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From YouTube: May 12, 2021 Homegrown Minneaspolis Food Council
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A
And
tamara,
let
me
know
once
it
started,
so
we
can
start
good
to
go.
Okay,
great,
okay,
wonderful,
hello,
everyone!
Thank
you
for
joining
for
tonight's
homegrown
minneapolis
food
council
meeting
again.
My
name
is
kate
c
bold
and
I'm
the
co-chair
of
homegrown
minneapolis
along
with
segatamina
and
we're
we're
so
appreciative
to
everyone.
Who's
joined
us
tonight
for
this
meeting.
We've
got
some
great
things
on
the
agenda,
so
we're
really
excited
to
dive
into
that.
A
A
Want
to
mention
that
we
are
piloting
a
new
way
for
community
members
to
be
participating
in
our
virtual
meetings
tonight
so,
rather
than
having
community
members
only
be
able
to
call
in
by
phone.
We
have
community
members
joining
us
on
microsoft
teams
and
we're
really
excited
that
we
can
have
them
participating
this
way.
So
you
know
you
might
note,
we
have
more
participants
appearing
in
our
video
screen.
A
Please
just
keep
yourself
muted
when
not
speaking,
just
to
avoid
background
noises,
we
now
have
more
people
on
the
call
and
to
to
keep
the
meeting
moving
along
once
we
get
into
our
presentations.
We
just
ask
that
we
hold
questions
to
the
end
and
we'll
make
sure
to
offer
opportunities
for
folks
to
chime
in
with
questions
and
I'll
also
note
that
on
teams
there's
a
chat
function,
but
please
do
remember
that
we
do
have
some
participants
that
are
still
calling
in
by
phone
and
they're
not
able
to
see
that
chat.
A
So
I
will
make
sure
I'll
do
my
best
to
verbally
communicate
anything
that
shows
up
in
the
chat.
But
I
would
also
welcome,
if
you
have
any
relevant
information
to
share
that
verbally
and
also
remember
that
anything
shared
in
the
chat
will
be
will
appear
later
in
the
public
meeting
minutes
from
this
meeting.
So
I'm
going
to
now
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
ask
tamra
to
take
the
roll
call
so
that
we
can
verify
the
presence
of
our
quorum.
A
So,
council
members,
we
have
already
introduced
our
community
members
tonight.
So
now,
when
you
hear
your
name,
please
say
present
and
introduce
yourself
with
your
name
and
any
organization
or
affiliation
you
may
like
to
share
and
we're
also
trying
something
new
tonight
where
we
share
one
word
of
how
we're
feeling
or
where
we're
at
as
we
join
this
meeting
tonight.
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A
Okay,
great
wonderful,
so
with
that
we'll
proceed
to
our
agenda,
a
copy
of
which
was
posted
for
public
access.
The
city's
legislative
information
management
system,
which
is
available
at
limbs.minneapolismn.gov,
so
our
first
two
items
of
business
is
the
adoption
of
our
agenda
for
tonight's
meeting,
followed
by
the
acceptance
of
our
minutes
from
our
last
meeting
on
april
14th,
and
this
is
something
a
little
new,
but
we
have
learned
that
we
can
combine
these
two
items
of
business
if
we
receive
a
proper
emotion
to
do
so.
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A
Wonderful,
thank
you
everyone.
So
now
we
get
to
move
on
to
the
exciting
part
of
our
meeting
tonight,
which
is
presentations,
and
we
have
some
really
wonderful
guests
with
us
tonight,
including
our
our
first
special
guest
is
assistant
commissioner,
patrice
bailey
from
minnesota
department
of
agriculture.
M
M
Is
that
assistant
commissioner?
Bailey
is
really
helping
lead.
Our
emerging
farmer
work
and
he'll
speak
more
about
that,
but
I
think
you
know,
as
this
council
would
appreciate,
that
that
means
thinking
about
how
we
help
emerging
farmers
in
the
metro
in
our
urban
areas,
as
well
as
our
rural
areas
and
and
how
we
build
connections
between
those
two
places.
