
think
we
also
accept
just
neighborhood
for
the
public
record.
A
A
C
A
E
C
Have
any
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
all
over
Allegheny
County,
where
people
are
struggling
with
basic
Social
Security,
making
tough
choices,
invulnerable
population,
especially
with
their
senior
citizen,
population
of
people
or
children?
Here,
I
get
my
medicine
today.
Do
I
put
my
thinking
bill
and
I
should
know
today.
This
is
a
particular
College
core
early
series,
Universe
we're
asking
for
your
support,
so
people
can
have
basic
nutrition
and
because
the
world
various
terrorists
were
like
to
do
thriving
school
and
become
our
future
leaders
and
for
adults
having
basic
nutrition
for
brands.
C
C
E
C
They
say
that
20
of
this
preparation
is
very
insecure,
but
because
of
the
pandemic,
and
despite
of
multiple
different
viruses,
it's
become
a
lot
more
of
our
community.
It's
hard
for
almost
everybody
during
this
generation
crisis
and
gasoline
approaches,
volcanes
going
up
it's
hard
for
people
to
raise
their
homework
space
and
we
can
reduce
crime
by
having
access
to
better
food
security.
People
are
isolated,
right
and
think
about
things,
so
they
came
from
primer.
If
they're
not
always
worried
about,
everybody
should
be.
F
We're
calling
on
the
city
to
support
effective
Grassroots
initiatives
like
these
and
also
provide
support
for
food
production
and
food
businesses.
The
city
already
plays
a
role.
You
guys
support
farmers
markets
where
there's
food
distribution,
you
manage
vacant,
lot,
acquisition,
programs
and
adoption
programs,
and
you
provide
grants
and
Loans
to
food
related
businesses.
So
we
just
need
you
to
kind
of
build
on
what
you're
already
doing
and
establish
this
fund
so
that
it
can
come
to
scale
and
really
meet
the
needs
of
the
community.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
G
By
inequities
within
our
food
system
in
developing
policy,
Solutions
residents
from
across
the
city
apply
to
be
part
of
this
program
through
which
they
learned
about
how
our
local
government
and
local
food
system
work.
The
two
cohorts
of
the
15
ambassadors
that
participated
in
this
program
were
absolutely
inspirational
to
work
with.
G
Ambassadors
include
people
that
run
restaurants
that
provided
food
to
those
in
need
throughout
the
pandemic
that
led
an
engaging
Community
Gardens
that
started
food
distributions
in
the
neighborhoods
and
that
teach
them
it
Philippines
ambassadors
and
other
community
leaders
who
have
participated
in
a
food
Justice
run
committee.
Do
all
of
this
kind
of
work
on
a
shoestrian
budget
if
they
have
any
budget
at
all.
G
From
my
experience
with
with
both
of
these
programs,
I
know
that
there
are
amazing
Community
leaders
and
neighborhoods
all
across
the
city,
including
some
of
the
speakers
we've
already
heard
from
or
we'll
hear
from
later
today
that
are
working
tirelessly
to
increase
access
to
nutritious
and
delicious
food.
Imagine
the
good
that
they
that's
two
three
small
amounts
of
planning
as
this
kind
of
organizing
this
kind
of
thinking.
G
G
The
basic
concept
you'll
find
is
straightforward,
was
a
simple
application
process.
Money
could
be
made
available
to
support
Grassroots
efforts
to
address
with
apartheid.
A
number
of
projects
could
be
eligible,
such
as
efforts
to
support
Urban
gardening
children
and
New
Market
development
embody
was
like
a
complete
Community
member
representation
would
review
applications
and
make
Awards
with
priority,
given
projects
that
are
led
by
and
are
primarily
benefiting
people
of
cochlear.
G
G
A
Thank
you
and
for
the
record,
you
can
always
email
your
comments
to
city
the
city
clerk
as
well,
and
they
distribute
it
to
all
members.
I
know
that
that
testimony
cut
in
and
out
a
little
bit
and
just
so
you
know
you
always
have
that
option.
Next
we
have
Amanda
pagniello
and
after
Amanda
we
have
Barb
Warwick.
A
H
H
In
recent
years
the
neighborhood
has
also
become
the
centerpiece
for
growth
and
development
in
Pittsburgh.
Future
focused
projects
abound
from
a
proposed
Tech
and
biomanufacturing
Mecca
at
the
Hazelwood
green
to
affordable
housing
at
the
Gladstone
school
to
the
expansion
and
revitalization
of
public
parks
in
the
Hazelwood
Greenway,
and
many
of
these
projects
were
outlined
by
the
community
in
the
2019
greater
Hazelwood
plan.
But
in
spite
of
all
this
new
development,
there
was
one
project
that
remained
conspicuously
absent
in
community
meeting
after
community
meeting
with
developers.
H
Yet
not
one
developer
working
in
the
area
has
proposed
building
such
a
space,
saying
that
Hazelwood
should
wait
for
the
neighborhood
to
grow
that
once
the
investment
in
Hazelwood
green
has
paid
off,
then
they
can
have
their
grocery
store.
But
the
people
living
in
Hazelwood
today
need
a
grocery
store.
Now,
so
Community
leaders
like
Pastor
love
and
miss
Sandra,
Cole
McKamey
decided
to
build
it
themselves,
despite
all
the
naysayers
they
are
taking
on
food
apartheid
in
Greater,
Hazelwood
and
Against
All
Odds.
H
This
is
where
a
dedicated
food
Justice
fund
comes
in
in
a
city
where
more
than
20
percent
of
residents
experience
food
insecurity
and
roughly
the
same
percentage,
don't
own
a
vehicle
to
take
them
to
a
grocery
store.
It's
time
to
act
by
investing
to
support
local
Grassroots
food
access
projects
like
the
Sarah
Dixon
Innovation
Center.
H
Not
only
will
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
be
providing
much
needed
material
support,
it
will
show
loud
and
clear
to
other
potential
investors
that
we
believe
that
economic
growth
and
prosperity
in
our
region
depend
on
a
just
Equitable
and
sustainable
food
system
and
that
together
we
can
build
it.
So
I
encourage
counsel
and
the
mayor's
office.
As
we
hammer
out
the
details
of
next
year's
budget,
let's
join
the
Trailblazers
in
Philadelphia
Chicago,
Seattle
and
Washington
D.C.
A
E
Good
afternoon
city,
council,
members
and
staff,
my
name
is
Tiara
Collins
and
I
live
in
the
Hill
district.
