Regional Food Systems Workgroup - 2008 Roots of Change Fellows
This workgroup of the 2008 Fellows is focused on Regional Food Systems: with the goal of accelerating the development of regional food systems based on enhanced urban-rural connections. They continue to collaborate in 2009 developing a proposal fthat will involve the development and marketing of a bundled CSA, which aggregates products from multiple participating farms, in one or more pilot communities in California. It would also involve creating access points for the CSA boxes in underserved, low-income communities. Temra Costa of CAFF is coordinating the proposal development.
Background on the Fellows program: Chosen through an open application process, the ROC Fellows
are a diverse group of CA food system leaders working together
to develop strategies to create a sustainable food system for CA by
2030. Each class of ROC fellows is selected to reflect a level of
diversity and experience representative of the current CA food system.
The fellows are chosen based on a wide variety of considerations
including: their role in food system, leadership experience,
project/business experience, connections to extended CA networks, and
diversity of age, race, and geographic location to reflect the state’s
overall diversity.
