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From YouTube: April 14, 2021 Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council
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I'll
now
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
ask
tamra
to
call
the
role.
I
may
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum
when
tamra
calls
your
name.
Please
say
present
food
council
members
and
also
introduce
yourself
briefly
with
your
organization
affiliation
and
any
other
information
that
you'd
like
to
share
for
any
community
members
on
the
call
you've
already
introduced
yourself
so
sit
tight
as
we
take.
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Thank
you
tamra
for
taking
those
roll
calls
and
thank
you,
everyone
for
your
patience
and
for
showing
up
today,
a
few
folks
eluded
like
a
heaviness
or
a
deep
grief
or
a
deep
trauma
that
they're
feeling
and
I
just
want
to
ensure
that
we
lift
the
name,
the
life,
the
legacy,
the
family,
the
loved
ones
of
dante,
wright
who
was
killed
by
police
in
brooklyn
center.
I
think
that's
what
people
were
alluding
to.
I
just
want
to
ensure
that
we
lived
up
the
name
of
those
directly
impacted
with
that.
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We'll
move
on
to
our
next
agenda
item
we'll
be
discussing
federal
and
state
food
systems,
legislative
and
funding
updates.
We've
got
a
few
folks
facilitating
stewarding,
prompting
the
conversation
for
us
today.
We've
got
a
few
presentations
that
will
follow
as
well
on
the
agenda,
so
it's
pretty
packed,
but
hopefully
exciting
energizing
for
all
of
you
here
today.
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O
So
there
are
a
few
different
important
food
access
programs
that
were
cut
in
the
senate's
agriculture
omnibus
budget,
but
that
are
not
cut
their
they're
funded
in
full
in
the
house
and
within
the
governor's
budget,
so
we're
addressing
just
in
the
senate
proposed
cuts,
and
so
two
of
them
happened
the
same
way.
So
I
want
to
describe
those
together.
O
Those
are
the
good
food
access
program
and
urban
agriculture,
so
those
were
the
funds
were
eliminated
for
those
two
in
a
similar
fashion
and
then
there's
another
program
called
market
bucks
that
is,
that
was
also
eliminated
in
in
the
senate
budget
and
also
is
is
fine
in
the
house
and
governor's
budget.
So
we
are
doing
some
some
defense
work
among
partners
on
on
all
of
those
and
I'm
happy
to
make
this
a
little
bit
more
conversational
and
others
may
you
know,
have
updates
beyond
what
I
what
I
know
on
these
issues.
O
So
I
do
encourage
folks
to
chime
in.
I
am
happy
to
hear
there's
some
representation
from
appetite
for
change.
They
may
know
more
about
urban
egg,
but
I
do
know
that
the
general
strategy
is
that
we
want
to
make
sure
people
understand
the
importance
of
these
programs
as
they
move
into
conference
committee
negotiations.
O
So
my
recommendation-
and
I
don't
know
100
for
sure
if
this
is
the
plan,
but
I
think
on
all
three
we'll
plan
to
have
sign-on
letters
going.
I
just
can't
say
100
for
sure
on
their
urban
agriculture
one
because
that's
not
mind
mine
to
lead
that
action
on,
but
I'm
hoping
that'll
be
a
way
that
people
can
take
action
on
that.
If
not
an
action
alert
to
conference
committee
members.
O
So
something
of
that
of
that
shape,
I
imagine,
will
come,
but
we
don't
know
who
is
going
to
be
selected
to
sit
on
the
conference
committee.
Yet
so
that's
partly
what
we're
waiting
for
and
we
are
having
some
discussions
with
key
leaders
on
these
issues
in
the
in
that
committee,
and
so
maybe
as
we
learn
more
we'll
have
a
better
sense
of
exactly
what's
needed.
O
O
It
would
be
gone
if
if
the
senate
had
its
way
same
with
good
food
access-
and
I
will
put
a
link
in
the
chat
to
a
sign-on
letter
that
that
we
just
got
put
together
today,
so
I
will
put
that
in
there
and
would
definitely
welcome
people
sharing
that,
broadly
with
other
partners
across
the
state,
I'm
trying
to
think
what
else
on
market
box.
We
have
a
sign-on
letter
going
there
as
well.
We've
actually
had
a
couple
requests
to
submit
that,
so
it's
actually
been
submitted
to
legislators
a
couple
times.
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O
Yet
or
maybe
they
won't
or
who
knows
at
this
point,
but
but
I
had
a
chance
to
talk
with
her
and
before
I
could
even
say,
and
good
food
access,
urban
eggs,
yep
yep
yep,
no
we're
not
so
she's
right
there
and
planning
to
do
whatever
she
can
on
all
of
these
issues
and
sees
them
as
interconnected.
So
that's
really
good
news
and
I
think
we'll
find
strong
support
from
members
in
the
house
as
well
on
these.
O
So
I
think
it'll
it's
never
fun
to
have
to
defend
programs,
but
I
think
we've
got
strong
support
and
I'm
more
optimistic
even
today
than
I
was
a
couple
days
ago
for
those
that
talked
to
me,
then
you
might
notice
that
so
so
conversations
are
going
well
with
key
members
right
now
and
the
administration
understands
the
importance
of
these.
So
so
those
are
the
defense
ones
and
I
can
pause.
O
Yeah,
so
I
can
make
sure
that
they're
easy
to
find
off
the
hunger
solutions
website.
If
that
makes
the
most
sense
I
mean
I
can
certainly
share
them
with
you
all
to
post
somewhere
too.
I'm
not
sure
if
you
have
a
good
platform
to
share
more
broadly,
but
otherwise
I
can
offer
to
try
to
make
it
easy
to
find
all
these
off
the
homepage
on
hungersolutions.org,
okay,
I'll
check
that
out.