I've
lived
in
Pittsburgh
for
48
years.
I
am
a
Pittsburgh
Food,
Equity
Ambassador,
and
a
member
of
the
Pittsburgh
Food
policy,
Council
board
of
directors,
a
former
snap
user
resident
and
parent
advocate
I,
am
here
to
call
on
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
to
create
a
10
million
dollar
Pittsburgh
Food
Justice
fund
to
support
Grassroots
efforts
to
address
the
food
apartheid
in
our
city.
I
have
been
lucky
to
always
know
what
it
is
to
eat
healthy.
E
This
is
something
my
grandmother
taught
us
to
garden
and
grow
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
as
a
mother
of
five.
This
is
something
I've
passed
along
to
my
down
to
my
own
children
as
well.
Two
of
my
kids
have
special
needs.
A
10
year
old
with
Down
syndrome
and
a
28
year
old,
who
is
on
Dallas,
is
seven
days
a
week,
knowing
about
healthy
foods
and
eating
was
very
necessary
for
my
daughter,
who
had
been
diagnosed
with
blood
pressure
at
the
high
blood
pressure
at
the
age
of
three.
E
These
experiences
with
with
food
led
me
to
become
a
to
become
a
Pittsburgh
Food,
Equity
Ambassador,
which
was
a
great
honor
for
me.
I
never
even
knew
something
like
this
even
existed
being
a
part
of
something
so
amazing,
going
around
to
two
different
neighborhoods
to
see
the
fresh
urban
Gardens
that
existed
and
how
they
were
trying
to
support
their
neighbors.
E
Their
communities
is
a
blessing,
but
they
could
do
so
much
more
if
everyone
involved
has
support
or
support
being
able
to
serve
a
bigger
part
of
their
Community
will
make
a
big
change
in
low-income,
neighborhoods,
less
stress,
violence
and
less
children
being
hungry.
The
food
Justice
fund
will
create
opportunities
for
economic
stability,
entrepreneurship,
improving
Community,
Urban
farming
and
creating
a
stronger,
safer
communities
of
all
which
contributes
to
improving
determinants
of
Health.
E
Some
something
I
will
never
forget
is
when
I
heard
our
mayor
Gainey
talk
about
the
first
house,
he
and
his
wife
moved
in
and
how
she
offered
him
a
peer
from
off
the
tree.
That
was
in
their
yard
and
he
wouldn't
need
it,
because
he
had
no
idea
that
it
was
better
for
him
than
the
one
he
wanted
to
buy
eat
from
Giant
Eagles,
but
it's
so,
but
someone
had
taught
him
the
importance
of
eating
healthy
and
taught
him
to
pick
his
own
pairs
growing
up.
E
He
wouldn't
have
been
afraid
to
eat
the
pear
from
the
yard
and
from
his
yard.
He
also
said
that
now
he
does
a
little
bit
of
gardening
and
his
wife
does
a
lot
in
closing
my
my
son
says
something
one
day:
I
will
never
that
made
me
that
made
a
whole
lot
of
sense
to
his
siblings,
but
I
had
wish.
He
had
said
it
to
me.
E
Instead,
he
said
no
one
ever
taught
mom
how
to
be
a
mom
just
like
no
one
ever
taught
us
how
to
be
kids,
we're
all
learning
along
the
way
she
is
doing
the
best
she
cans
with
with
what
she
knows
and
have
to
work
with.
So
we
are
asking
that
the
city
council
supports
the
investment,
the
first
ever
10
million
dollar
Pittsburgh
Food
fund,
Justice
fund
and,
let's
let
them
learn
to
get
and
let
us
learn
together.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
I
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
your
time.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
and
speak
with
you
today.
My
name
is
Jamie
Christian
and
I.
Am
the
founder
and
executive
director
of
a
small
nonprofit
called
lettuce
turn
of
the
beat
sustainability
Collective
I'm
here
to
call
on
the
city
council
of
Pittsburgh
to
create
a
10
million
10
million
dollar
Pittsburgh
Food
Justice
fund
to
support
Grassroots
efforts
to
address
food.
Apartheid
in
our
city.
I
I
To
give
you
little
background
information
I'm
a
former
city
of
Pittsburgh
resident
and
my
organization
is
currently
based
in
the
South
Hills,
mostly
because
I
can't
afford
to
live
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
I'm,
a
single
mom
with
two
kids.
However,
our
work
over
the
past
seven
years
has
been
with
schools
who
service
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
as
well
as
individuals
and
families
and
other
non-profit
organizations
within
the
city
limits.
I
I
In
a
matter
of
seven
years,
we've
grown
from
building
our
first
school
garden
to
piloting
a
program
that
has
potentially
become
a
fund
to
provide
Financial
stability
to
Farmers
in
our
region.
Future
programming
that
we
are
involving
involved
in
involves
bioengineering
and
Industrial
Hemp
Classics
on
the
horizon.
This
summer,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
creating
a
non-medical
mental
health
support
program
in
the
amount
of
research
I
found,
addressing
a
link
between
food
apartheid
and
mental
health
was
staggering.
One
study
suggests
one
study
in
particular
showed
individuals
experiencing
food.
I
Apartheid
are
at
a
255
percent,
higher
rate
to
experience
mental
health
issues
than
those
who
do
not.
Unfortunately,
on
my
way
here,
I
received
word
that
a
single
mother
who
be
helped
during
the
pandemic
committed
suicide,
the
stress
of
not
being
able
to
provide
for
her
family.
A
lack
of
resources
was
just
too
much
for
her.
I
I
The
resources
we
provide
are
needed,
and
my
organization
has
done
a
lot
in
seven
years
and
we've
done
it
with
little
to
new
resources.
This
may
be
the
first
time
you've
ever
heard
of
me
or
my
organization
and
I'm
happy
to
share
my
story
and
experience
with
you
as
I
stated
previously.
We
are
small
and
limited
sorry
I'm.
A
J
Hi,
thank
you
for
staying
here
this
afternoon.
My
name
is
the
executive
director
of
friend,
Pittsburgh
Royal
Pittsburgh
is
an
urban
agricultural
non-profit
and
our
mission
is
to
teach
people
how
to
grow
food
and
for
both
the
benefits
of
Garden
Springs
to
our
neighborhoods.
We
envision
a
day
when
everyone
in
our
city
has
the
ability
to
eat
and
grow
fresh
and
local
healthy
food.
