NOTE: The following list includes councils of various types, with different approaches and at various stages of development. Due to the evolving nature of this work, we recommend that you check with the council to ensure accuracy of the information below. Also, if you would like us to add your council to this list or if the information included here for your council is incorrect, please email mark@foodsecurity.org.
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- An S in front of a council name designates a state-level council;
- An R designates a regional-level council;
- A C designates a county-level council;
- An L designates a local-level council, including city.
Alabama
L: Greater Birmingham Community Food Partners
Contact: Elise Munoz, Program Coordinator for Greater Birmingham Community Food Partners
Email: bhamfoodsecurity@gmail.com
Phone: (205) 229-7871
Secondary Contact: Paulette Van Matre, Executive Director of Magic City Harvest
P.O. Box 11292, Birmingham, AL 35202
Phone: (205) 591-3663
Web: www.gbcfp.org
Governance: Independent
Alaska
S: Alaska Food Policy Council
Contact: Diane Peck
Email: diane.peck@alaska.gov
Governance: Independent (statewide group of 81 non-profit, faith-based and state agencies funded by the state)
Arizona
Arkansas
S: Arkansas Food Policy Council
Contact: Sylvia Blain, Arkansas Local Foods Initiative
Phone: (501) 765-2469
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/arkansasfoodpolicycouncil
California
L: Berkeley Food Policy Council
Contact: Martin Bourque, Ecology Center
Email: martin@ecologycenter.org
Phone: (510) 548-2220 x 234
Governance: Convened by the Ecology Center this is a community based coalition of food systems projects, youth development organizations, health service providers, and and others working to reduce diet related illnesses in Berkeley’s low income and communities by increasing consumption of fresh local healhtful foods. We do this through information sharing, programatic collaboration, and policy advocacy.
L: Contra Costa Food and Nutrition Policy Consortium
Contact: Lindsay Johnson
Email: ljohnson@foodbankccs.org
Web: www.foodbankccs.org
Governance: Independent
We currently operate (and have for about 10 years) without funding or association with any governmental jurisdiction. Representatives from the county public health department (including WIC) and the county human services department (food stamps, EBT, Head Start) attend, as do representatives from community based organizations and school districts receiving funding through USDA. Prior to this time there was a period when the FNPC had paid staff from the County Health Services Community Wellness and Prevention Program.
C: Fresno County Food System Alliance
Contact: Miriam Volat, Ag Innovations Network
Email: miriam@aginnovations.org
Phone: (707) 823-6111
Web: http://foodsystemalliance.org
Governance: Independent with representatives from public health, agricultural commissioner, CSU, private, non-profit, and government groups. In formation as of 9/2010.
R: Healthy Food Access & Farmers’ Markets Committee (Monterey)
Contact: Christine Moss
Email: mosscd@co.monterey.ca.us
Phone: (831) 796-2894
Contact: Deborah Yashar
Email: deborah@albafarmers.org
Phone: (831) 758-1469
Governance: Coalition
On the Central Coast of California, a group known as the Nutrition & Fitness Collaborative of the Central Coast with a food policy council subcommittee known as the Healthy Food Access & Farmers’ Markets Committee meets on a regular basis and works on food policy initiatives
C: Humboldt Food Policy Council Task Force
Contact: Danielle Stubblefield, Community Food Systems Analyst for the California Center for Rural Policy at Humboldt State University
Email: Danielle.Stubblefield@humboldt.edu
Governance: Independent
L: Los Angeles Food Policy Task Force
Contact: Alexa Delwiche, Food Policy Coordinator
Email: alexa.delwiche@gmail.com
Phone: (323) 341-5096
Web: departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/lafjn.htm
Governance: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa led the formation of a food policy task force for the City of Los Angeles
L: Oakland Food Policy Council
Contact: Food First
398 60th Street, Oakland, CA 94618
Email: oaklandfood@foodfirst.org
Phone: 510-654-4400
Web: www.oaklandfood.org
Governance: Oakland City Council Life Enrichment Committee passed a resolution to allocate start-up funding for the establishment of an Oakland Food Policy Council
C: Plumas County Community Food Council (Quincy)
Contact: Elizabeth Powell
Email: epowell@plumasruralservices.org
Phone: (530) 283-3611 x839
Governance: Independent
L: San Francisco Food Systems Council
Contact: Paula Jones, Director, Food Systems – San Francisco Department of Public Health
Email: Paula.jones@sfdph.org
Secondary Email: info@sffoodsystems.org
Governance: In 2001, the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Environmental Health Section (EHS) initiated an independent project (San Francisco Food Systems) under the fiscal sponsorship of the San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds.