M
Some
of
the
cool
projects
he's
led
include
getting
a
grant
from
the
minnesota
historical
society
to
do
an
oral
history
collection
of
black
farmers
in
minnesota,
as
well
as
general
support
for
for
what
we
do
at
the
mda
to
help
folks
buy
local
food.
You
know
whether
it's
schools
or
or
individual
consumers,
and
he
and
I
have
particularly
worked
closely
together
as
part
of
our
covid
19
response
and
and
helped
build
partnerships
with
the
latino
economic
development
center
and
the
metropolitan
economic
development
association.
M
To
make
sure
some
of
our
federal
relief
funding
was
going
to
to
bypack
farmers
and
ag
workers
and
the
organizations
that
they
support,
so
we
helped
steer
half
a
million
dollars
of
relief
to
to
minnesotans.
You
know
who
were
maybe
falling
through
some
of
the
cracks
of
other
programs
last
year,
so
there's
so
much
more.
We
could
share,
but
I
am
a
pale
in
comparison
to
what
ac
bailey
can
say
himself.
Q
Q
This
is
my
first
time
actually
at
the
homegrown
minneapolis
food
council.
I'm
surprised
that
it's
it's
been
the
first
time,
but
you
know
it's
first
time
for
everything.
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
like
helen
said,
you
know,
there's
not
there's
a
lot
of
stuff,
that's
going
on
in
regards
to
emerging
farmers
throughout
the
the
country,
but
also
within
the
state
of
minnesota
and
right
now
we're
going
through
a
legislative
conference
committee
right
now.
F
Q
Q
I'm
just
going
to
say
that
my
my
roads
from
harlem
to
to
to
mba
has
definitely
been
a
very
arduous
one,
but
it's
definitely
been
extremely
thankful
and
it's
definitely
been
a
blessing,
as
you
can
see
when
I
grew
up
was
five
blocks
away
from
the
apollo
world
famous
apollo,
and
so,
as
you
can
see,
there's
no
agriculture.
So
I'm
going
to
have
you
go
to
the
next
slide.
Q
So
why
don't
you
do
something
when
you
can
feed
yourself
and
I
said
well,
what
is
that?
And
she
said
why?
Don't
you
do
agriculture?
Fine?
So
I
find
myself
going
to
texas
prairie
view.
A
m
is
where
I
went
for
undergrad
for
agriculture,
and
so
I
said
I'm
going
to
give
it
a
chance
I'll
give
it
a
year,
so
we'll
go
to
the
next
slide.
Q
Q
So
the
stereotype-
that's
always
there
is
that
I
was
wrestling
with,
is
I
want
to
be
a
lawyer,
but
then
I
had
this
negative
connotation
about
bib
overalls.
I
never!
I
only
had
one
opportunity
to
wear
a
pair
in
my
life,
but
the
stereotype
nonetheless
was
there
of
black
people.
In
my
opinion.
At
that
time
I
didn't
see
a
lot
in
agriculture
and
the
only
person
that
I
actually
knew
of
at
the
time
was
george
washington,
carver,
and
so
I
was
still
thinking
about.
Q
Well,
maybe
you
know
there's
more
to
come
when
I
go
to
texas,
and
so
I
find
myself
going
to
prairie
view
a
m
and
when
I
got
to
prairie
view
the
next
life
when
I
got
to
purview,
things
really
started
to
change.
I
still
had
some
negativity,
but
I
was
still
hopeful
and
open
to
some
of
the
possibilities
that
agriculture,
you
know,
really
would
afford
me
if
I
sort
of
gave
that
a
chance.
Q
Q
Q
Q
We
have.
We
have
some
big
problems
here
when
it
comes
to
emerging
farmers.
So
the
question
is:
what
is
an
emerging
farmer?
