FPC Membership Interest Form | Douglas County KS

About the Douglas County Food Policy Council

The purpose of the Council is:

To advise elected officials on food-system* related policy issues and opportunities.
To provide a community forum for local food system* development.

Participation by diverse voices from all parts of the local food system is essential to the mission and work of the Council. In particular, the Council seeks to recruit members based on two essential considerations:

Ensuring balance across the county's urban and rural communities, with attention to the important voices of multiple agricultural producers from various production practices.
Advancing equitable representation, where all residents can participate fully, regardless of socioeconomic status, geography, race, ethnicity, gender, or immigration status.

Members of the Council are appointed by both the Douglas County and City of Lawrence Commissioners to ensure that all sectors of the food system are represented.

Where do you live and/or work

Tell us briefly why you would like to serve on the Douglas County Food Policy Council, or if you have been asked to serve as a representative of an organization or particular part of the community.

Support local food and ag businesses

Protect soils, waters, and agricultural ecosystems

Increase healthy food access, reduce physical barriers

Make food more affordable or available for those in need

Support food waste reduction, including expansion of food recovery

Increase local food purchasing

Support farm transition, beginning farmers

Expand urban agriculture and community gardens

Increase equity and celebrate diversity and cultural heritage

Promote and expand composting

Research and development around agricultural and food production technologies

I am an agricultural producer

I have experience with the local food economy

I have experience with agricultural lands, natural resource conservation, or preservation

I have experience related to healthy food access

I have experience with building an equitable food system

I have experience with food waste reduction and elimination

I have interests and/or experience that relate to the community food system in other ways

Tell us what you grow or make and anything about your operation you want to share.

You might be an entrepreneur, work in food retail, be involved in supply chain, purchasing, or economic development, or relate in another way. Tell us how you fit in this sector.

You might be a water or soil conservationist or scientist, work with rural landowners or producers, or relate in another way. Tell us how you fit in this sector.

You might be a health professional, a community planner or organizer, an educator, work in transit or food service, or relate in another way. Tell us how you fit in this sector.

You might be involved in community support programs or social justice, be a community organizer or planner, a cultural entrepreneur or leader, have direct experience with food barriers, or relate in another way. Tell us how you fit in this sector.

You might participate in food recovery, work in waste management, or institutional or retail food service, or relate in another way. Tell us how you fit in this sector.

Please tell us more about how your experience or interests connect to the community and food system.

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