C: San Mateo Food Systems Alliance
Contact: Jennifer Gross
Email: jgross@co.sanmateo.ca.us
Secondary Email: info@foodsystemalliance.org
Phone: (650) 573-2319
Web: www.foodsystemalliance.org/sanmateo
Governance: Independent (seats both the County’s Agricultural Commissioner and its Public Health Officer)
C: Santa Barbara Food Policy Council
Contact: Megan Carney, TGIF Sustainable Food Coordinator, University of California, Santa Barbara
Email: megcarney@gmail.com
Phone: (805) 729-2452
Web: sbcfoodpolicycouncil.weebly.com
Governance: Independent
R: Sacramento Region Food System Collaborative
Contact: Robyn Krock
Email: robyn.krock@valleyvision.org
Web: www.foodsystemcollaborative.org
Governance: Independent (coalition of public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders)
C: Sonoma County Food Alliance
Contact: Miriam Volat, Ag Innovations Network
Email: miriam@aginnovations.org
Phone: (707) 823-6111
Governance: Independent (seats both the County’s Public Health Officer and Agricultural Commissioner as well as a wide variety of community organizations and grassroots groups).
C: Ventura County Food Policy Council
Contact: Joseph McIntyre, Ag Innovations Network
Email: joseph@aginnovations.org
Phone: (707) 823-6111
Governance: Independent (seats the County Agricultural Commissioner as well as a wide variety of community organizations and agencies).
C: Yolo County Food Policy Council (Woodland)
Contact: Miriam Volat, Ag Innovations Network
Email: miriam@aginnovations.org
Phone: (707) 823-6111
Web: http://yolocoafa.org
Governance: Independent (seats the County Agricultural Commissioner as well as a wide variety of community organizations and agencies).
Colorado
C: Boulder County Food and Agriculture Policy Council
Contact: Adrian Card, Extension Agent, Agricultural and Natural Resources
Phone: (303) 678-6383
Web: www.bouldercounty.org/bocc/AdvisoryBoards/#FoodAg
Governance: Advisory Board to County Commissioners
C: San Luis Valley Local Food Coalition
Contact: Liz Marron
Email: marronL@vwhs.org
Contact: Luette Frost
Phone: (719) 588-9417
Web: www.livewellcolorado.org/community-initiatives/livewell-colorado-communities/livewell-alamosa
Governance: Independent
C: Summit County (Breckenridge)
Contact: Joanna Rybak, the LiveWell Summit County coordinator
Email: joanna@summitpreventionalliance.org
C: Sustainability Alliance of SW Colorado – Food, Agriculture & Farm to School (Durango)
Contact: Jim Dyer, SW Marketing Network
Email: jadyer@frontier.net
Secondary email: info@sustainableSWcolorado.org
Web: www.sustainableswcolorado.org/foodag.htm
C: Western Colorado Food and Agriculture Council (Paonia)
Contact: Elaine Brett
Email: embrett@paonia.com
Phone: (970) 210-9717
Contact: Dr. Edward Page, Colorado State U. Extension Small Acreage Management Agent
Governance: Independent
Connecticut
S: Connecticut Food Policy Council
Contact: Linda Drake, University of Connecticut EFNEP
Email: Linda.Drake@uconn.edu
Phone: (860) 486-1783
Contact: Jerry Jones
Phone: (860) 296-9325
Governance: Created in 1997 by the state legislature
L: Hartford Food Policy Commission
Contact: Martha Page
Email: mpage@hartfordfood.org
Phone: (860) 296-9325
Web: www.hartford.gov/government/FoodCommission/default.htm
Governance: Advisory body to the city government
L: New Haven Food Policy Council