K
J
City
of
Kiss
firmed
to
create
a
10
million
dollar
food
Justice
plan
to
support
your
graduate
efforts
to
address
food
apart
tight
in
our
city.
This
is
important
to
meet
and
our
Network,
because
an
investment
into
urban
agriculture
is
a
key
tool
to
alleviate
food
apart
right
and
create
disabled
neighborhoods.
The
food
adjustments
fund
will
address
systematic
inequities
by
investment
in
urban
Agriculture
and
food
brand
projects
and
in
our
region,
whether
you're
raising
vegetables
at
home
or
in
the
community
plot.
The
benefits
are
multiple
and
Rich.
Gardening
provides
an
abundance
of
healthy,
fresh
food.
J
This
is
especially
important
in
the
community
feel
like
grocery
stores
or
other
sources
of
foods
because
of
systematic
repression
resulting
in
food.
Apartheid
Guardian
helps
by
the
state
winning
local
grocery,
and
if
you
wrote
your
own,
you
know
your
food
doesn't
have
any
harmful
pesticides
in
it.
Gardening
brings
people
to
the
Earth
and
creates
a
sense
of
place.
This
connects
neighborhoods
and
beautifies
backyards
if
they
can
walk
throughout
our
city,
Garden
provides
with
a
reliable
source
of
fresh
food
and
a
boost
of
physical,
mental
and
emotional
well-being.
J
Gardens
are
also
a
sense
of
self-defense
being
Collective
empowerment.
They
are
among
the
oldest
ones
of
mutual
Aid
and
food
Justice.
Even
before
the
pandemic,
one
in
five
pittsburghers
routine
include
insecure,
meaning
they
were
unable
to
assess
Advocate
food
Growers
throughout
the
region
have
stepped
out
to
address
the
increased
need
for
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables,
and
our
community
guard
is
in
her
Urban
Farms
help
support
local
food
pantries
with
their
own
produce
distributions.
The
gardening
blue
is
real.
J
A
L
The
food
Justice
fund
will
specifically
address
systemic
inequities
that
frame
how
our
food
systems
operate
and
how
a
current
and
a
lack
thereof
of
current
policy
impacts
how
we
relate
to
each
other
and
our
food
systems
as
inherently
political
beings
within
our
United
States.
However,
we
are
also
able
to
relate
to
each
other
with
love
and
care
and,
as
our
political
system
is
interconnected
within
many
of
our
other
intersectional
ecosystems
that
many
have
touched
on
today,
such
as
race,
the
economy
and
our
environment.
This
is
a
unique
opportunity
to
amplify
our
communities.
L
So
I'd
say
all
of
this
to
say
that
this
will
increase
Community
resilience
and
our
economic
stability,
and
if
it
is
policy
and
political
decisions
that
brought
us
here
today,
why
can't
we
support
something,
good,
positive
policy
that
demonstrates
care
for
our
communities
and
our
food?
We
know
what
we
need
and
we
know
that
we
need
the
financial
support
and
resources
to
back
our
community
leaders.
So
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today
for
your
time
and
consideration.
A
M
Also
one
of
the
Pittsburgh
immigrants,
people
that
lived
in
the
city
area
I
was
born
and
grew
up
as
a
farmer
until
right
now
with
the
elders
inside
the
community,
including
with
my
parents,
but
today
on
at
this
time,
I'm
here
out
to
Express
food
in
culture
in
our
pair,
that
is
in
our
priority
in
in
Pittsburgh
immigrant
communities
due
to
healthy
eating
Choice,
as
when
it
comes
to
food
everything
we
eat
in
so
far.
Right
now
is
new
to
us.
Nothing,
usually
that
we
normally
eat
back
home.
M
So
as
being
a
farmer
and
create
a
city
background
lot,
we
experience
and
learn.
We
miss
a
lot
of
things
and
today
we
are
growing
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
we
are
happy
to
see
that
and
we
also
need
to
see
more
of
cultural
food
tradition
as
a
part
of
protecting
our
in
identity
of
food
as
medicine.
M
M
So
we
would
like
to
have
at
least
food,
and
on
top
of
that,
we
don't
want
to
remind
how
our
African
government
that
pushed
all
the
farmers
behind
and
they
never
make
it
Priority
inside
of
their
government
system
and
according
to
that
I'm
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
17
years
later,
that
we
sit
down
on
a
table
coming
up
with
an
idea
how
to
push
forward
to
have
a
fund
for
their
Farmers
or
guiding
us
around
the
city
area
and
thank
you
and
I
will
also
say.
Thank
you.
Everyone
who
supports
this
idea,
foreign.
K
Good
afternoon
city,
council,
members
and
staff,
my
name
is
Colleen
Young
and
I
live
in
the
Pittsburgh
Lincoln
place.
Neighborhood
I'm,
also
the
director
of
government
Affairs
for
the
Greater
Pittsburgh
Community
Food
Bank
I'm
here
today
to
support
the
creation
of
the
Pittsburgh
Food
Justice
fund,
the
food
bank
currently
partners
with
over
75
food
pantries
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
alone,
and
more
than
1100
Partners
across
our
11
County
service
area.
K
We
see
the
direct
impact
that
inequities
in
the
food
system
have
in
our
communities
and
on
City
residents
who
struggle
daily
to
make
ends
meet.
We
also
have
seen
during
the
pandemic
that
those
who
were
hardest
hit
were
often
the
same
people
who
were
already
facing
disproportionate
food
security
and
load
food
access.
K
A
recent
report
by
feeding
America
highlights
the
ongoing
racial
disparities
in
food
insecurity
that
were
exacerbated
during
the
pandemic,
noting
that
food
insecurity
is
influenced
by
multiple
factors,
including
poverty,
unemployment
and
a
lack
of
household
assets,
all
of
which
are
disproportionately
experienced
by
communities
of
color.
Conversely,
addressing
food
security
leads
to
a
variety
of
positive
impacts
for
both
the
individual
and
the
entire
Community,
including
economic
growth
and
stability,
and
reduction
in
overall
health
costs.
K
The
American
Rescue
plan
funding
provides
an
ideal
opportunity
to
address
food
security
as
a
public
health
emergency.
The
American
Rescue
plan
was
designed
to
quote
build
a
bridge
to
an
equitable
economic
recovery.
