Mission, Goal, and Objectives:
Mission:
To help
communities build healthy sustainable food systems through
effective systems planning and development.
Need
Statement: In many
communities there are several innovative projects underway
to help rebuild a community food system, but typically they
are not fully coordinated, planned in a strategic sequence,
nor integrated into a whole-system view of community
sustainability. As a result, efficient use of community
resources, synergies with other community development
projects, and overall sustainability are often compromised.
Goal:
To
provide communities with whole systems models as well as
the strategic planning and implementation tools needed for
effective development of healthy sustainable community food
systems.
Objectives:
1. Provide communities with conceptual and real world
models to guide effective strategic planning and
implementation of healthy sustainable food systems.
2. Provide communities with tools for successful food
system development including strategic systems planning,
organizational development, communications, and policy
development.
3. Help communities develop and sustain productive
partnerships within the food sector as well as with the
agriculture, economic development, and environmental
sectors.
4. Help communities develop climate-friendly food systems
that minimize the greenhouse gas impacts of the entire
local food system on climate, while reducing
their
vulnerability
to anticipated climate change impacts.
5. Assist communities in addressing their food security
needs so that everyone, no matter what their income or
circumstance, has access to healthy, affordable, culturally
appropriate foods from local sustainable sources as much as
possible.
6. Promote rigorous community discussions on issues
fundamental to the sustainability of their food system and
the whole community.