I
would
say
that
emerging
farmer
next
slide.
I
would
say
the
emerging
farmer
is
someone
that
has
zero
experience
to
ten
years
experience
there.
There's
someone
who
is
thinking
about
how
do
I
sort
of
have
entry
within
to
agriculture?
How
to
be?
Q
How
do
I
go
from
a
customer
to
a
producer
to
a
to
a
to
an
entrepreneur,
and
so
we're
actually
seeing
that
the
average
age
of
a
farmer
is
56
years
old
and
as
baby
boomers
are
starting
to
to
retire?
You
have
this
emergence
of
emerging
farmers
that
are
not
it's
not
the
norm
in
terms
of
sort
of
what
what
the
what
bipartite
forms
are
actually
looking
like.
Q
Q
The
next
ag
census
will
actually
come
out.
I'm
hoping
that
the
data
will
be
extremely
high
when
it
comes
to
bipark
farmers,
but
with
all
the
things
that
are
going
on
in
regards
to
the
american
rescue
plan,
act,
justice
for
black
farmers
act
and
just
the
whole
push
around
urban
agriculture,
local,
sustainable
food
systems.
Q
We're
actually
starting
to
see
that
that
question
about,
where
are
emerging
farmers
in
minnesota,
they're,
starting
to
pop
up
in
a
lot
of
different
areas
that
you
normally
wouldn't
see,
people
of
color,
such
as
pine
county
and
you
see
on
them
in
rice,
county
and
they're
in
ice
santee
county.
You
started
to
see
them
in
in
in
a
lot
of
different
areas
around
around
the
state,
and
so
you
know
the
education
around
what
you
know.
Who
is
a
farmer?
Q
Well,
you
can't
do
that
because
there's
not
any
black
farmers
or
there
are
so
few
black
farmers
that
it
doesn't
correlate
to
kids
when
they're
thinking
about
it,
and
I
firmly
believe
that
kids
can't
be
what
they
can't
see
period.
You
know
within
especially
within
the
state
of
minnesota.
So
that
being
said,
we
are
our
emerging
farmers.
Q
Q
If
you're
looking
at
the
disparities,
you
know
within
the
numbers,
and
that
has
to
do
with
in
minnesota,
there's
110
000
white
farms
that
are
in
the
state
and
out
of
that,
that
number
have
you
go
to
the
next
slide
out
of
that
number
you're,
looking
at
everything
from
hispanic
to
native
hawaiian.
Pacific
islander,
if
you
add
those
numbers
up,
it's
about
1269
and
that's
combined
and
if
you're
looking
at
a
hundred
and
seventeen
hundred
and
ten
thousand
thereabouts
number
of
farms
in
minnesota.
Q
We
had
talked
about
a
lot
of.
So
what
are
the
barriers
that
are
preventing
people
to
entry
and,
as
you
can
see,
some
said
all
of
these
things-
and
this
is
just
26
of
you-
know
some
of
the
the
issues
that
people
were
talking
about-
land
and
and
finances
being
number
one,
but
you're
talking
about
health
care
and
and
mental
health,
racism,
pricing
and
the
one
that
that
I
always
saw
the
most
is
overlooked.
Q
You're
thinking
about
when
we
did
the
the
report,
we
really
focused
on
five
different
groups.
We
focused
on
women,
entrepreneurs,
veterans,
of
course,
people
of
color
native
indigenous
and
people
with
disabilities.
I
would
add
a
sixth
one
is
that
we
were
also
looking
at
how
many
of
our
farmers
are
lbgtq.
Q
Q
The
next
slide,
so
one
of
the
recommendations
that
came
from
the
report
is
that
there
needed
to
be
a
an
emerging,
pharma
working
group,
slash
task
force,
and
so
the
working
group
was
created
in
may
2020
and-
and
so
now,
that
particular
working
group
has
been
into
effect
for
the
last
six
or
seven
months.
The
next
slide.