Contact: Roberta Freidman, Director of Public Policy at Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy
Email: roberta.friedman@yale.edu
Phone: (203) 432-4717
Web: www.cityseed.org
Governance: The Board of Aldermen of the City of New Haven voted unanimously to pass an ordinance establishing the New Haven Food Policy Council
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
S: Florida Food Policy Council
Contact: Trish Strawn, Chair
Email: floridafoodpolicycouncil@gmail.com
Phone: (386) 216-2442
Governance: Independent
C: Leon County Food Policy Council (Tallahassee)
Contact: Janice A. Daly, Ph.D., CHES, Community Health Promotion Coordinator of the Leon County Health Department
Email: Janice_Daly@doh.state.fl.us
Phone: (850) 606-8174
C: PBC Community Food Alliance (Palm Beach County)
Contact: Alex Stevens, Director of the PBC Community Food Alliance, United Way of Palm Beach
Email: alexstevens@unitedwaypbc.org
Phone: (561) 375-6650
Web: www.unitedwaypbc.org/foodalliance
Governance: Independent (under United Way of Palm Beach)
C: Sarasota Food Policy Council
Contact: Robert A. Kluson, Agriculture/Natural Resources Extension Agent II
Email: rkluson@scgov.net
Phone: (941) 232-3090
Web: sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/AG/agpolicy.shtml
Governance: Unofficial advisory committe appointed by Sarasota County County Commissioners
L: Tampa Bay Food Policy Council
Contact: Rob Alicea
Email: ralicea2@tampabay.rr.com
Georgia
S: Georgia Food Policy Council
Contact: Donna DeCaille, Nutrition Coordinator for the Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative & FPC Facilitator, Georgia Division of Public Health
Email: dpdecaille@dhr.state.ga.us
Phone: (404) 657-6538
C: Athens Area Food Policy Council
Contact: Shannon McBride
Email: athensfpc@gmail.com
Phone: (706) 354-8080
Contact: Midge Leventry
Web: www.localplace.org
Governance: Independent
C: Atlanta Local Food Initiative
Contact: Barbara Petit
Email: petitbolster@comcast.net
Secondary email: info@atlantalocalfood.org
Phone: (404) 862-2277
Governance: Independent coalition
Hawaii
Hawaii Food Policy Council
Amanda Corby, HFPC Coordinator
Email: Amanda@HawaiiFoodPolicyCouncil.org
Web: www.hawaiifoodpolicycouncil.org
Idaho
Illinois
S: Illinois Food, Farms, & Job Council
Contact: Jim Braun (Interim Coordinator)
Phone: (515) 229-2679
Web: www.foodfarmjobs.org
Governance: Governor appointed
S: Tri-State Food Policy Council (IL, IA, MO)
Contact: Brenda E. Derrick, Unit Educator, Nutrition and Wellness
Email: derrickb@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 223-8380
Web: web.extension.illinois.edu/adamsbrown/localgrown/430.html
Governance: Extension
L: Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council
Contact: Erika Allen, Growing Power Illinois (co-chair)
Email: erika@growingpower.org
Phone: (773) 324-7924
Contact: Rodger Cooley (co-chair)
Email: jrojet@yahoo.com
Web: www.chicagofoodpolicy.org
Governance: Independent (non-profit coalition)
L: Evanston Food Policy Council (Evanston)
Contact: Debbie Hillman
Email: DLHillman@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (847) 328-7175
Governance: Independent grassroots
L: Food Initiatives Group (Macomb)
Contact: info@macombfig.org
Governance: Independent grassroots group, loosely organized.