Thank
you,
okay
and
don't
look
for
it
tonight.
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I
just
will
chime
in
leah.
This
is
patty
bowler
from
the
health
department
hi,
the
other
cut
in
the
senate,
which
is
quite
disturbing
to
local
public
health
is
there's
a
10
million
dollar
a
year
cut
to
the
state,
health
improvement,
partnership
or
ship
funds
that
local
public
health
get
and,
as
you
probably
know,
we
use
those
funds
for
a
variety
of
chronic
disease
prevention
work,
including
healthy
eating
projects
and
policy
change.
O
Well,
I
can,
I
can
mention
a
couple
other
topics
that
I
think
would
be
of
interest
before.
I
forget
I'm,
adding
one
that
I
that
I
didn't
pre-suggest,
but
I
but
I'm
realizing.
I
don't
know
why.
So
we
do
have
a
bill
that
hunger
solutions
has
been
working
on,
based
on
input
from
directly
impacted
community
members
regarding
increasing
the
income
limit
for
snap,
so
states
do
have
federal
flexibility
to
have
the
income
limit
up
to
200
percent
of
poverty
and
in
minnesota
we
haven't
taken
advantage
of
that.
K
O
It's
at
165
percent.
We
do
know
that
members
have
been
or
that
people
have
been
having
issues
and
bumping
up
against
that
that
income
limit
and
facing
food
insecurity
and
not
being
eligible
due
to
income
for
the
program.
So
we're
hopeful
that
this
would
be
really
meaningful
for
those
those
households.
O
That's
what
we've
heard
and
had
had
people
sharing
their
own
stories,
and
so
I'm
optimistic
that
one
got
hearings
in
both
the
house
and
senate
has
support,
didn't
make
it
in
the
governor's
budget
just
due
to
timing,
but
I
think
has
administration
support
and
I
would
say
as
well
positioned
as
something
that's
basically
cost
neutral
to
the
state,
but
would
bring
in
resources
from
the
federal
government
for
that
program
to
reach
more
people.
So
that's
another
one.
O
If
you
don't
mind,
I
didn't
mention
before,
but
I
want
to
share
that
letter
sign
on
letter
link
too.
So
that's
a
good
thing
that
is
moving,
and
then
I
know
that
people
are
also
supporters
of
farm
to
school.
Good
news
on
that
too.
I
believe
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
those
that
work
closely
on
it,
but
I
believe
that
it
got
an
increase
actually
of
100
000
in
the
senate
and
then
is
you
know
flat
at
its
current
level
of
funding
in
the
house
and
in
the
governor's
budget.
O
So
that's
good
news,
there's
a
possibility
of
it
going
getting
a
little
more
funds
or
at
minimum.
It
looks
like
it's
safe
and
if
I
miss,
if
I
don't,
if
there's
anything,
I
don't
know
on
that.
On
that
one,
I
haven't
been
able
to
stay
plugged
into
coalition
meetings
or
anything.
But
that's
what
I
know.
O
Cool
then,
the
last
one
I'll
mention
is:
we've
been
working
on
a
campaign
to
secure
school
meals
for
all,
actually
at
both
the
federal
and
the
state
level.
We're
we're
pushing
hard
on
that
right.
Now
we
had
a
bill
that
was
going
to
focus
as
a
first
step
on
something
called
the
community
eligibility
provision
that,
based
on
certain
benchmarks
of
poverty,
high
poverty,
schools
can
use
federal
funds
to
in
at
the
school
or
at
the
district
level,
provide
free
meals
to
all
kids,
universal
meals.
O
I
thought
that
that
bill
was
not
gonna
make
it
because
it
didn't
make
it
into
the
original
house
education
omnibus
bill,
but
I
just
saw
an
amendment
that
actually,
I
guess
we're
gonna
do
something
on
it
still.
So
I'm
still
working
to
understand
the
amendment,
but
it
looks
like
basically,
the
state
is
going
to
provide
some
funds
to
make
it
easier
for
schools
to
afford
to
take
up
this
program.
O
With
that
bill,
this
current
amendment-
I
don't
really
have
anything
yet
to
say
you
know
how
how
to
cr
craft
an
action
alert
around
that
or
you
know
it
doesn't
have
a
bill
number,
but
I
will
definitely
keep
you
all
posted
if
we
create
an
action
alert
to
thank
the
house,
members
for
that
or
urge
the
senate
to
take
it
up
or
anything
along
those
lines.
But
it's
kind
of
breaking
news.
So
that's
that's!
All
I
know
right
now
is
what
I
read.
B
That
was
awesome,
leah,
there's
so
much
there
yeah.
So
I'm
sure
helen.
Also,
a
food
council
member
has
been
dropping
some
links
into
the
chat
as
well.
That
I
think,
will
align
with
what
you're
about
to
drop
into
the
chat
which,
for
community
members
leah
shared,
should
be
accessible
on
hungersolutions.org
in
the
next
few
days
or
week
or
so.
O
I
forgot
to
say
one
thing
you
you
made
me
realize
I
should
clarify,
look
in
the
next
two
days,
not
in
a
week,
because
there's
a
chance
that
as
soon
as
monday
or
as
soon
as
we
know
the
conference
committee
members,
basically,
if
we
hear
from
any
of
our
allies
like
get
this
letter
in
now,
that's
what
we'll
do
so.
I
would
highly
recommend
look
at
the
end
of
this
week
or
you
know
check
in
in
a
day
even
and
hopefully
we'll
have
some
of
these
sign
up.
O
At
least
the
ones
that
are
ready.
We'll
have
some
sign
on
letters
up
that
you
can
add
your
organizations
to
and
they're
they
are
just
organizational,
not
individual,
sign-ons
right
now,
that's
what
is
being
recommended,
but
there
might
be
more
opportunities
for
individual
action
to
come
and
we'll
definitely
share
that
on
our
website,
but
yeah
time
sensitive.