The
national
league
of
cities
outlines
that
eligible
uses
for
this
funding
include
responding
to
Public,
Health
and
negative
economic
impacts
of
the
pandemic
and
specifically
mentions
supporting
disproportionately
impacted
communities
during
the
height
of
the
pandemic.
Targeted
economic
supports,
alongside
increased
food
pantry
and
food
rescue
distributions,
supported
many
families
and
residents
to
access
food.
K
However,
as
the
public
health
emergency
declarations
are
coming
to
a
close,
so
are
additional
food
assistance
resources,
while
the
food
bank
and
our
partners
will
continue
to
advocate
for
federal
and
state
funding
and
policies
that
support
food
and
economic
security.
The
Pittsburgh
Food
Justice
fund
will
provide
a
critical
opportunity
to
directly
support
our
community
members,
who
will
be
impacted
by
imminent
funding
gaps,
significantly
increased
food
costs
and
ongoing
food
system
inequities.
Ultimately,
reducing
food
inequities
will
require
the
kinds
of
systemic
change
and
Innovation
that
a
food
Justice
fund
can
activate.
Thank
you.
N
N
I
concur
with
all
of
my
fellow
cohorts
who
have
spoken
and
who
have
yet
to
speak.
I
am
personally
not
here
to
speak
on
whether
or
not
our
food
system
is
broken
or
intentionally
functioning,
as
planned.
I
am
here
to
share
a
vision,
I.E
my
suggestion,
I
titled.
This
thought
make
public
spaces
lovable
by
planting
edible
trees,
fruit
in
particular
Penn
Avenue,
which
is
roughly
a
10
mile
radius
from
Wilkinsburg
to
Gateway
Center
in
downtown,
passing
through
multiple
neighborhoods
Point,
Breeze,
East,
Liberty,
Bloomfield,
Lawrenceville
and
Etc.
N
Property
value,
but
the
most
important
food
Equity
through
easy,
common
and
accessibility
to
fruit.
This
not
only
benefits
the
homeless
or
less
fortunate,
but
the
runner,
the
biker,
the
Scooters
or
simply
Walkers,
passing
by
who
need
a
quick
dose
of
natural
holistic
nutrients.
Thank
you
for
listening.
A
A
We
can,
if
you
don't
see,
okay,
if
you
get
back
we'll,
try
to
Circle
back
to
the
speakers
that
we
might
have
just
missed
online
after
all
the
other
registered
speakers.
So
next
we
have
Tamara
O'brien,
followed
by
Zina
Scott
Tamara
O'brien,
no
okay,
I'll
mark
you
down
too
Dennis
Scott,
followed
by
Dante
Gordon.
O
Good
afternoon
I'm
Zenna
Scott
I'm
from
Homewood
and
I'm
in
District
nine
one
of
the
largest
districts
in
this
city
that
has
food
apartheid,
one
of
the
largest
areas
in
the
city
Homewood
having
vacant
lands
with
the
vacant
land.
It
would
be
nice
to
do
something
like
Chicago
has
done.
Chicago
has
taken
a
lot
of
their
vacant
land
in
their
low
and
black
and
brown
communities
and
turned
it
into
urban
Farms.
O
O
O
O
P
Good
afternoon,
council,
members
and
staff,
my
name
is
Dante
Gordon
I'm,
a
food
Equity
ambassador
out
of
beach
view,
and
I
would
like
to
say
thank
you
for
having
us
here
today
and
for
giving
me
an
opportunity
to
speak
on
behalf
of
myself
and
fellow
community
members.
I
am
a
lifelong
resident
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
before
I
joined
the
Pittsburgh
Food
Equity
ambassadors
program.
I
knew
nothing
about
food
insecurity
or
the
efforts
involved
with
fighting
for
Healthy
Living
and
such
being
an
impacted
resident
of
the
community
and
representing
District
4.
P
By
way
of
beach,
view
has
taught
me
to
use
my
voice
and
knowledge
to
help
the
people
of
my
community
in
need.
I'm
here
today
advocating
that
city
council
help
and
support
low-income
communities
and
Families
in
Need
with
regards
to
food.
Apartheid.
I
also
would
ask
for
support
in
the
extension
of
the
Pittsburgh
Food
Equity
ambassadors
program,
in
hopes
to
draw
attention
and
more
Community
involvement
at
making
Pittsburgh
a
food
secured
City,
making
food
more
accessible
and
the
overall
healthy
place
to
live.
Thank
you,
foreign.
Q
We
did
this
as
a
partnership
in
providing
food
for
our
neighborhood
to
make
sure
that
none
of
our
residents
are
vulnerable
citizens
or
the
marginalized
medically
vulnerable
would
go
without
food.
My
husband
was
a
U.S
United
States
veteran
and
several
years
ago
he
became
diagnosed
with
cancer.
What
the
diagnosis
was
always
fatal.
He
was,
it
was
a
diagnosis
that
couldn't
was
untreatable,
but
we
continued
in
the
work
in
providing
for
our
community
last
year.
Q
Q
So
we
took
it
upon
ourselves
and
me
one
long
person
300
over
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
have
raised
to
create
and
build
our
own
green
grocer,
the
U.S
department
of
Agriculture
CDC,
Department
of
Health
local
foundations,
a
New
Foundation,
our
community
residents,
we're
all
at
the
table.
But
I
look
today,
even
at
the
council.
There's
still
a
few
members
not
missing
here.
Q
That
is
the
frustration
that
not
enough
people
are
taking
this
seriously
good
health
and
vegetables
is
medicine
and
in
our
community
we
are
a
food
desert
and
some
talk
about
food
apartheid
I
have
taken
it
on
myself
to
make
sure
our
community
is
in
good
health
and
councilman
gross
I.
Commend
you
for
taking
the
challenge
in
the
leading
us
I
would
want
all
everybody
here
to
to
support
the
10
million
dollars
to
be
given
to
a
food
Justice
fund.
Thank
you
for
this
time.
R
Don't
see
why
the
whole
city
doesn't
have
things
like
this
Pittsburgh
has
one
of
the
most
amount
of
open,
green
spaces,
I've
ever
seen
in
a
city
and
the
city
I
think
could
do
more
to
advocate
for
permanent
plots
of
land
to
be
used
by
people
in
the
communities
for
things
like
fruit
trees.
You
know
you
plant
a
fruit
tree
it'll,
be
it
could
be
there
for
50
years,
feeding
people
and
it
doesn't
take
much
maintenance.