Q
So
we
wanted
the
working
group
to
actually
be
a
reflection
of
the
report
in
those
five
or
six
groups.
I
was
talking
about
it
was.
It
was
mandatory
that
we
felt
that
those
folks
were
actually
reflected
into
the
working
group,
so
we
had
101
applications.
We
boiled
it
down
to
17
group
members
that
you
see
right
here.
Four
of
these
of
these
members
are
from
four
tribal
nations.
We
have
some
veterans
on
here.
We
have.
Q
We
have
women
entrepreneurs,
we
have
not
only
urban
agriculture,
but
we
also
have
a
a
large
group
of
various
counties
throughout
the
state.
That's
that's
reflected,
and
so
this
is.
This
is
really
something
that
really
hasn't
been
done
before,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
really
stress
to
the
group
is
that
the
work
that
you're
doing
is
great.
We
cannot
change
anything
from
the
outside.
Q
How
do
they
correlate
that,
in
terms
of
it
being
healthy
for
their
families
and
also
ways
for
them
to
be
able
to
grow
their
own
food?
So
now
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
we
have
our
website.
This
is
our
website.
Mda,
slash
emerging
farmers.
Working
group
here
is
the
2021
legislative
report,
so
the
first
report
in
2020
was
okay.
Here
are
the
barriers.
Q
Q
Q
A
Q
A
A
A
Q
Yes,
you
know
in
regards
to
farm
business
management.
The
exciting
thing
is
that
working
with
keith
olander
and
central
lakes,
community
college
we're
actually
working
on
putting
a
getting
a
fbm
program
in
in
the
metro,
and
so
it's
never
been
done
before,
but
it's
sorely
needed
in
order
to
service
all
of
our
urban
and
metro
farmers
and
entrepreneurs.
So.
Q
Well,
that's
a
great
question
and
there's
always
there's
always
a
a
healthy
debate
when
it
comes
to
people
of
color,
bipark
and
neither
term
is,
is
representative
of
of
any
group
per
se,
because
that
doesn't
define
who
people
are
in
the
great
diversity
that
we
have
within
the
state.
But
that
being
said,
there
is
a
lot
of
work
that
needs
to
be
done
in
regards
to
not
only
translation
services
but
farm
to
table
farm
to
school
initiatives.
Q
Also,
you
know
we're
looking
at
ways
in
which
we
can
also
have
a
emerging
formal
office.
That's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
debating
right
now
and
trying
to
to
get
that
pass
so
that
that
could
be
as
a
strong
focus
on
just
emerging
farmers.
That's
all
that
person
would
do
for
the
whole
state,
and
so
I'm
trying
to
see.
What's
the
other
part
of
that
question,
I'm
sorry.
A
Q
Q
I
know
each
different
groups
have
their
own
directory,
so
it's
not
really
one
synonymous
directory,
but
there
needs
to
be
a
directory
where
all
the
the
emerging
farmers
or
farmers
of
color
are
all
housed
in
in
one
particular
area.
So
we
know
how
to
get
services
out
to
everybody
equally,
and
so
we're
doing
more
of
a
education
and
making
sure
that
people
are
getting
the
the
not
only
the
services
that
they
need,
but
also
the
money
that
they
need
as
well.
L
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
If
nobody
else
does,
is
there
gonna
be
money
to
beef
up
the
farm
link?
There
is
oh
okay,
good,
there's,
actually
150
000,
that's
going
directly
for
farmlink.
For
those
who
don't
know
about
farmland,
farmlink
is
one
of
the
programs
that
we
have
and
then
I
always
like
kind
of
like
to
say
it's
like
a
craigslist
for
for
land
and
the
land.
You
have
land.
I
need
land,
it's
not
just
rent
land
for
the
for
the
rural
areas.