So,
okay,
looking
like
think
about
it
as
a
roughly
two-day
opportunity
for
action,
I.
B
B
R
Awesome
I
was
just
gonna
add
this
is
devon
from
my
appetite
for
change,
with
appetite
for
change,
that
we've
been
working
really
closely
with
hunger
solutions
to
make
sure
that
there's
been
a
youth
voice
involved
in,
in
particular
among
the
healthy
hunger-free
schools.
So
it's
been
great
working
with
hunger
solutions
and
other
youth-led
organizations
so
that
they
have
a
little
bit
of
an
advantage
in
getting
involved
in
policy
work
younger
so
that,
hopefully
we
can
change
our
world.
R
E
E
B
B
Come
from
the
city
who
supports
tamra,
just
just
confirmed
that
so
look
to
the
agenda
first
for
links,
but
then
things
obviously
naturally
emerge.
So
what
we'll
ask
is
for
guest
speakers
who
have
links
that
they
want
to
share
that
weren't
thought
of
in
advance
that
they
just
make
those
accessible.
So
sometimes
we
might
dictate
the
website
to
you,
which
is
what
we've
done
here.
B
B
Q
Great,
thank
you
tega,
I'm
jill
krieger.
I
haven't
introduced
myself
yet
I
work
at
the
network
for
public
health
law,
and
so
I'm
really
glad
to
to
be
here
with
you
and
I'm
gonna
have
you
know
super
high
level
overview
kind
of
a
smattering
of
of
things,
and
I
was
just
trying
to
guess
what
might
be
most
interesting
to
you
all.
Q
So
if
you
have
follow-up
questions
I'll
either
amanda-
and
I
will
both
so
stopping
for
a
moment,
so
I'm
going
to
kind
of
cover
the
like
food
production,
climate,
environment,
side
of
things
and
amanda
is
going
to
focus
more
on
nutrition.
The
nutrition
side
of
things
is
roughly
how
we'll
approach
this
so
we'll
each
you
know
talk
for.
Q
Q
So
if
you
have
any
follow-up
questions,
if
anything,
I
I
say
is
of
interest
that
you
want
to
know
more
about
or
anything
amanda
says
just
there
will
be
q
a
or
you
can
ask
well,
where
talking
I
don't
whatever
works,
whatever
your
normal
practice
is,
and
then
you
know
if
we
can
answer
it
on
the
fly,
we'll
do
that.
If
not,
we
can
also
also
follow
up
too.
Q
So
my
understanding
was
that
there
was
just
interest,
especially
in
what
kinds
of
you
know.
What's
in
all
of
this
flurry
of
recent
federal
legislation
or
proposed
legislation
that
might
be
relevant
for
a
local
food
policy
council.
What
kind
of
funding
streams
might
there
be
for
cities
as
well?
As
for
you
know,
member,
you
know,
participants
in
the
food
system,
so
that's
kind
of
I
think
the
charge
loosely
defined.
Q
So
that's
what
we'll
we'll
do
so
and
I'll
kind
of
go
in
reverse
chronological
order,
so,
starting
with
the
proposed
infrastructure
act
from
the
president
and
then
going
backwards,
so
we
actually
know
the
least
about
where
I'm
going
to
start,
but
but
there's
still
opportunities,
I
think
to
influence
the
the
the
more
recent
things.
So
the
infrastructure
proposal
from
president
biden,
the
american
jobs
plan,
is
still
mostly
what's
available
to
the
public,
is
sort
of
the
broad
outlines
of
of
what
the
president
is
proposing.
Q
What
we
know
is
that
he's
proposing
he
and
the
administration
are
proposing
essentially
a
a
broadened
understanding
of
infrastructure.
So
it's
not
just
you
know,
highways
and
and
railroads
and
and
airlines,
but
a
much
broader.
You
know
that
it
could
include
the
child
care
system
and
a
much
broader
conception
of
infrastructure.
Q
Q
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
details,
though,
but
but
what
we
know
is
that
this
is
now
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
conversation
that
will
be
happening
with
congress
and
more
details
will
emerge
and
there
should
be
opportunities,
then,
to
weigh
in
with
congress
and
more
details
will
emerge.
But
anyway,
I
think
it's
important
that
that
the
recognition
of
nature-based
infrastructure
and
I
think
what
what
the
administration
means
by
that
is.
Q
You
know
the
land
and
how
you
know
wetlands
like
what
is
the
role
of
wetlands
in
a
dream.
You
know
in
addressing
flooding.
What
is
the
role
in
forests
and
you
know,
and
how
we
could
structure
forests,
how
we,
you
know,
prescribe
burns
or
or
that
sort
of
thing
in
preventing
wildfires.
So
anyway,
nature-based
infrastructure
is
the
terminology
being
used.
Q
There's
also
a
language
about
clean
drinking
water
infrastructure
that
to
to
increase
to
update
and
modernize
clean
drinking
water
infrastructure,
there's
language
about
a
civilian
climate
core
that
would
train
and
provide
opportunities
for
conservation
and
resilience,
workers,
agricultural
resources,
management,
climate,
smart
technology.
So
I
haven't
found
a
whole
lot
that
was
specifically
about
local
food
systems.
Q
At
the
level
of
detail,
that's
available
to
us
now,
but
it
seems
clear
that
that's
could
be
within
the
understanding
of
the
administration,
the
broad
understanding
of
the
administration
about
what
infrastructure
is
so
moving
backward
in
time
to
the
american
rescue
plan.
That
is
actual
past
legislation.
So
we
know
more
about
that.
Q
The
other
thing
was
the
restaurant
revitalization
fund.