R: Heartland Local Food Network (Bloomington-Normal)
Contact: Marsha Veninga
Email: marsha.veninga@hlfn.org
Phone: (309) 530-0430
Web: www.hlfn.org
Governance: Independent non-profit
C: Northwest Local Foods Task Force (Stephenson County)
Contact: Margaret Larson
Email: mklarson@uiuc.edu
Phone: (815) 235-4125
Governance: Extension
C: Springfield Local Food Task Force (Springfield)
Contact: Lindsay Record, Illinois Stewardship Alliance
Email: lindsay@ilstewards.org
Phone: (217) 528-1563
Governance: Independent
Indiana
Iowa
S: Iowa Food Systems Council
Contact: Angie Tagtow
Email: angie.tagtow@mac.com
Contact: Susan Roberts, JD, MS, RD – Roberts Law Firm, PLC
Email: susan@susan-roberts.net
Phone: (515) 965-3859
Web: www.iowafoodsystemscouncil.org
Governance: A non-profit corporation with a 17-member Board of Directors
S: Tri-State Food Policy Council (IL, IA, MO)
Contact: Brenda E. Derrick, Unit Educator, Nutrition and Wellness
Email: derrickb@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 223-8380
Web: web.extension.illinois.edu/adamsbrown/localgrown/430.html
Governance: Extension
C: Cass County Local Food Policy Council (Oakland)
Contact: Bahia Barry, Local Food Coordinator, Golden Hills RC&D
Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative, 712 S. HWY 6, PO Box 189, Oakland, IA 51560
Phone: (712) 482-3029
Web: www.swiffi.org
Governance: Member of a regional coalition
C: Pottawattamie County Local Food Council
Contact: Bahia Barry, Local Food Coordinator, Golden Hills RC&D
Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative, 712 S. HWY 6, PO Box 189, Oakland, IA 51560
Phone: (712) 482-3029
Web: www.swiffi.org
Governance: Board of Supervisor appointed
Kansas
S: Kansas State Food Policy Council
Contact: Dan Nagengast, Kansas Rural Center
Email: nagengast@earthlink.net
Phone: (785) 748-0959
Web: www.kansasruralcenter.org/kfpc.html
Governance: Works with the Governor’s office
C: Douglas County Food Policy Council (Lawrence)
Contact: Eileen Horn, Sustainability Coordinator
Email: ehorn@douglas-county.com
Phone: (785) 330-3121
Contact: Emily Jackson, County Administrative intern
Web: www.douglas-county.com/depts/ad/ad_localfoodpolicycouncil.aspx?category_id=
Governance: The FPC was formed officially by the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners in September 2009, and formally approved as an advisory council in June 2010.
Kentucky
Louisiana
L: Food Policy Advisory Committee (New Orleans)
Contact: Vanessa M Ulmer
Email: vulmer@tulane.edu
Contact: David Coffman
Email: dcoffman@feedingamerica.org
Web: www.sph.tulane.edu/PRC/pages/FPAC.htm
Maine
R: Saco River Lake Region Food Policy Council
Contact: Richard Rudolph, Rippling Waters Organic Farm
Email: rrudolph@fairpoint.net
Phone: (207) 642-5161
Web: eatmainefoods.ning.com/forum/topics/saco-river-lake-region-food
Governance: Independent
Maryland
L: Baltimore City Food Policy Task Force
Contact: Holly Freishtat
Email: holly@cultivatehealth.com
Contact: Anne Palmer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Email: ampalmer@jhsph.edu
Web: www.baltimorecity.gov/Government/AgenciesDepartments/Planning/FoodPolicyTaskForce.aspx
Governance: Created by mayor and jointly led by the Baltimore City Department of Planning and the Baltimore City Health Department
Massachusetts
S: Massachusetts Food Policy Alliance
Contact: Betsy Johnson, chair
c/o Project Bread, 145 Border St. East Boston, MA 02128
Email: betsy@bgjohnson.com
Phone: (617) 536-1711
L: Boston Food Policy Council
Contact: Stephen Chan
Mayor’s Office, One City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA 02201
Email: stephen.chan@cityofboston.gov
Phone: (617) 635-2338
L: Holyoke Food Policy Council
Web: www.nuestras-raices.org/en/holyoke-food-fitness
L: Springfield Food Policy Council
Contact: Johnetta Baymon, Community Services Specialist, Springfield Partners for Community Action
Email: johnettab@springfieldpartnersinc.com
Web: www.springfieldpartnersinc.com
Governance: We have a resolution with City Government, however we collaborate with all sectors; community & faith based organizations, grocers & community garden groups, businesses & youth
L: Worcester Food Policy Council
Contact: United Way
484 Main Street, Suite 300 Worcester, MA 01608
Phone: (508) 757-5631 x304
Web: www.worcesterfoodpolicy.org
Governance: Formed at the appointment of (former) Mayor Tim Murray; serves as an ad-hoc advisory board to the local Congressman and Mayor
Michigan
S: Michigan Food Policy Council
Contact: Kirsten G. Simmons
Email: simmonsk@michigan.gov or mda-mfpc@michigan.gov
Contact: Ken Dahlberg
Web: <a “href=”http://www.michigan.gov/mfpc”” target=”_blank”>www.michigan.gov/mfpc
Governance: Governor advisory board
L: Detroit Food Policy Council
Rod Toneye, Urban Agritropolis Project
Detroit Food Policy Council, c/o Eastern Market Corporation, 2934 Russell, Detroit, MI 48207
Email: agritropolis@lycos.com
Phone: (248) 763-6912
Web: www.detroitfoodpolicycouncil.net
Governance: Approved by the Detroit City Council
L: Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council