Q
Q
Ledc
and
media
worked
so
well
together
in
order
to
really
assist
getting
out
dispersing
187
awards
within
30
days,
and
you
know
to
to
get
half
a
million
dollars
in
little
over
a
month
was
fantastic,
but
it
couldn't
have
been
done
without
the
partnerships
between
making
sure
that
the
fiscal
sponsor
was
not
mda.
It
was
those
two
organizations
to
make
sure
the
money
got
out.
A
I
I
A
Wonderful,
okay!
Well,
we
get
to
continue
with
other
exciting
presentations
and
updates
from
folks
tonight.
So
next
on
our
agenda
is
we'll
be
sharing
some
great
urban
agriculture
updates
in
in
regards
to
minneapolis,
and
so
first
up
is
david
mcunza.
I
hope
I
said
that
correctly.
Correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong
from
hennepin
county
who
will
be
sharing
about
hennepin
county's
pilot
program.
R
Yeah,
thank
you,
kate.
You
pronounced
my
name
correctly.
Thank
you,
yeah.
That
is
a
hard
act
to
follow,
but,
like
patrice,
this
is
my
first
attendance
to
the
food
council
meeting.
I
apologize
that
I
don't
have
any
slides
to
share
with
you
all,
but
I
hope
that
this
presentation
will
be
informative
by
way
of
an
introduction.
My
names
are
david
mukunza.
I
work
in
resident
and
real
estate
services
at
hennepin
county.
R
Our
department
is
responsible
for
managing
tax
for
fated
properties,
which
includes
sites,
lots
of
varying
areas
and
this
pilot
program
we
initiated
it
earlier
early
last
early
this
year
we
were
considering
innovative
ways
of
in
of
of
optimizing
existing
and
buildable
lots
within
minneapolis
and
prior
to
initiating
this
program.
I
had
held
discussions
with
tamara
sometime
late
last
year
with
a
view
of
creating
some
synergy
through
collaboration
with
homegrown
minneapolis,
and
the
whole
objective
was
to
try
and
enhance
food
production
and
fighting
food
insecurity.
R
R
I
think
initially
there
were
there
was
everyone
went
around
to
talk
about
a
word.
I
think
my
word
is
beets,
because
I
I
planted
some
seeds
a
few
days
ago,
and
I
saw
some
sprouts,
so
I'm
quite
a
happy
chap
today,
so
quite
excited
to
be
harvesting
them
in
a
couple
of
months
time.
But
mine
is
just
a
brief
somewhat
overview.
A
F
I
want
to
first
thank
you,
david
for
all
the
work
you've
done
since
we
first
talked
to
actually
launched
so
quickly,
this
pilot
and
I'm
wondering
if
you
would
be
able
to
share
any
of
the
geographic
location
of
any
of
these
parcels.
I
know
that
also
the
the
group
may
not
be
aware
that
you
know
we
are
talking
about
sharing
your
your
links
as
soon
as
you
have
that
available.
R
F
H
M
R
Yeah.
Thank
you,
helen.
That's
a
great
question.
I
think,
because
this
is
kind
of
somewhat
a
pilot
program,
I
think
we
are
sort
of
considering
it
to
be
more
seasonal
aligned
to
just
for
a
year.
Obviously,
if
this
proves
to
be
successful,
I
think
we'll
probably
extend
our
reach
and
look
at
other
sites.
F
So
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
also
share
if
you
are
replicating
the
process
that
the
city
is
using
or
if
you
are,
you
know
having
the
same
requirements
where
you
know
we
charge
a
dollar
for
community
garden,
but
require
a
non-profit
or
business.
You
know
sponsor
and
a
liability
insurance
certificate
and
such
are
those
same
kind
of
expectations
going
to
be
a
part
of
your
program
process.
R
Absolutely
I
I
absolutely
I
actually
we
we
have
tried
to
replicate
some
of
the
criteria
that
that
you
guys
have
used,
because
obviously
we
we
are
fully
aware
that
some
of
some
of
the
applicants
may
be
willing
to
run
a
business,
whereas
others
are
more
using
it
on
a
leisure
basis.