You
know
folks
may
be
familiar
with
that,
but
it's
a
fun
that
would
provide
training,
ta
and
and
grants
to
support
restaurants,
particularly-
and
there
are
two
two
ways
that
that
can
be
calculated.
Broadly
speaking,
the
the
most
common
way
that's
talked
about
is
based
on
revenue
loss
associated
with
the
pandemic.
Q
Going
back
further
in
time
to
december
of
2020,
the
consolidated
appropriations
act
again,
I'm
I'm
not
sure
what
what
programs
you're
already
familiar
with.
So
forgive
me
if
I'm
talking
about
things
you
already
know
or
or
or
if
they're
things
that
are
new,
I'm
happy
to
talk
more
in
the
q
a
but
the
consolidated
appropriations
act
had
a
bump
up
in
funding.
Q
For
the
local
agriculture
market
program,
which
was
a
new
name
for
a
consolidation
of
two
pre-existing
programs,
the
farmers
market,
local
food
promotion
program
and
the
value
added
value-added
producer
grant
program,
and
so
those
two
programs
have
been
pretty
critical
for
for
local
food
systems,
and
so
it's
important
that
that
the
consolidated
appropriations
act
provided
additional
funding.
You
know
at
a
higher
their
discretionary
funding,
but
they
were
funded
at
a
higher
level
than
they
had
been
for
the
previous
year.
So
there
may
be
opportunities
to
tap
into
that
for
minneapolis.
Q
Q
Q
So
those
provisions
and
the
consolidated
appropriations
act
from
last
december
there's
a
sort
of
a
wealth
of
provisions.
Basically,
to
support
the
transition
from
fossil
fuels
to
renewable
energy
and
again,
I'm
not
sure
how
much
that
would
be
of
interest
to
this
group,
so
I
just
wanted
to
broadly
name
that
one
particular
piece
of
that
is
has
to
do
with
hfcs
or
hydrofluorocarbons
which,
which
folks
may
know
is
a
really
important
as
a
short-lived
climate
pollutant.
Q
It's
been
a
focus
of
a
lot
of
international
climate-related
activity,
so
addressing
hfcs
sooner
rather
than
later
would
really
help
buy
time
to
address
carbon
and
climate
change.
More
generally,
so
anyway,
there's
a
number
of
really
important
provisions
related
to
reducing
hfcs
and
transitioning,
which
I
think
enters
into
local
food
systems.
Q
Discussions
in
terms
of
transitions
that
make
we
may
see
you
know
in
retail
supermarkets,
for
example,
related
to
refrigeration,
and
so
there
will
be
strategies
in
terms
of
training,
technical
assistance,
grant
programs
support
for
research
and
development,
but
all
of
which
may
be
important.
You
know
in
you
know:
food
cooperative
supermarkets.
You
know
anybody
who
has
to
refrigerate
food
could
be
relevant
to
local
food
systems,
so
those
were
some
of
the
pieces.
Q
H
Q
The
office
of
urban
agriculture
is
also
providing
support
for
composting
initiatives
and
then
the
other
final
thing
I
wanted
to
touch
on
was
the
regional
food
system
partnerships
program,
which
is
again
a
fairly
new
program.
I
believe
I
it's
created
under
the
2018
farm
bill
and
it's
really
for
planning.
Q
I
haven't
studied
closely
the
eligibility
criteria,
but
it
looks
like
it
should
be
more.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
statewide,
but
but
certainly
beyond
just
the
the
city
of
minneapolis,
but
it
might
be
interesting
either
as
a
funding
stream
or
just
to
see
like
well.
What
are
other
folks
working
in
local
food
systems?
You
know
doing
in
these
15
other
straight
states.
B
Thank
you
so
much
so
I
see
teresa's
hand
is
up,
and
then
I
also
just
wanted
to
correct
earlier.
Sam
had
shared
for
community
members
dialing
in
that
in
the
meeting
minutes
which
are
posted
following
every
meeting
that
you
know,
gems
from
the
chat
will
be
captured
there.
So
just
correcting
that
comment
earlier
teresa.
If
you
got
a
question
or
comment
feel
free
to
unmute
yourself.
Yes,
thank
you.
Sega.
L
L
So
conservation
is
really
a
potential
kind
of
co-payment,
as
well
as
growing
food
getting
paid
for
ecosystem
services.
I
think
that's
going
to
have
to
be
a
big
strategy
for
beginning
farmers
to
raise
enough
money
to
to
make
an
income
for
themselves,
so
we
really
want
really
strong
funding
for
ecosystem
service
payments
like
sequestering
carbon,
so
that
those
growing
our
food
have
that
source
of
income.
Just
a
comment.
I
G
So
this
is
amanda
if
there
aren't
additional
questions
about
jill's
presentation.
This
might
actually
just
picking
up
from
where
how
long
left
off
talking
about
the
american
rescue
plan
and
some
of
the
funding
that's
in
there
for
for
states
as
well
as
locals,
which
I
was
going
to
just
touch
on
briefly
before
getting
into
some
of
the
other
stuff
I
can.
I
can
get
going
now
if,
if
this
feels
like
a.
G
Carls
public
health
law
center
really
happy
to
be
here.
It's
been
a
while,
since
I've
had
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
folks
at
homegirl
minneapolis
but
happy
to
be
here
and
really
excited
that
you
all
are
continuing
to
do.
Some
awesome
work
you're
one
of
the
more
sort
of
functioning
food
policy
councils
in
the
country.
G
As
far
as
you
know,
sort
of
what
I've
been
able
to
see
monitoring
things
on
not
just
federal
level,
which
I
do
part
of
the
time,
but
also
local
level,
which
is
kind
of
one
of
my
my
favorite
areas
of
focus.
So
I'm
super
happy
to
be
here.
Can
you
guys
all
hear
me?