R
E
R
Change
and
the
the
water
levels
globally
being
threatened
and
food
being
threatened,
and
you
know
one
way
of
addressing
food
security
is
grocery
stores,
and
things
like
this,
but
in
the
event
of
any
issues
with
the
supply
chain
or
Global
food
supply
that
doesn't
help
food
becomes
more
expensive
and
I.
Think
that
it's
important
to
look
at
what
we
can
do
with
the
land
that
we
have,
which
is
plant
more
fruit
trees.
The
the
public
works
could
plant
fruit,
trees.
R
The
city
could
fund
members
of
the
community
and
and
give
them
money
and
pay
them
for
what
would
amount
to
less
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
for
a
whole
growing
season,
which
is
six
months.
You
could
train
and
pay
people
in
communities
to
utilize,
the
city-owned,
proper
lots
and
the
communities
to
plant
food
forests
and
fruit
trees
and
protect
them
from
being
developed
so
that
people
can
benefit
from
that
for
decades
and
I
think
that
Pittsburgh
is
a
unique
place
and
has
a
lot
of
potential
for
making
something
like
that
happen.
S
S
S
People
are
parents
or
committing
suicide
throughout
the
United
States,
because
they're
hungry,
we
ask
that
we
don't
get
become
that
kind
of
third
world
country.
Will
we
forget
about
feeding
our
own
people?
You
know
God,
said
to
Peter
three
times.
If
you
left
me
and
finally,
when
Peter
said
yes,
God
Jesus,
you
know
replied
to
Peter
and
said.
B
T
T
T
J
T
A
A
W
His
vision
is
a
Pittsburgh
region
that
celebrates
Latino,
welcomes
immigrants
and
Embraces
inclusion,
dignity
and
respect
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
undocumented
latinx
community
of
Pittsburgh,
to
Colorado
City
of
Pittsburgh,
to
create
the
one,
the
10
million
Pittsburgh
Food
Justice
fund
to
support
Grassroots
efforts
to
address
food
apartheid
in
our
city.
We
want
to
Echo
the
comments
that
a
lot
of
folks
have
been
saying
already.
W
This
is
important
to
me,
because
I
came
up
to
my
work
as
the
emergency
response
organizer
to
offend
to
defend
my
community's
human
rights
if
they
do
not
have
access
to
healthy
food.
If
the
community's
members
community
members,
children
are
starving,
I
need
to
address
that
before
I
meet
their
needs
like
with
legal,
educational
or
mental
health
services.
The
majority
of
the
community
that
Casa
San.
W
W
The
benefits
of
those
taxes
this
proposed
fruit,
Justice
fund
would
be
one
of
the
few
resources
that
would
actually
be
able
to
benefit
our
immigrant
communities
a
priority
for
a
city
that
claims
to
be
a
welcoming
City,
directly
linked
to
help
our
community
members
suffer
very
high
rates
of
diabetes,
depression
and
anxiety,
all
of
which
are
affected
by
our
daily
diets.
Again,
since
our
community
members
are
in
the
process
of
getting
legal.
W
Social
Security
numbers
they
do
not
have
access
to
medical
insurance.
They
cannot
afford
to
go
to
the
doctor
for
regular
checkups
and
their
economic
situations
force
them
to
wait
until
it
is
an
emergency
lead.
Having
access
to
Affordable
healthy
food
would
mean
the
world
to
our
community.
As
a
city,
we
need
to
prioritize
addressing
the
systemic
and
inequities
by
increasing
investments
in
communities
most
impacted
by
food
apartheid
like
around
documented
latinx
population.
In
conclusion,
hallucinate
asks
throughout
the
city
council
support
and
invest
in
the
first
ever
10
million
dollar
good
American
food
Justice
fund.
X
X
Speaking
today,
as
a
long-time
member
of
the
Pittsburgh
policy
Council,
a
member
of
the
human
rights
of
the
alliance
on
the
Pittsburgh
Community
Field
I,
strongly
support
the
previous
colleges.
It
commented
in
the
support
of
a
dedicated
True
Justice
fund
fund.
I
would
like
to
underline
and
expand
up
our
view
of
the
points
that
have
already
been
made.
X
There's
an
enormous
amount
of
research
by
our
most
estimated
medical
institutions
over
many
years
that
nutritious
food
access
is
critical
to
basic
health,
helping
to
prevent
a
host
of
acute
and
chronic
diseases
such
as
cancer
heart
disease
diabetes,
especially
for
historically
marginalized
groups.
That
research
shows
that
nutrition
is
especially
critical
to
reducing
high
rates
of
infant
mortality
and
mortality.
Black.
D
X
Vitally
important
in
strengthening
our
immune
systems
and
the
long-term
outcomes
and
recurring
from
all
influences
and
new
evidence
shows
that
this
holds
true
for
covet
as
well.
We
need
to
consider
healthy
food
as
one
of
the
the
many
important
measures
to
protect
residents
from
the
impacts
of
a
pandemic,
which,
thanks
to
rapidly
evolving
code,
ovariants
will
probably
continue
for
many
years
presently.
Covet
continues
to
take
a
significant
toll,
especially
in
communities
of
color,
not
only
because
of
hospitalizations
and
deaths,
but
also
as
the
disabling
damages
of
long
covet
to
Heart.
X
Brain
circulatory
and
alter
pulmonary
systems
becomes
more
clear.
Current
research
is
showing,
while
covid
is
estimated
to
affect
one
in
five
of
people
who
test
positive,
even
young
and
healthy
people
with
mild
initial
symptoms.
We
must
make
sure
that
healthy
food
is
available
to
the
escalating
number
of
those
who
struggle
for
months
or
years
to
recover
from
coven,
often
unable
to
work
or
care
for
family
neighbors
and
Community
Networks
arsenal.
X
We
must
consider
not
only
the
impact
of
national
and
Global
events
such
as
the
war
in
Ukraine,
one
of
the
main
bread
baskets
in
the
globe
and
Rising
inflation
on
the
ability
pittsburghers
to
buy
healthy
food.
We
must
consider
the
escalating
impacts
of
climate
change
and
invest
in
the
local
food
shed
and
systems,
including
Urban,
Farms,
Gardens
and
markets
to
prepare
for
the
short,
medium
and
long-term
breakdowns
of
Food
Systems.
We
see
across
the
globe
which
again
will
most
impact
the
most
vulnerable
members
of
our
community.