So
yeah
the
fees
will
vary
depending
on
the
intended
applicant
or
use
of
it
yeah.
But
the
criteria
is
more
or
less
similar
to
to
what
you
have
tamara.
F
Thank
you,
and
I
think
you
are
also
referring
to
it.
You
know
at
the
city
we
do
lease
for
market
gardens
and
community
gardens
and
so
having
both
of
those
options
is
something
that
we
we
certainly
appreciate.
Offering
and
yeah.
The
price
does
vary
a
little
bit
based
on
that
intention,
as
you
say,
with
our
program
as
well.
A
G
Hey
everybody,
I'm
just
going
to
give
a
pre
a
really
quick
update
about
the
season.
So
far
over,
let's
see
from
september
to
february,
we
had
260.
Individual
applications
come
in
for
plots,
that's
within
neighborhood
parks
of
minneapolis,
and
that
was
for
about
130
plots
that
we
had
available.
So
clearly
demand
continues
to
outpace
what
we
have.
G
G
We
also
have
four
off
park
sites
that
continue
to
be
used
by
community,
so
those
are
gardens
that
are
basically
on
land
that
the
minneapolis
park
board
purchased
in
order
to
prevent
the
loss
of
that
space.
Due
to
you
know,
tax
forfeiture
other
kind
of
development
threats,
so
those
four
sites
are
at
shalom
and
sioux
line,
gardens,
bancroft,
meridian
and
then
a
common
ground
garden
up
in
the
shingle
creek
neighborhood
and
then
plans
for
this
year.
G
We're
working
on
a
couple
of
sites
right
now
hoping
to
have
the
separa
site
up
and
running
for
next
year.
That's
a
recently
acquired
property,
it
was
did
belong
to
hennepin
county
and
the
park
board
just
got
it
a
few
years
ago,
but
it's
set
right
off
the
greenway
and
10th
avenue
like
over
by
the
midtown
global
market
and
then
also
working
on
some
plans
for
pb
pv
and
a
couple
of
expansions,
hopefully
at
some
of
our
more
popular
sites.
G
A
Wow,
those
are
great
updates
and
it's
so
exciting
how
how
far
the
programs
come
in
and
it
sounds
like
how
much
demand
there
is
thinking
back
to
when
food
council.
You
know
here
at
homegrown,
we
were
working
on
letters
of
support
and
things
to
to
get
this
started
so
so
so
incredible
to
see
how
much
it's
grown.
So
that's
that's
really
great
and
yeah.
We
can
take
some
questions.
I
see
tamara
has
her
hand
up.
F
Yes,
thank
you
likewise,
becca
for
everything.
You're
doing
you
are
so
busy
building
such
a
robust
program
so
quickly.
I'm
curious
your
your
capacity
to
keep
expanding
to
meet
that
demand.
You're,
seeing
you
mentioned
just
that
one
site.
How
much
more
demand
there
was.
Are
you
able
to
is?
Is
it
mostly
focused
in
certain
gardens
that
way,
or
are
you
able
to
kind
of
also
increase
your
your
capacity
and
other
sites
as
well?
G
F
Thank
you,
that's
really
helpful.
Can
you
provide
just
a
little
bit
more
background?
I
guess
if
anybody
is
new
to
the
program
as
to
what
the
kind
of
process
is-
and
I
do
see
a
question
in
the
chat
about
how
you
decided
between
prospective
gardeners
who
who
did
apply
for
access,
so
I
think
in
relation
to
that
question,
as
well
as
just
kind
of
overall
what
what
a
gardener
might
be
required
to
to
pay
or
kind
of
how
that
works
for
your
program.
G
Oh
sorry,
I'm
just
facing
on
the
third
criteria
at
this
moment:
oh
who
have
some
kind
of
connection
to
the
park.