Okay
or
am
I
am
I
freezing
up
we're
good,
okay,
jill's?
Okay,
I
I'm
gonna,
I
geeked
out
a
little
bit
and
actually
put
together
some
powerpoint
slides.
G
G
Okay,
that
doesn't
look
like
it's
working,
so
I'm
just
gonna,
I'm
gonna
chat.
If
I
can
get
back
into
the
there,
we
go.
Okay,
so
forget
forget
the
powerpoint
but
feel
feel
special
that
I
made
one
for
you.
I
guess
we'll
leave
it
at
that,
so,
basically
just
picking
back
up
from
from
where
we
left
off.
In
the
conversation,
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about.
This
is
because
now
my
camera's
off
too,
so
I
don't
think
anyone
can
see
me.
G
G
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
but,
as
was
already
mentioned,
there
is
funding,
and
I
just
want
to
say
this
is
sort
of
an
introductory
a
point.
There
is
funding
within
the
american
rescue
plan.
That's
specifically
allocated
for
local
governments,
in
addition
to
the
state
governments,
as
helen
pointed
out,
to
be
able
to
address
sort
of
public
health
emergency
release
as
they
relate
to
covid,
especially
including
assistance
to
households,
small
businesses
and
nonprofits,
and
I
don't
have
the
full
details
on
what
that's
going
to
look
like.
G
Yet
I
think
it
may
have
come
out
from
treasury
yet,
but
I
haven't
seen
it
so.
You'll
you'll
want
to
be
kind
of
looking
to
guide
in
stocks
from
the
treasury
department
to
understand
what
exactly
that's
going
to
mean,
but
I'm
hopeful
that
there
will
be
opportunities
for
innovation
along
the
lines
of
what
was
available
under
the
cares
act.
G
One
thing
to
check
out
is,
if
you
go
to
there's
a
website
that
part
of
a
project
that
I
work
on
called
the
healthy
food
policy
project.
So
it's
healthypolicyproject.org
and
there
you'll
find
a
covid19
food
policy
index
where
we
have
gathered
and
summarized
a
variety
of
different
policies
that
relate
to
local
government
action
during
culver
19
to
increase
food
access,
but
anyway
can.
G
H
G
You
so
another
absolutely
another
key
piece
of
the
american
rescue
plan
is:
are
the
provisions
that
are
contained
in
sections
1101
to
1108
of
the
act?
If
anybody
wants
to
get
super
wonky
and
take
a
look
at
the
act,
that's
where
you'll
find
them,
and
these
relate
to
key
investments,
to
food
assistance
programs
to
mitigate.
G
What's
going
on
right
now,
specifically
the
extraordinarily
high
levels
of
hunger
and
hardship
that
we're
seeing
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
and
so
I'll
just
highlight
a
few
of
these
at
very
high
level.
But
if
anyone
has
questions,
we
can
dig
in
a
little
bit
more
things
that
it
does,
for
example,
as
it
relates
to
snap,
is
that
it
extends
a
15
increase
in
snap
benefits
through
september
of
2021.
G
G
That
is
continuing,
as
well
as
a
suspension
of
work
rules
for
what
you
sometimes
hear
referred
to
as
a-bots.
I
don't
like
the
acronym,
but
it
refers
to
able-bodied
adults
without
dependence.
So
during
the
coven
19
pandemic,
there's
a
suspension
of
work
requirement
rules
that
would
normally
apply
to
folks
that
would
fit
into
that
category.
G
Under
going
back
to
the
american
rescue
plan,
act,
there's
also
going
to
be
an
extension
of
pandemic
ebt,
so
through
pandemic
ebt.
This
is
the
program
where
eligible
school
kids
receive
temporary
emergency
nutrition
benefits
that
are
loaded
onto
an
ebt
card,
so
just
similar
to
what
you
get
in
the
snap
program
and
they're
able
to
use
those
cards
or
their
families
are
to
purchase
food.
If
the
kids
schools
are
closed
or
not
operating
during
copen18.
G
G
There's
also
going
to
be
additional
investments
in
wic
partially
to
help
kind
of
modernize
the
program
and
to
help
create
some
innovations
around
the
program.
There's
some
recognition
that
wic
is
kind
of
lagging
behind
technologically
some
of
the
other
food
programs,
and
so
there's
nearly
900
million
dollars
being
dumped
into
things
like
and
I
say
dumped.
I
don't
mean
that
pejoratively,
but
put
into
the
wic
program
to
help
modernize
it
and
expand
through
new
innovations,
and
then
also.
G
G
G
E
G
G
Okay,
I
think
it'll
be
a
matter
of
funding
as
far
as
what
else
continues,
we
have
seen
already
the
biden
administration
being
fairly
progressive
in
terms
of
their
commitment
to
expanding
these
programs,
and
I
think
there
will
be.
I
would
be
surprised
if
there
was
not
an
understanding
going
forward
that,
even
after
the
pandemic
is
officially
over,
that
there
isn't
an
ongoing
need,
as
people
continue
to
recover
from
job
loss
and
other
disruptions
around
the
pandemic.
So
I
would
I
am
optimistic
that
that
will
be
the
case.
G
I
was
going
to
add
too.
This
is
a
little
off
topic,
my
conversation,
but
just
because
I
I
love
thinking
about
what
can
be
done
at
the
local
level
and
that's
where
you
all
are
are
setting
and
thinking.
I
think
one.
You
know
one
thing
to
be
thinking
about
right
now
is
not
just
like:
what's
going
on
federal
level
in
the
state
level,
but
where
can
you
at
a
local
level,
be
filling
in
gaps
and
innovating,
because
really
local
local
governments,
especially
to
the
extent
you
can
influence
yours?
