Public Meeting Notice  Massachusetts Food Policy Meeting - 5/8/20

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 Agenda:

​9:30 Call to Order, Introductions

Acceptance of Minutes 

Officers Reports:   (Chair) Vote to accept 2019 annual report

COVID – 19 Food Security Task Force, Access to food and resiliency of food supply chain: Commissioner John Lebeaux, Working Group Chair  (Winton Pitcoff, Co-chair)

Council member comments/discussion

MA Food Caucus update: Senator Comerford, & Representatives Hannah Kane & Daniel Donahue.  Legislation re: new secretariat for Food Resources & Security:  Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante

 MA Food System Collaborative update:  virtual forums, policy papers and work by local food policy councils, Winton Pitcoff, Director

Massachusetts Buy Local Programs and strategies to support food and ag during ​dramatic market shifts:  Mackenzie May, Central MA Buy Local

Food system recovery, the Council and MA Local Food Action Plan going forward:  John Waite

Announcements

Massachusetts Food Policy Meeting -  July, 2020 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (tba)

Public Comment  ​​