So
there's
not
like
a
proximity
requirement,
but
if
somebody
lives
nearby-
and
you
know
utilizes
the
park
frequently,
that
would
give
them
priority
over
somebody
who
might
live
farther
away
or
has
never
been
to
the
park.
F
Wondering
if
there's
a
good
place
to
run
around
at
the
gardens,
maybe
and
find
some
some
rabbits
or
some
bones?
Yes,
some
good
dog
parks.
Maybe
are
there
sorry,
I
think,
as
was
mentioned,
really
amazing
progress
from
from
you
know
when
the
food
council
definitely
was
involved
in
conversations-
and
I
even
saw
a
name
on
the
emerging
farmers.
F
Leadership
team
that
mia
ulysse,
who
is
now
represented
in
that
group,
was,
was
so
involved
in
the
effort
to
help
to
to
bring
the
park
board
process
forward.
So
it's
it's
really
great,
both
to
see
leaders
still
involved
in
in
new
ways
as
well
as
this
program
really
evolved
to
have
their
resources
and
a
staff
to
actually
support
it.
C
B
Yeah,
I'm
not
sure
kind
of
what
numbers
you
have
on
that.
You
wanted
to
talk
about
tamara,
but
what
I've
been
up
to
and
kind
of
the
biggest
changes
on
this
year
are
getting
the
new
garden
leases
up
and
running
and
getting
all
those
materials
together.
So
I
basically
am
helping
walk
through.
I
did
come
kind
of
in
the
middle,
unfortunately,
of
the
application
process,
but
I
have
kind
of
stepped
in
as
a
point
of
contact
for
these
different
new
opportunities.
Some
of
them
are
expansions
of
existing
gardens.
B
At
this
point,
we
have
about
13
new
community
gardens
that
are
in
process
of
being
leased,
so
that
is
in
addition
to
any
that
are
in
renewals
or
are
in
a
longer
lease
that
doesn't
need
a
renewal
yet
and
also
hopefully,
one
new
market
garden.
These
are
in
different
stages
during
the
leasing
process,
but
hopefully
we
can
get
all
of
those
handled
soon.
It
is,
as
it
turns,
a
long
process
and
kind
of
bureaucratic
to
get
everybody
through
with
a
lot
of
different
requirements.
B
So
it's
been
great
to
kind
of
get
a
better
look
at
how
that
works
and
what's
needed
and
help
folks,
you
know
answer
any
questions,
whether
it's
you
know
getting
insurance
or
like
even
finding
someone
to
sponsor
a
garden.
You
know
because
a
lot
of
folks
might
be
interested,
but
don't
have
the
organizational
connections
to
provide
that
liability
insurance
and
be
the
ones
who
are
actually
signing
the
lease.
So
that's
sort
of
the
updates
with
the
new
ones.
B
F
F
A
one-year
kind
of
introductory
lease
is
what's
offered
to
anybody
who
does
get
at
least
to
start,
and
then
those
can
be
turned
into
a
five-year
lease
more
quickly
on
the
public
works
lots.
So,
yes,
we
have
about
60
and
we'll
be
approaching.
I
think
70
lots
if
all
of
these
applications
are
transformed
into
active
leases
this
year
and
as
grace
mentioned,
you
know
the
rest
of
them.
F
But
at
this
point
it
is
may
12th
I
believe,
and
we're
still
trying
to
get
some
leases
started.
But
you
know,
then,
then
they
will
run
through
march
31st
of
2022
and
would
be
depending
on
what
type
of
land
available
for
different
lengths
of
time.
So
that's
kind
of
the
the
past
to
get
us
to
where
we
are
today
at
our
hopefully
will
be
our
our
next
meeting
in
june.
F
Have
that
conversation
there
as
well?
But
in
the
meantime
this
is
something
that
we
are
looking
at
as
collaborating
departments,
the
health
department,
community
planning
and
economic
development
and
public
works
are
three
departments
that
do
collaboratively,
implement
this
program
with
homegrown
minneapolis
housed
in
in
the
health
department.