G
You
know
that
leo
was
talking
about
in
terms
of
especially
the
cep
effort,
so
the
idea
of
getting
schools
that
are
eligible
to
participate
in
the
community
eligibility
provision,
either
at
a
school
level,
a
group
of
school
level
or
a
district
level
to
participate
in
that
provision
to
make
sure
that
they're
maximizing
federal
funding,
especially
for
those
schools
or
groups
of
schools
or
districts
that
can
qualify
for
full
federal
reimbursement.
And
you
know
just
think,
just
want
to
just
drop
that
kind
of
in
your
in
your
laps.
G
To
think
about
whether
or
not
there
might
be
a
way
to
encourage
minneapolis
to
make
sure
that
it
is
fully
maximizing
cep.
You
guys
are
already
doing
such
awesome
stuff,
making
sure
that
there's
free
breakfast
for
all
kids-
and
I
know
that
there's
some
some
school,
some
school
meals.
Folks
on
the
call
too
so
just
strapping
that
there
for
you
all
to
maybe
think
about
as
a
way
to
think
about
strategically
how
you
can
fill
in
some
gaps
around
what
is
being
done
at
state
and
federal
levels.
G
She
is
left,
I'm
guessing.
There
will
be
people
more
informed
than
I
am
on
a
sort
of
a
community
organization
strategy,
and
I
would
definitely
welcome
any
input
from
folks
who
have
that.
I
I'm
a
little
bit
hamstrung
too
in
terms
of
what
I
can
say
just
because
I'm
not
allowed
to
do
anything
that
looks
like
lobbying.
I
can
sort
of
introduce
the
idea,
but
I
probably
can't
get
too
much
further
down
the
road
than
that.
E
B
J
I'll,
just
chime
in
since
I
work
for
minneapolis
schools
in
our
culinary
department,
I
will
say
cep
is
a
fantastic
program
and
for
those
of
you
who
are
wondering
specifically
about
minneapolis
public
schools,
we
do
participate
in
cep
and
and
several
of
our
schools
qualify.
And
so
we
do
take
advantage
of
that
program
and,
as
amanda
mentioned,
also
do
universal
free
breakfast.
But
there
is
definitely
a
lot
of
information
if
you're
curious
about
learning
more
about
cep
on
the
minnesota
department
of
education
website
to
kind
of
understand
how
it
works
currently.
B
Awesome
great
discussion
on
what's
happening
at
the
federal
and
state
level.
Thank
you
so
much
jill
and
amanda
for
what
you've
just
shared
with
us.
If
there
aren't
any
more
questions
or
comments,
we'll
move
to
the
next
agenda
item-
and
I
just
learned
that
anu
who
anu
ramaswamy
from
princeton
university,
who
is
going
to
share
a
few
updates
around
staffing
for
the
minneapolis
food
action
plan
on
agenda
number
six
actually
has
to
leave
at
seven
o'clock.
T
T
So
she
has
a
student,
and
so
we
would
help
in
the
manner
that
we
had
previously
providing
technical
assistance
data,
and
I
will
continue
to
be
engaged
and
happy
to
provide
the
types
of
data
and
analysis
that
we
had
previously
done,
but
going
forward.
I
see
hikaru
peterson
as
being
the
lead
faculty
member
with
her
student
and
I'm
happy
to
support
in
any
way
we
can.
T
But
thanks
for
for
engaging
and
having
you
know,
we've
enjoyed
the
engagement
and
contributions.
I
don't
think
I
have
anything
more
specific.
Hikaru.
Wasn't
able
to
be
there
today
and
so
as
we
go
forward.
We,
I
also
wanted
to
say
we
all
are
on
a
joint
usda
nifa
grant
called
innovations
in
the
food
energy
water
nexus,
and
so
through
that
grant.
We
are
collaborating
with
the
city
with
the
university
of
minnesota,
princeton,
university
and
syracuse,
who
you're
going
to
hear
from
next.
T
B
I
appreciate
you
being
here
and
we'll
leave
the
other
food
action
plan
updates
for
just
a
second
we'll
pause
them
for
just
a
second
and
actually
go
back
to
agenda
item
number.
Five
reese
is
here
from
the
good
acre
and
prepared
a
presentation
to
share
some
of
the
work.
Some
of
the
awesome
work.
That's
happening
out
of
the
good
acre.
So
we'll
kick
back
up
to
that
agenda
item
and
then
circle
back
to
share
more
of
the
food
action
plan
updates.
F
Thank
you,
so
I
think
tamara's
got
control
of
this
of
these
few
slides
I
brought
but
I'll.
Basically,
I
don't
know
how
many
of
you
know
what
the
good
acre
is
I'll.
Basically,
let
you
know
what
we
do:
we're
a
non-profit
food
hub,
we're
in
beautiful
falcon
heights,
minnesota
right
by
the
state.
Fairgrounds
we've
been
around
for
about
six
years,
thanks
tamra
and
everything
basically
at
the
heart
of
everything
we
do
are
farmers
and
our
whole
mission
is
to
help
farmers
improve
their
markets.
F
That's
why
that's?
Why
we're
out
there?
That's
why
we
do
what
we
do
so
we
have
always
been
in
farm
to
school,
that's
kind
of
our
gig.
We
started
doing
classes
for
for
the
people
that
work
in
the
school
systems
trying
to
encourage
them,
teaching
them
how
to
use
local
food
and,
by
the
time
2020
hit.
We
are
about
at
26
different
districts
throughout
the
state.
F
F
We
had
no
idea
how
bad
it
was
going
to
be,
but
at
the
time
it
was
looking
like
there
wasn't
going
to
be
many
farmers
markets
and
if
they
were,
they
were
going
to
be
limited
and
many
of
our
farmers
that
we
work
with
they're,
mostly
bipark
farmers
hmong
and
in
different
groups
and
they'd
already
planted.