Contact: Cynthia Price
Email: skyprice@gmail.com or ggrfsc@gmail.com
Phone: (616) 916-9823
Web: www.foodshed.net
Governance: Non-profit, membership based organization that is a collaborative of west Michigan community-based, governmental, non-profit and private organizations and individuals
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
S: Tri-State Food Policy Council (IL, IA, MO)
Contact: Brenda E. Derrick, Unit Educator, Nutrition and Wellness
Email: derrickb@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 223-8380
Web: web.extension.illinois.edu/adamsbrown/localgrown/430.html
Governance: Extension
L: Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition
Contact: Beth Low
c/o KC Healthy Kids, PO Box 480227, Kansas City, MO 64148
Email: bethlow@kcfoodpolicy.org
Web: www.kchealthykids.org/Initiative-HFPI-Background/Index.htm
Governance: Independent coalition
L: St Louis Regional Food Policy Council
Contact: Phil Valko
Email: phil@healthyyouthpartnership.org
Contact: Susann Archer, Congressional Deputy Leg Asst.
Phone: (314) 962-1523
Governance: Independent
Montana
S: Montana Food System Council
Contact: Barbara Rusmore, Coordinator
Email: brusmore@gmail.com
Phone: (406) 570-5815
Web: www.montanafood.org
Governance: The Council has a cooperative relationship with the Governor’s Montana Food for Montanans Initiative
L: Missoula Community Food and Agriculture Coalition
Contact: Paul Hubbard, land use coordinator on staff
Email: pfhubbard@gmail.com
Phone: (406) 543-0542
Contact: Bonnie Buckingham, chair of the Board of Directors
Email: bonnie@missoulacfac.org or cfac@montana.com
Web: www.MissoulaCFAC.org
Governance: CFAC was formed following a joint resolution at the City/County in 2005, recognizing the value of preserving ag land and ensuring access to food for all citizens. A member of both the City Council and County Commissioners originally sat on the Coalition. In fall, 2009, CFAC became a 501(c)3, and is now working independently from government, but has close ties to both city and county, including Office of Planning and Grants
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
L: Camden City Food Security Advisory Board
Contact: Michael Devlin
Email: mdevlin@camdenchildrensgarden.org
Phone: (856) 365-8733
Web: www.camdenchildrensgarden.org
Governance: Established in 2009, appointments made by City Council and the Mayor. Currently 5 appointed members.
C: Mercer Food Council
Contact: Elyse Pivnick, Vice Pres. Environment & Community Health, Isles, Inc.
Email: EPivnick@isles.org
Governance: Operates independent of a specific government jurisdiction
New Mexico
C: Grant County Food Policy Council
Contact: Andrea Sauer, Coordinator
Email: asauer@grmc.org
Phone: (575) 388-1198 ext. 14
Governance: Established as an advisory council by a resolution from the Grant County Board of Commissioners in 2010
S: New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council
Contact: Pam Roy, Director
Email: Pamelaroy@aol.com or info@farmtotablenm.org
Phone: (505) 473-1004
Web: www.farmtotablenm.org/policy
Governance: The New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council was formally initiated through 2003 House Joint Memorial 45
C: Rio Arriba County Food & Agriculture Policy Council
Contact: Brian Korzec
Email: brian_korzec@yahoo.com
Contact: Lauren Reichelt
Phone: (505) 753-3143
Governance: Independent
L: Santa Fe Food Policy Council (City and County of Santa Fe Advisory Council on Food Policy)
Contact: Katherine Mortimer
Email: kemortimer@ci.santa-fe.nm.us
Contact: Rubina Cohen, Coordinator
Web: www.santafefoodpolicy.org
Governance: Established as an advisory council by a joint resolution from the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County
New York
S: New York State Council on Food Policy
Contact: Ann McMahon, Coordinator
NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets, 10B Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12235
Phone: (518) 485-7728; Direct line: (518) 457-6725
Web: www.nyscfp.org
Governance: New York State Governor’s Office issued Executive Order No. 13 on May 18, 2007 that established the New York State Council on Food Policy (NYS CFP)
L: Food Systems Network NYC
Contact: Fern Gale Estrow
Email: fge2@earthlink.net
Phone: (212) 691-5154
Governance: FSNYC was founded in 2004 through the efforts of the New York City Nutrition Education Network and the Council on the Environment of New York City (fiscal agent for FSNYC) to complement the emerging food policy council movement
L: East New York Food Co-op
Contact: Salima Jones-Daley
Email: enyfoodcoop@yahoo.com
North Carolina
S: North Carolina Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council
Contact: Joy Hicks, Policy Development Analyst, NCDA&CS
Phone: (919) 733-7125 x 236
Governance: Approved by the NC State Legislature
C: Cabarrus County Food Policy Council
Contact: Aaron Newton, Local Food System Program Coordinator
Email: ajnewton@cabarruscounty.us
Phone: (704) 920-2206
Governance: Approved by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners in 2010.