X
W
W
X
V
V
V
Regularly
at
Duncan
park
at
Community
managed,
Orchard
and
natural
place
based
not
for
Lawrenceville
since
2015.,
and
so,
while
our
community
food
growing
space
has
benefited
greatly
from
receiving
small
grants
to
support
our
work
throughout
our
time
as
an
organization.
The
most
important
support
I
think
we've
had
for
this
project,
came
in
the
form
of
paid
staff
time
to
coordinate
and
organize
the
work
we
did
on
the
ground
in
the
garden
from
Lawrenceville
United,
which
is
a
non-profit
based
in
Lawrenceville.
V
So
without
having
the
consistent
and
reliable
support
from
Lu
I
think
are
primarily
volunteer
on
speech.
Absolutely
not
have
survived.
So
I
wanted
to
talk
to
speak
today,
because,
while
I
absolutely
support
investing
in
through
Justice
and
Equity
programs
in
Pittsburgh
and
I
think
this
fund
is
a
great
idea.
I
have
some
concerns
about
focusing
on
addressing
your
math
or.
V
Networking
primarily
through
a
granting
program
like
this,
in
that
it
may
not
support
the
need
that
many
of
the
other
small,
but
primarily
volunteer-round
Community
groups
trying
to
work
with
the
space,
have
for
access
to
Reliable,
centralized
and
consistently
present
expertise
in
administrative
support.
We
need
this
to
navigate
all
the
day-to-day
complex
Logistics
of
running
programs
that
support
our
communities
and
connect
our
programs
to
resources
while
preserving
institutional
knowledge,
even
as
we
know
that
individual
groups
doing
the
work
towards
home
through
Justice
and
Equity
are
going
to
turn
over
throughout
the
city.
V
So
I
would
really
love
to
see
some
of
these
finals
or
funds
and
future
programs
working
in
this
space
go
towards
also
supporting
additional
permanent
City
staff
positions
that
will
pay
a
full-time
living
wage
with
benefits
and
will
attract
and
retain
the
kind
of
centralized
accessible
expert
support
that
allow
smaller
community-based
food
Justice
groups
to
survive,
CORE
family
members
to
new
jobs
and
commitments,
and
also
connects
our
groups
to
one
another
so
that
we
can
better
learn
from
each
other
in
the
broader
Pittsburgh
Community
and
not
each
individually.
Having
to
reinvent
our
Wheels.
Thank
you.
D
T
D
T
T
Every
single
child
enrolled
in
our
after
school
program
currently
qualifies
for
free
Monday's
lunch,
and
many
of
them
are
on
food
stamps
already
so
they're
really
just
struggling
to
make
ends
meet
most
months
in
the
cost.
Restrictions
of
food
are
becoming
more
and
more
prohibitive
for
a
lot
of
them
to
get
the
nutrition
that
they
need.
T
Grassroots
organizations
are
doing
what
they
can
throughout
the
city,
but
in
order
to
truly
address
this
issue,
we
need
the
commitment
and
investment
from
city
council
and
the
gaming
Administration
to
address
who
departure
in
our
city
our
kids
deserve
to
eat.
They
deserve
to
have
a
quality
education.
These
things
go
hand
in
hand,
so
I
urge
you,
on
behalf
of
my
students,
to
commit
to
the
10
million
dollars
for
food
Justice
Fund
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
Thank
you.
Y
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Ann
Sanders
I
reside
on
radium
Street
in
Observatory,
Hill
I'm,
also,
the
public
policy
Advocate
at
just
Harvest
I'm,
here
at
the
board
of
the
food
Justice
fund
to
promote
food
Equity.
There
are
so
many
reasons
to
invest
in
community
projects
that
address
who
to
part-time
and
you've
heard
about
so
many
of
them
today.
I
want
to
focus
on
the
returns
of
such
an
investment.
Y
It
is
Well
documented
that
the
lack
of
access
to
healthy
food
greatly
harms
a
child's
academic
performance,
lower
test
scores
of
math
redecomprehension,
and
it
harms
their
social
emotional
development.
It's
related
to
increased
anxiety,
aggression,
School
absenteeism,
change,
to
experience,
food
insecurity
in
which
we're
prone
to
depressive
disorders
and
suicide.
Y
Y
You
know
chronic
diseases
such
as
diabetes
and
other
heart
conditions
are
related
to
food
insecurity,
but
it's
also
related
to
depression,
anxiety
and
sleep
problems.
So
employees,
where
food
insecure,
are
more
likely
than
this
work
and
be
distracted
at
work
and
lose
wages.
All
of
that
is
a
huge
economic
cost
for
the
City
Las
Vegas
and
lost
profit.
Y
Revenue
there's
an
extra
work
on
taxpayers
for
schools
to
meet
their
goals
and
additional
burdens
on
our
health
care.
System
investing
in
a
food
Justice
fund
does
more
than
just
alleviate
the
human
and
economical
of
hunger.
It
supports
the
development
of
a
robust
food
economy
that
benefits
us
all:
buyers,
sellers,
neighborhoods,
taxpayers,
Growers
and
eaters,
supportive
food
entrepreneurs
and
food
businesses
who
have
been
doubted
by
the
pandemic,
who
strengthen
our
economy,
supportive,
Growers
and
retail
outlets
means
more
economic
opportunities
in
our
communities.
Y
Two-Thirds
of
job
creation
comes
from
small
businesses,
so
targeting
small
organizations
and
businesses,
as
the
food
Justice
fund
is
intended
to
is
the
most
likely
way
to
Spur
job
creation
in
the
food
sector.
The
food
Justice
fund
would
also
ensure
that
investments
in
food
infrastructure
are
prioritized
rather
than
competing
with
many
of
the
other
Community
Development
needs
and
interests
that
may
occur
in
other
on
other
fun.
Y
Pockets
such
as
Avenues
hope
and
lastly,
I
want
to
note
that
food
apartheid
was
created
by
a
purposeful
divestment
for
black
communities
and
is
one
of
the
reasons
we
have
such
great
racial
disparities
in
this
city
nearly
three
years
ago.
This
Council
recognized
racism
as
a
Public
Health
crisis.
Creating
a
school
just
to
spawn
can
priority
that
can
prioritize
ending
for
the
part-time
is
a
critical
tool
if
we
are
going
to
start
dismantling
systemic
racism.
Y
A
Z
My
name
is
Dana
dolney
and
I
live
in
Polish
Hill
I
want
to
thank
councilwoman
gross
for
calling
this
hearing
to
uplift.
