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Statewide Meetings – Feedback and Information Gathered

Each of these regional meetings introduced Roots of Change, outlined the ROC vision for a sustainable food system for CA by 2030, and invited attendees to become involved by joining the Leadership Network.

Tables of six to ten people considered and discussed three questions:
What might you contribute to this effort?
What would that do for you?
What would that do for the effort?

The questions helped people consider their self-interest along side the interest of the health of the whole system. The responses clearly show that people throughout California have the skills, energy, and resources to begin make this vision into reality. It is ROC's job to help connect this network of people and resources in the most effective way to create the economic, social, and environmental health we all seek.
Click here to see the responses to the first question - and the number of times that response was given. Answers to question: What might you contribute to this effort?

Bringing important stakeholders to the effort
Connections to low-income communities - 37
Bring organized labor and/or farm workers into vision and planning - 10
Connections to food/environmental justice work - 27
Bring public health to the table - 15
Connections to other social movements (inc environmental) - 17

Private sector/Business
Business skills and/or experience - 31
New business models and/or business innovation - 16
Experience with new distribution or processing models - 17
Help create a local stock exchange - 1
Marketing expertise - 17

Policy/Government/Politics
Help with developing new policy/policy expertise - 21
Access to local and/or statewide government - 22
Political action - 6
Knowledge of governance/politics, political perspective - 11

Education/Youth
Design educational programs/teach - 84
Connections to youth - 49
Experience re farm to school - 9

Knowledge/Experience/Perspective
Perspective - 8
International perspective - 7
Knowledge/experience - 28
Historical perspective - 7
Critical thinking - 28
Strategic planning skills to make vision concrete - 12
Economic perspective - 5
Knowledge of the whole food system - 6

Specific skills
Research skills - 28
Mapping skills - 10
Science - 8
Technological expertise - 16
Legal skills - 7
Systems thinking/mapping skills - 19
Expertise in renewable energy - 7
Farming/ranching/fishing expertise - 51
Natural resources management expertise - 16
Urban gardening expertise - 21
Nutrition expertise - 11
Food service connections/expertise - 9
Expertise/experience with corporate food system - 7
Voice/experience of farmers markets - 3
Expertise with certification - 4

Communications
Writing/storytelling - 16
Media/communications expertise - 25
Distribute information - 16
Public outreach - 10

Networking/Organizing
Community and/or grassroots organizing - 22
Bring my organization or business into the effort - 68
My network - 60
Regional organizing - 29
Planning/organization skills - 26
Networking skills/be a linker - 49
Help build new leadership - 6
Experience in grassroots/community organizing - 22
Lots of contacts in production agriculture - 18
Connect effort to climate change effort - 2
Technological connections - 5

Fundraising
Help getting capital to build effort - 20
Resources - 6

Organizational Learning
Facilitation skills - 10
Compassion/listening - 14
Collaboration skills - 15

Resources
Good food - 16
Access to land - 4

Urban/Rural inter-connections
Expertise in urban/rural interconnections - 24
Connect producers to effort - 30
Connect workers to effort - 12
Connect eaters to effort - 39
Connect chefs to effort - 7
Land use/planning/preservation expertise - 25
Educate farmers - 22

Energy/Work
Enthusiasm - 32
Love/passion - 18
Time - 18
Energy/work - 32
Inspire others - 28
Idealism - 8
Leadership - 25
Creativity/innovation - 14
Passion for conservation - 13
Create solutions - 8
 
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