At
this
point
previously,
sustainability
and
sustainability
is
a
part
of
this
conversation
as
well.
So
I
I
don't
need
to
belabor
this
part.
F
F
I
did
see
in
the
chat
that
the
link
was
shared
from
hennepin
county
for
folks
who
may
not
have
noticed
that,
and
I
see
that
becca
has
also
shared
a
link,
so
some
great
resources
there
and
as
others,
I
am
very
happy
to
take
questions
offline
and
you
all
know
my
email.
If
you
get
too
many
from
me,
I'm
certain.
So
you
know
how
to
find
me
and
really
will
provide
more
updates,
as
they
are
available
to
the
full
group
as
as
well
as
through
the
other
mechanisms.
We
have.
A
A
F
Yes-
and
I
will
be
very
brief
again-
this
is
just
one
of
those
brief
updates
and
more
more
concrete
next
month,
but
I
think
you
heard
from
anu
last
month
about
the
reconfiguration
of
the
structure,
and
so
as
as
these
bureaucratic
institutions
do
move
at
at
the
bureaucratic
pace.
We
are
still
working
on
really
realigning
and
moving.
F
We
are
in
in
the
process
of
re,
connecting
with
our
consultant
and
and
trying
to
re
energize,
some
of
that
work
as
well,
since
we
had
some
funding
that
both
was
sitting
in
the
the
city
kind
of
carryover
process
and
and
took
some
time
to
to
finally
get
approval
of,
as
well
as
through
the
princeton
contract,
which
will
likely
flow.
Now
differently
through
the
university
of
minnesota,
so
I
am.
F
A
A
A
A
A
While
I'm
unmuted,
I
I'll
also
share
an
update.
I
guess,
which
is
this
that
so
many
of
you
may
know
that
sin
during
coven
19
minneapolis
public
schools,
has
been
providing
free
meal
boxes,
that
families
can
pick
up
for
free
for
any
child
18
or
under,
as
well
as
food
in
schools,
for
our
students
that
have
returned
to
in-person
learning,
and
we
did
announce
recently
that
our
free
free
meals
will
continue
this
summer.
A
Competition
where
anyone
18
or
under
can
create
an
original
recipe
at
home
and
submit
their
recipe,
and
we
will
have
some
of
our
chefs
test
out
and
taste
the
finalists
recipes
and
there
will
be
a
prize
for
our
winning
junior
chef.
So
for
all
of
you
with
kids
at
home,
consider
it
it
could
be
a
fun
activity
and
spread
the
word
to
everyone
else.
The
recipes
just
need
to
include
at
least
one
fresh
fruit
or
vegetable.
A
A
B
B
There's
some
opening
kind
of
every
weekend
through
the
end
of
june,
so
find
your
local
one
buy
your
house,
it's
gonna
be
fun
and
it's
gonna
be
a
great
year
covert.
Precautions
are
still
in
place,
so
all
markets
will
be
still
requiring
masks
and
social
distancing
and
no
eating
on
site,
but
it'll
be
a
fun
time.
Please
come
it'll,
be
great,
see
you.
There.
C
A
Well,
if
there's
no
further
announcements,
then
we
can.
We
can
wrap
up
so
we've
we've
completed
all
the
items
on
our
agenda
for
this
evening.
Thank
you.
Everyone,
council
members
committee
members,
city
staff,
who've
joined
us
special
guests.
Who've
joined
us
for
participating
in
tonight's
meeting
and
discussion.
A
A
Adjourn,
okay
I'll
take
that
as
a
no
and
so
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourned.
Our
next
homegrown
minneapolis
meeting
will
be
on
june
9th
at
5
30
pm.
So
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
tonight,
especially
on
such
a
beautiful
day.
It
was
wonderful
to
be
here
in
this
virtual
community
space
with
all
of
you
and
take
care
enjoy
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