You
know-
or
at
least
they'd
already
bought
their
seeds
to
plant.
F
I
used
to
farm
and
large
farms
get
crop
insurance,
corn
and
soybeans.
Most
of
the
commodity
crops
are
guaranteed
farming
and
for
small
farmers,
especially
crop
farmers.
There
isn't
much
out
there
and
if
they
have
a
crop
loss,
they
take
it
hard.
So
we
decide
well,
let's
raise
some
money
and
and
make
it
so
that
they
do
have
a
fall
back.
F
So
we
partnered
with
lake
winds,
mill,
city
farmers,
market,
the
food
group,
ledc
latino
economic
development
center
among
american
partnership
and
the
department
of
ag
and
kicked
in
a
bunch
of
money
and
got
started
the
first
weekend.
We
did
it
was
soon
after
george
floyd
was
murdered
and
the
farmer's
markets
across
the
area
were
cancelled
that
weekend,
so
we
told
the
farmers
that
we
knew
mostly
bypa
just
come,
bring
it
to
us,
we'll,
buy
it
and
we'll
figure
out
what
to
do
with
it.
F
F
F
We
paid
them
at
wholesale
prices,
actually
a
little
bit
more
than
wholesale
and
and
we
worked
with
about
50
different
farmers,
most
of
them
hmong
all
by
pac
and
we
partnered
with
hap
on
this,
because
they
have
a
ag
piece
and
it
really
worked
well
and
then
ledc
had
shared
ground
farmers.
Hoffa
was
part
of
it.
We
we've
got
every
farmer,
we
could
involved
in
it
and
each
one
of
them
was
given
7
500
like
it
says.
In
this
slide,
it's
they
had
to
be
under
100
000
growth.
That
was
not
a
problem.
F
Unfortunately,
and
and
we
continue
to
grow
and
as
we
grew
it,
we
decided
to
take
the
food
into
the
neighborhoods,
so
we
dropped
at
seward
co-op.
We
dropped
at
the
grease
pit,
we
dropped
to
powderhorn
park,
we
dropped
at
brackett
park,
we
took
some
to
sanctuary
church
on
friday
afternoons
and
then
we
work
with
catholic
charities
to
get
it
distributed
around
the
city
too.
F
We
got
a
lot
of
culturally
appropriate
food
that
we
weren't
expecting
bitter
balls,
sweet
potato
leaves
and
when
we
took
them
in
food
shelves
in
different
neighborhoods,
they
were
really
really
popular
and
the
food
group
has
been
working
on
this
already.
We
had
not
as
the
good
acre.
We
had
not
done
much
hunger
relief,
there's
some
groups
in
town
that
do
it
really
well,
and
we
didn't
want
to
step
anybody's
toes.
F
So
we
were
kind
of
learning,
but
we
did
learn
that
once
we
got
these
culturally
appropriate
crops
into
these
food
shelves,
they
were
really
really
popular
and
sweet
potato
leaves.
We
had
a
line
around
the
block
at
the
sanctuary
church
on
the
north
side
of
minneapolis
to
get
to
get
these
west
africans
getting
these
sweet
potatoes.
So
that's
opened
a
door
for
us
this
year,
we're
going
to
continue
leaf
this
year.
We've
got
a.
I
don't
know
how
much
money
about
150
000.
F
So
far,
we're
raising
more,
we
hope
to
get
up
to
the
same
level
we
were
at
last
year.
We've
got,
I
don't
know
how
many
farmers
signed
up
and
yeah
we're
going
to
continue
it
as
long
as
we
can.
As
long
as
the
need
is
there
and
and
the
the
farmers
need
it,
and
the
community
really
appreciated
the
food
we're
donating
because
it
was
fresh
food
and
it
was,
it
was
all
locally
grown
produce
which
some
of
the
drop
site
we
went
to.
F
We've
got
a
partnership
with
second
harvest
this
year
and
for
the
next
three
years,
they've
agreed
to
spend
a
hundred
thousand
dollar.
Excuse
me:
a
million
dollars
on
locally
grown
produce
at
the
price
that
we're
asking
for
so
it's
350
000
a
year,
all
by
pac-grown,
locally
grown
produce
that
they're
going
to
purchase
and
put
into
their
food
shelves.
K
L
F
That's
who
we
work
with
mostly,
and
so
we
were
getting
some
bigger
farms
in
and
we're
just
trying
to
get
make
sure
that
the
smaller
farms
got
the
money
before
we
ran
out,
because
at
the
time
we
didn't
know
how
much
we
were
raising
money.
As
we
went,
you
know,
so
we
weren't
sure
what
our
what
our
total
was
going
to
be.
F
C
F
No
we've
just
we're
going
to
written
yeah,
we'll
take
it
as
far
as
we
can.
We
we're.
We've
got
a
new
application
out
we've
because
of
the
landscapes
changed
a
little
bit
because
a
second
harvest,
so
some
of
the
larger
farms
are
going
to
second
harvest.
We've
been
signing
contracts
with
second
harvest
for
twenty
thousand
dollars
per
farm,
and
so
we're
hoping
to
bring
in
smaller
farms
as
these
larger
guys
get
these
twenty
thousand
dollar
contracts
and
we'll
bring
in
some
smaller
farms.
F
H
H
F
F
B
B
B
C
M
M
M
Okay,
so
I
just
put
this
slideshow
together
to
kind
of
talk
about
this
next
phase
that
we're
moving
into
for
the
food
action
plan,
and
it's
really
the
interviews
to
understand
kind
of
what
the
homegrown
minneapolis
is
doing,
but
also
how
each
participant
has
engaged
and
been
a
part
of
the
food
action
planning
process
and
again.
If
anybody
has
questions
please
chime
in
and
like
I
said,
I
will
try
to
be
quick.