The
work
of
the
food
ambassadors
I
truly
hope
today
will
shine
a
light
on
the
inequities
of
food
access
and
the
realities
of
food
apartheid
in
Pittsburgh,
especially
what
can
and
must
be
done
to
address
the
needs
of
those
living
in
these
communities
and
specifically
how
city
council
can
support
the
solutions
identified
by
the
communities
themselves.
Z
I
am
a
Grassroots
organizer
at
just
Harvest
and
I
have
worked
throughout
the
pandemic
and
some
of
the
hardest
hit.
Neighborhoods
I've
been
part
of
working
groups
coming
together
in
those
neighborhoods
to
support
Urban
Farms
local
co-ops,
small
Grocers
and
corner
stores
with
fresh
produce,
I
see
Community
groups
and
neighbors
working
alongside
each
other
to
reclaim
abandoned
Lots
working
with
children,
teaching
them
about
real
nutrition
learning
how
to
grow
food
and
giving
them
safe
spaces
in
neighborhoods
that
other
allies
have
few
to
none.
Z
I
can
attest
that
those
who
are
doing
the
heaviest
lifting
in
this
work
are
doing
so
because
they
are
weaving
the
desperately
needed
food
infrastructure
back
into
their
main
streets
and
communities,
because
there
is
none
which
is
a
very
important
part.
There
is
none,
they
want
food
sovereignty
and
they
are
rebuilding
their
communities
to
be
more
resilient
and
self-sufficient
because
they
know
what
it
means
for
their
health
and
their
community's
safety.
But
the
road
to
real,
sustainable
change
is
long
and
winding
without
financial
support
and
many
of
these
communities
do
not
have
that
time.
Z
The
needs
are
critical
and
the
city
has
a
role
to
play
in
supporting
Solutions
identified
by
leaders
and
comprehensive
development
plans.
The
mayor's
listening
sessions
identified
the
same
needs
again
and
again
and
again,
regardless
of
the
forum's
topic:
affordable,
housing,
food
access
and
food
security,
Transportation
public
health
and
safety,
they
are
all
intertwined.
Z
We
need
you
to
understand
that
a
food
Justice
fund
can
priorify
can
prioritize
women
of
color
and
support
Grassroots
work,
Community
owned
and
led
efforts
that
could
go
hand
in
hand
with
work
already
happening
at
the
Ura
like
the
rebuilding
of
Main
Streets,
food
security
and
infrastructure
should
be
a
priority.
That
work
should
be
a
priority
in
that
work,
as
it
is
missing
from
every
one
of
the
Avenues
of
hopes
communities
identified.
Z
We
have
the
resources,
but,
to
my
knowledge,
not
a
single
dollar
of
the
335
million
of
the
city
received
in
federal
pandemic
funding
to
date
when
to
increase
food
access,
which
is
why
I'm
here
today
to
call
on
the
city
to
create
a
10
million
food
Justice
fund.
Every
council
member
should
be
a
champion
for
food
access
to
support
the
health
and
safety
of
their
constituents,
but
we
need
more
than
just
talk
about
Equity.
Z
We
actually
need
action
and
that
action
is
making
the
food
Justice
fund
a
reality
for
Pittsburgh
I
have
20
seconds
left
so
I
want
to
thank
you.
Erica
strasberger
I,
want
to
thank
you.
Bobby
Wilson
I
want
to
thank
you,
Deb
gross,
because
two-thirds
of
our
council
is
missing.
Today,
two-thirds
of
our
council
is
missing
to
talk
about
food
access
and
food
Equity
during
a
pandemic.
Z
Z
A
A
AA
Hello
good
afternoon
city,
council,
members
and
staff
colleagues
and
friends,
my
name
is
Joyce.
I
live
in
Edgewood
Wilkinsburg,
neighborhood
I'm,
a
Pittsburgh
Urban
Farmer
at
heart,
farms
in
the
Sinclair
area
prior
to
that,
an
educator
and
research
scientist
with
the
USDA
controlled
environment,
AG
operation,
here
in
Pittsburgh
being
clinical
researcher
and
human
nutrition.
AA
I,
come
to
you
today
to
express
an
elaborate
on
the
need
for
the
City
of
Pittsburgh
to
create
a
10
million
dollar
food
Justice
fund
I
would
like
to
see
increased
access
to
Fresh,
nutritious,
culturally
significant
food
crops
to
more
pittsburghers
I,
want
to
provide
and
ensure
food
security
by
growing
and
producing
food
that
stays
in
our
community.
This
is
especially
the
case
the
neighborhoods
designated
as
food
apartheids
or
hfpas,
and
all
the
more
relevant
in
our
current
times,
and
what
we
have
seen
with
globalization
and
lacking
food
availability
during
the
pandemic.
AA
As
a
member
of
several
Pittsburgh
Food
policy,
Council
working
groups,
I'm
inspired
by
the
number
of
people
residents,
business
owners
and
Community
leaders
willing
able
truly
driven
to
do
the
work
of
the
food
Justice
fund
can
accomplish.
With
your
support.
This
could
help
support
Urban
Farmers
through
developing
Community
Markets
pop
up
produce
stands
and
mobile
markets
and
areas
of
most
need
where
we
could
bring
our
produce
to
our
migrant
Farm
has
worked
with
several
Community
Markets
close
to
us.
AA
A
mobile
market
that
would
travel
to
areas
with
limited
fresh
access
providing
affordable
items,
but
our
reach
is
limited.
The
opportunities
provided
to
us
in
the
creation
of
these
resources
within
our
communities
with
support,
we
can
make
imperative
Connections
In,
Our,
Food
Systems
between
farmers
and
Community
Gardens,
who
can
grow
and
provide
to
local
institutions
joining
together
in
our
Urban
environment,
to
provide
fresh
locally
grown
produce
to
places
like
corner
stores
which
often
have
heavily
processed
foods.
We
can
reconnect
our
communities
to
healthy
evening,
sound
nutrition,
vitality
and
peace
of
mind.
AA
They
come
with
proper
nourishment
and
nutrition.
As
a
former
researcher
in
clinical
human
nutrition
I've
seen
directly
the
immunomodulatory
benefits
of
healthy
eating
by
consumption
of
Whole
Foods
as
an
Urban
Farmer
I've
experienced
how
seldom
and
inconsistent
fresh
produce
is
available
at
some
of
our
food
banks
while
being
told
how
much
the
people
love
it
when
fresh
produce
is
available
to
them
as
a
city
resident
I,
wonder
how
many
of
us
have
taken
for
granted
being
able
to
drive
to
the
grocery
store
and
select
items
we
want
to
purchase
I.