L: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Food Policy Council
Contact: Marilyn Marks
Email: sosawnc@endhunger.org
Phone: (704) 553-1730
Contact: Allison Mignery
Phone: (704) 432-3468
Web: Facebook
Governance: Independent
North Dakota
Ohio
C: Lorain County Food Policy Coalition
Contact: Avi Miner
Email: avram.miner@gmail.com
Governance: The LCFPC is an active county-level organization not affiliated with any government. The New Agrarian Center, a well-established nonprofit organization based in Oberlin, OH, serves as the LCFPC’s parent organization.
S: Ohio Food Policy Advisory Council
Contact: Amalie Lipstreu, Senior Program Manager Sustainable Agriculture Ohio Department of Agriculture
Email: ALipstreu@agri.ohio.gov
Web: www.agri.ohio.gov/divs/communications/meetings.aspx
Governance: Created by Executive Order
L: Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Food Policy Council
Contact: David Pearl
Email: dep3@case.edu
Contact: MorganTaggart, Ohio State University Extension
Email: taggart.32@cfaes.osu.edu
Contact: Brad Masi, The New Agrarian Center
Governance: Independent (public-private partnership)
Oklahoma
Oregon
R: Central Oregon Food Policy Council
Contact: Ben Gordon, Co-chair
Phone: (541) 728-3812
Contact: Katrina Van Dis
Phone: (541) 504-3307
Email: centraloregonfoodpolicy@gmail.com
Web: centraloregonfoodpolicy.wordpress.com
Governance: The COFPC is a 13-member volunteer Council composed of a Board of Directors representing Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson Counties in Central Oregon. Our vision is to lead the effort to achieve a sustainable and just food system in Central Oregon using the following strategies: Healthy Food Access, Public Policy Advocacy, and Networks and Knowledge Sharing.
C: Lane County Food Policy Council
Contact: Deb Johnson-Shelton, Chair
Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97403-1983
Email: debj@ori.org
Phone: (541) 484-2123
Governance: Independent (maintains government liaisons to the council)
L: Portland-Multnomah Food Policy Council
Contact: Steve Cohen
City of Portland, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Food Policy and Programs
Email: steve.cohen@portlandoregon.gov
Phone: (503) 823-4225
Web: http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=42290
Governance: A citizen-based advisory council to the City of Portland and Multnomah County
Pennsylvania
C: Adams County Food Policy Council (Gettysburg)
Contact: Kim Davidson
Email: adamsfoodpolicy@gmail.com
Governance: Established by proclamation on May 13, 2009 by the County Commissioners
L: Pittsburgh Area Food Policy Council
Contact: Danae Clark, Allegheny Greenworks – chairperson
Email: danae7@gmail.com
Phone: (412) 244-3435
Contact: Ken Regal
Email: kenr@justharvest.org
Web: pghfood.pbworks.com/Pittsburgh-Area-Food-Policy-Council
Governance: Independent (operate as a loose coalition of several organizations)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
S: South Carolina Food Policy Council
Contact: Beth Crocker
P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, SC 29211-1280
Phone: (803) 734-2200
