The Franklin County Food Council is now accepting nominations
<https://forms.gle/tMkvpdo4ten4D83YA> for the relaunched Local Food
Champion Awards!
The purpose of the Local Food Champion award is to recognize, in relation
to the Columbus & Franklin County Local Food Action Plan (the Plan),
individuals, groups, organizations, agencies, or institutions that help to
create a food system that benefits ALL people. Local Food Champions embody
one or all of the goals outlined in the Plan:
Goal A: Enhance coordination and communication among existing food
resources and agencies.
Goal B: Improve access to and education about healthy food, affordable food
and local food.
Goal C: Increase the role of food in economic development.
Goal D: Prevent food-related waste.
For several years prior to March 2020, the Franklin County Food Council
sought nominations and made Local Food Campion Awards quarterly to
individuals who embodied the goals of the Local Food Action Plan. The
awards were typically presented at a Food Policy Council meeting with a
representative from the Columbus City Council and/or Franklin County
Commissioner.
Due to the pandemic, the awards were put on hold. We now intend to relaunch
a new set of awards with the same sentiment: to recognize and celebrate
grassroots community efforts that support the Columbus and Franklin County
Local Food Action Plan’s vision of a fair and sustainable food system that
benefits our economy, our environment and all people.
Nominations for the Local Food Champion awards
<https://forms.gle/tMkvpdo4ten4D83YA> will be accepted on a rolling basis
in three categories: Youth (ages 18 and below), Service (adults outstanding
in volunteer or public service efforts), and Technical (educators,
organizers, and others outstanding in professional efforts).
Nominations received by April 19 will be considered for the Spring 2021
award. Spring 2021 winners will be recognized during the May 19, 2021
annual Plan hearing. *Please share widely and make your nominations today! *
Rachel Tayse
she/her/hers
614.598.3559
Harmonious Homestead <http://www.harmonioushomestead.com> - Connecting
Farms and Families
*"This is no paradisal dream. Its hardship is its possibility." - Wendell
Berry, A Vision*
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