AA
Consider
how
many
of
us
have
realized
this.
A
luxury
for
some
or
not
an
option
at
all.
With
this
fund,
our
youth,
our
future,
can
be
engaged,
introduced
and
taught
about
growing
food.
We
can
provide
culturally
significant
food
crops
and
teach
the
community
how
to
cook
those
crops
and
other
crops
through
Partnerships
with
chefs
and
nutritional
professionals.
We
can
reinvigorate
our
communities
with
knowledge
and
bring
them
back
to
the
table
and
perhaps
off
the
streets.
There
is
so
much
undeniable
community
and
food.
It
is
at
the
Crux
of
our
sustained
well-being.
AA
A
A
Going
once
going
twice
and
then
the
last
one
I
think
we
missed
was
Angela.
Williams
is
Angela
Williams
with
us,
no
okay,
so
those
were
all
of
our
registered
speakers
and
traditionally
there
may
be
people
who
didn't
have
the
opportunity
to
register,
and
so
we
can
offer
those
speakers
one
minute.
If
anyone
in
the
chambers
would
like
to
speak,
you
can
just
line
up.
I,
won't
I,
don't
know
your
name,
so
you
can
just
go
in
whatever
order.
Thank
you.
My.
AB
Name
is
you?
Oh,
my
name
is
Yvonne
F
Brown
I
live
up
in
the
Hill
district.
Katie
Rivers
tires
I'm
here
today
and
I'm
kind
of
upset,
because
I
was
here
at
10
30
in
the
morning.
Usually
we
have
these
meetings
at
1
30
in
the
afternoon,
so
from
10
30
in
the
morning
to
three
who
made
it
convenient
for
Miss
gross.
He
is
praising
her,
but
when
I'm
down
here
you
have
to
believe
that
I
have
to
watch
her,
whereas
they
all
talk
to
her.
She
talks.
AB
While
we're
talking
you
don't
really
realize
she
has
come
down
in
groups
and
so
years
get
to
they.
They
stop
and
they
listen
to
you.
I
come
down
here
in
20
something
years
and
they
can
talk
while
I'm
talking,
yeah
Burgess.
You
see
him
how
ignorant
he
was.
It
was
irreverent
the
same
as
him
as
soon
as
the
Reverend
got
ready
to
speak.
He
got
up
and
left
that
shows
you
that
there's
something
wrong
with
this
Reverend.
A
U
U
A
AD
L
AD
You
thank
you
well
I,
just
want
to
thank
first
councilwoman
gross
for
your
advocacy
on
this
issue
generally
for
calling
this
hearing,
which
has
been
incredibly
helpful,
to
hear
from
all
of
you
and
and
to
thank
you
all
for
your
advocacy
as
well
and
and
those
who
have
left
and
those
who
I
know
are
Advocates
but
weren't
able
to
join
us
today.
This
is
an
issue
that
I
I
care
deeply
about
as
well.
AD
I
might
not
be
out
as
in
front
on
this
issue
as
councilwoman
gross,
but
I
care
about
it.
For
a
few
reasons,
one
I
think
that
Pittsburgh
can
be
the
healthiest
city
in
America.
I
do
I
know
it
sounds
silly
now,
but
we
can
be
the
healthiest
City
in
our
country
and
it's
all
tied
together,
as
some
have
alluded
to
right,
it's
and
it
it
has
to
come
in
part
from
having
healthy
food
access
for
every
single
resident
in
the
city
easily,
if
easily
accessed
and
affordable.
AD
That
will
improve.
Obviously,
the
health
of
our
residents
it'll
improve
the
health
of
our
communities.
It
is
tied
to
mental
health
has
been
mentioned
here
today.
Food
as
medicine
is
something
I,
deeply
agree
with
and
believe
in
and
for
the
record
I
do
think
our
Health
Care
Systems
could
have
some
skin
in
the
game
when
it
comes
to
food
as
medicine,
but
that's
maybe
a
different
topic
or
different
hearing
altogether.
AD
It's
obviously
helpful
for
connecting
our
communities
right,
whether
it's
an
urban
Garden
or
whether
it's
a
farmer's
market
or
whether
it's
a
shared
meal
that
sense
of
connection
during
a
time
of
increased
disconnection
in
our
communities
is,
has
benefits
beyond
what
we
can
even
fathom.
So
and
then
you
know
when
it
comes
to
climate
change
and
the
climate
crisis,
as
we
talk
about
District
energy
and
distributed
Energy
Systems
in
our
neighborhoods.
The
same,
obviously,
as
we've
heard
today
is
true
for
kind
of
having
District
food
or
District.
AD
You
know
distributed
systems
of
food
like
Urban
Gardens
or
like
the
corner
market
or
employee-owned
grocery
stores.
So
all
that's
kind
of
what
I
was
jotting
down
and
ruminating
on,
as
all
of
you
were
speaking
and
I,
do
believe.
The
city
has
to
have
skin
in
the
game
when
it
comes
to
the
basic
building
blocks
of
life,
which
is
food,
and
you
know
healthy
water
as
well.
AD
My
question
I
guess:
if
I
don't
know
if
councilwoman
gross
is
able
to
address
this,
or
perhaps
we
can
discuss
at
a
later
date,
is
if
the
county
is
being
asked
to
have
skin
in
the
game
here,
given
their
arpa
funding
and
given
that
they
have
the
both
the
county
health
department
and
Human
Services
under
their
umbrella,
and
whether
the
school
district
has
been
asked
to
contribute
toward
a
fund.
A
similar
type
of
fund.
AD
AC
AC
But
regardless
under
one
north
side,
there
is
under
that
umbrella
one
north
side.
There
is
an
effort
where
they
coordinate
with
this
food
pantry,
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
continued
good
information
that
that
is
even
probably
happened
in
my
district
that
you
know
this
will
really
bring
the
surface.
So
looking
forward
to
talking
all
that
about
all
that.
A
A
I
always
like
to
kind
of
recap
what
I've
heard
from
comments,
and
so
I'll
do
that
in
closing,
and
it
really
strikes
me
that
what
I
heard
was
a
support
for
establishing
this
10
million
dollar
food
Justice
fund.
That
would
be
distributed
over
four
years,
because
so
many
people
talked
about
what
food
investment
means.