Web: agriculture.sc.gov/content.aspx?ContentID=697
Governance: Independent (sponsored by Department of Agriculture; Board of Directors are nominated every 3 years)
South Dakota
Tennessee
C: Knoxville/Knox County Food Policy Council
Contact: Stephanie Welch, chair
Email: stephanie.welch@knoxcounty.org
Phone: (865) 215-5297
Web: www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/boards/food.asp
C: Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee (Nashville)
Contact: Cassi Johnson, Executive Director, Manna-Food Security Partners
Email: cassi@foodsecuritypartners.org
Phone: (615) 385-2286
Contact: Brian Zralek, Program Director
Email: mannabz@comcast.net
Web: www.foodsecuritypartners.org
Governance: Independent, but work closely with our Mayor’s Office and Public Health Department
Texas
L: Austin/Travis Sustainable Food Policy Board
Contact: Marla Camp
Email: marla@edibleaustin.com
Phone: (512) 441-3971
Web: www.edibleaustin.com/content/sustainable-food-policy-board-resources-178
Governance: Created by city ordinance; associated with Travis County Commissioners
Utah
L: Salt Lake City Food Policy Task Force
Contact: Bridgette Stuchly, Liason to mayors office
Phone: (801) 535-6438
Contact: Christi Paulson, counsel co-chair
Email: cpaulson@xmission.com
Governance: Advisory to mayors office
Vermont
L: Burlington Food Council
Contact: Mandy Davis, Agricultural Development Services, Intervale Center
180 Intervale Road Burlington, VT 05401
Email: mandy@intervale.org
Phone: (802) 660-0440 x 108
Contact: Jennifer Green, Co-Director, Burlington Legacy Project
Email: jgreen@ci.burlington.vt.us
Phone: (802) 865-7532
Web: www.burlingtonfoodcouncil.org
Governance: We are a City-recognized group (through resolution) and report to the City Council quarterly, but we are largely independent
R: Central Vermont Food Systems Council (Montpelier)
Contact: Isaac Lawrence
Email: CVFoodSystemsCouncil@gmail.com
L: Waterbury-Duxbury Food Council
Contact: Erica Campbell, The Center for an Agricultural Economy
Waterbury-Duxbury Food Council, c/o Erica Campbell, 379 Marshall Road, Waterbury, VT 05676
Email: ericacampbellvt@gmail.com
Contact: Rick Scharf
Email: rscharf@pshift.net
Virginia
S: Virginia Food System Council
Contact: Eric Bendfeldt
Email: ebendfel@vt.edu
Contact: Matthew Benson
Email: mcbenson@vt.edu
Web: www.virginia.edu/ien/foodsummit/foodcouncil.html
Governance: Independent
Washington
C: Clark County Food Policy Council, Vancouver, WA
Contact: Tricia Mortell, Clark County Public Health
Email: Tricia.mortell@clark.wa.gov
Contact: Elspeth Durek, RD, Clark County Public Health Nutritionist
Email: elspeth.durek@clark.wa.gov
Web: www.clark.wa.gov/public-health/about/foodsystemscouncil.html
Governance: We do not have a direct link to County government. Public Health provides staff support but the membership is not appointed by the commissioners like other boards or committees. We have a quasi link through the Clark County Public Health Advisory council, which is appointed. They champion the Food System Council work and we have had joint meetings with the commisioners.