M
M
M
Second,
the
perceptions
of
opportunities
assets,
challenges
in
the
local
food
system.
Third,
the
collaboration
among
fpc
policy
participants;
for
so
how
participation
shapes
understanding
of
the
food
system,
the
views,
the
issues
and
the
policies
itself,
specifically
we're
looking
at
issues
and
policy
priorities,
and
then
finally,
these
policy
and
research
outputs.
M
So
what
are
we
asking
of
the
council
and
particularly
of
its
participants?
So
our
aim
is
to
engage
all
members
of
the
council
in
this
interview
process,
and
so
what
are
we?
What
are
we
talking
about
when
we
say
interview
so
we're
looking
for
about
45
or
60
minutes
of
your
total
time,
commitment
per
individual
and
it
looks
at
this
kind
of
iterative
interview
and
survey
process.
M
So
what
I
mean
by
that
is,
I'm
kind
of
taking
advantage
of
of
the
zoom
environment
we're
living
in.
We
have
this
iterative
process,
we're
asking
you
to
fill
out
some
survey
questions,
but
we
really
want
to
get
into
and
deep
dive
into
those
topics
through
interviews,
so
it'll
kind
of
go
back
and
forth
and
again
it'll
last
about
45
to
60
minutes.
M
So
what
happens
with
the
information?
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
really
want
to
be
clear
about.
So
first,
the
thing
that
we'll
be
giving
back
to
minneapolis
is
this
practitioners
report.
So
looking
specifically
at
the
trends
and
the
initial
findings
for
minneapolis
and
really
digging
into
those
kind
of
minneapolis-specific
questions.
M
Additionally,
like
I
said
we're
trying
to
roll
out
this
survey
and
interview
at
15
different
food
policy
councils-
and
this
will
really
come
out
in
this
formal
research
output.
So
the
comparisons
across
councils
trying
to
understand
the
differences
between
councils-
and
I
put
this
kind
of
last
bullet
point
here
through
the
process
we'll
be
de-identifying
both
for
individuals
and
the
council,
so
by
participating
in
this
process.
M
M
M
B
M
M
B
S
S
S
S
The
state
is
operating
three
testing
areas
in
the
metro
area
that
are
offering
testing
seven
days
a
week,
but
the
city
is
also
trying
to
provide
some
additional
testing
resources,
especially
for
individuals
or
groups
where
it
may
be
challenging
to
get
to
some
of
the
larger
state-run
testing
sites
or
may
have
challenges
with
you
know
getting
in
for
a
test
with
with
at
a
health
care
facility,
or
you
know
paying
for
a
test
or
something
like
that.
So
the
tests
that
we
are
making
available
are
saliva
test
kits.
S
So
if
you
haven't
done
one
of
these
before
it's
a
small
tube
that
you
fill
with
saliva
and
you
you're,
given
one
of
these
test
kits
and
then
you
go
through
a
registration
process
through
you
know,
through
the
internet
through
a
electronic
device
to
create
an
account
and
tie
your
test
into
the
system.
And
then
it
gets
sent
to
a
lab
for
analysis.
S
We
use
these
tests
at
different
pop-up
testing
events
that
we
have
out
in
the
community,
but
they're
also
available
to
just
be
mailed
to
individuals
at
their
homes
and
that's
something
that
the
state
does
and
also
the
city
does
as
well.
We
can
send
them
to
individuals,
but
we
can
also
send
them
to
groups.
S
So
we've
had
instances
where
a
company
or
an
organization
will
reach
out
and
say:
can
you
send?
You
know
a
couple
dozen
kits
to
our
organization
so
that
we
can,
you
know,
have
them
to
test
our
staff
or
you
know
other
people
that
we're
working
with
so
we've
also
come
out
and
done
pop-up
testing
events
at
businesses
or
at
organizations
where
they've
requested
that
health
department
staff
come
out
and
do
a
what
we
might
call
like
a
targeted
or
a
micro
testing
event,
and
in
a
situation
like
that
staff
would
be
available.
S
S
I
think
also
I'd
sent
a
flyer
with
some
information
about
some
pop-up
testing
that
the
city
is
doing
a
couple
of
events
in
april
and
may
and
then
also
just
the
information
about
the
state's
larger
testing
venues
and
that
there's
a
link
to
that
in
the
agenda.
So
I'm
happy
to
take
questions
now
or
also
there.
If
you
copy
down
the
email
or
the
phone
number
from
the
slide,
you
can
always
reach
out
to
me
that
way
later.
B
B
All
righty
that
was
our
final
agenda
item
for
the
day
we've
completed
everything
that
we
had
planned,
which
I
almost
thought
we
couldn't
at
some
point
around
seven,
so
big
ups
to
everybody
who
presented
and
shared
and
asked
questions
and
engaged
for
showing
a
gut,
but
also
keeping
us
on
the
clock.
Thank
you.
Food
council
members,
community
members,
everybody
for
joining
us
tonight.
B
You
can
always
reach
us
at
homegrown,
minneapolismnn.gov
special,
shout
out
to
the
community
members
who
let
us
know
that
the
youtube
is
not
showing
food
council
meetings
at
the
present
moment
and
offering
some
more
feedback
about
how
to
make
the
meeting
more
accessible.
We
appreciate
that
do,
council
members,
staff
or
anyone
on
the
line
have
other
matters
they
wish
to
bring
before
the
council
before
we
adjourn.
B
Beautiful,
if
not
and
without
objection,
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourned.
Our
next
homegrown
food
council
meeting
will
be
on
may
12
2021
at
5,
30
pm
peace,
everybody
stay
well,
stay
safe,
sending
light
and
love,
and
hopefully
dinners
on
on
the
go
are
almost
ready
for
you.
So
I
know
I'm
hungry
have
a
good
night.
Everybody.