C: Cowlitz County Food Policy Council – Acces to Healthy Food (Kelso)
Contact: April Stewart, Health Educator, Cowlitz County Health Department
Email: stewarta@co.cowlitz.wa.us
Phone: (360) 414-5586
Governance: Access to Healthy Food is a subcommittee branch of Cowlitz On The Move- Healthy Lifestyles Coalition
C: Puget Sound Regional Food Policy Council
Contact: Liz Underwood-Bultmann
Puget Sound Regional Council, 1011 Western Ave, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104
Email: LUnderwood-Bultmann@psrc.org
Phone: (206) 464-6174
Web: www.psrc.org
Governance: four counties: King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Kitsap
L: Tahoma Food Policy Coalition
Contact: Sarah Garitone, Pierce Conservation District
Email: sarahg@piercecountycd.org
Governance: Independent coalition
West Virginia
Wisconsin
C: Dane County Food Council (Dane County Board of Supervisors)
Contact: Martin Bailkey, Vice-chair
Email: bailkey@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (608) 218-9478
Contact: Andrew Majid Allan
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 116, Madison, WI 53703-3342
Email: allan@co.dane.wi.us
Phone: (608) 267-2536
Web: www.countyofdane.com/foodcouncil
Governance: county board
L: Milwaukee Food Council
Contact: Martha Davis Kipcak, The Kitchen Table Project, Slow Food Upper Midwest, Growing Power
Email: mdk@bricofund.org
Phone: (414) 727-4666
Contact: Marcia Caton Campbell, The Center for Resilient Cities
Email: Marcia.CatonCampbell@resilientcities.org
C: Sheboygan Area Local Food Alliance
Contact: salfalliance@gmail.com
Web: www.salfalliance.org
Wyoming
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL COUNCILS
CANADIAN COUNCILS
Alberta
Calgary Food Policy Council
Contact: Paul Hughes
Email: paul@paulinate.com
Web: www.calgaryfoodpolicycouncil.ca or calgaryfoodpolicy.blogspot.com
Governance: Independent
British Colombia
Kamloops Food Policy Council
Contact: Laura Kalina
Email: Laura.kalina@interiorhealth.ca
Phone: (250) 851-7474
Web: foodsecurecanada.org/en/node/595
Vancouver Food Policy Council
Contact: Johanna Bays, Council Co-Chair
Email: joannebays@gmail.com
Secondary email: foodpolicy@vancouver.ca
Contact: Brent Mansfield, Council Co-Chair
Email: brentmansfield@gmail.com
Web: vancouver.ca/COMMSVCS/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/policy/council.htm orwww.vancouverfoodpolicycouncil.ca
Governance: The VFPC was created through a City of Vancouver Council motion and operates under a Council-approved terms of reference
Manitoba
Winnipeg Food Policy Working Group
Contact: Paul Chorney, Food Matters Manitoba
Email: paul@foodmattersmanitoba.ca
Phone: (204) 943-0822
Contact: Stefan Epp
Email: epps@cc.umanitoba.ca
Web: www.winnipegfoodpolicy.org
Governance: Winnipeg Food Policy working group is actively involved in discussions with the City of Winnipeg and in presentations to elected officials with the goal of formally establishing a Food Policy Council
Ontario
Guelph Wellington Food Round Table Policy working group (GWFRT)
Contact: Shannon Lee Stirling
Email: guelphfood@gmail.com or seedsofhappiness@gmail.com
Governance: not affiliated directly with government
Halton Food Council
Contact: Lynn Garrison MHSc, RD, Halton Region Health Department
1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6M 3L1
Email: Lynn.Garrison@halton.ca
Phone: (905) 825-6000 x 7313 or (866) 442-5866
Just Food, formerly called the Ottawa Food Security Council
Contact: Moe Garahan, Director of Just Food
280 Metcalfe St. #501, Ottawa, ON K2P 1R7
Email: moe@justfood.ca or info@justfood.ca
Phone: (613) 236-9300 x 301
Web: www.spcottawa.on.ca/ofsc/en/index.asp
Governance: February 26, 2003 – City Council approves the recommendation of the HRSS Committee for the Ottawa Food Security Council
Toronto Food Policy Council
Contact: Wayne Roberts, Project Coordinator
Email: tfpc@toronto.ca
Phone: (416) 338-7937
Web: www.toronto.ca/health/tfpc_index.htm
Governance: City created the Toronto Food Policy Council, Staff working with the TFPC are employed by, and responsible to, Toronto Public Health
Toronto Youth Food Policy Council
Contact: Yusuf Alam, Project Coordinator
Email: yalam@toronto.ca
Governance: City created the Toronto Food Policy Council, Staff working with the TFPC are employed by, and responsible to, Toronto Public Health
Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable
Contact: Marc Xuereb
Email: xmarc@region.waterloo.on.ca
Contact: Steffanie Scott, Co-Chair
Contact: Ellen Desjardins, Co-Chair
Web: www.wrfoodsystem.ca
Governance: The establishment of the Roundtable was led by the Regional Municipality’s Public Health department, and Public Health has supplied staff support (.5FTE), but there is no official defined relationship between the municipality and the Roundtable. It is an independent organization.