Developing our Local
Community Food System:
What You Can Do
1. Learn what is happening
here in local food: see the Local Food
Groups and Initiatives page. If your effort is not listed
there or needs updating, let us know.
2. Understand our Local
Food System, its past,
present, and possible future: See the La Plata County Community Food
Assessment
3. Consider what is most
needed here: see the
results of discussions about how we should develop our
local food system:
- Growing Partners draft strategies organized by outcomes
- HCFS strategies organized by sectors of the food system
- Objectives of our local Farm to School group
- See the strategies of our local organizations — see the link in 1 above.
4. Connect with local groups (see link in 1 above) to see if you can help in their efforts, or work with colleagues or neighbors to start your own initiatives.
5. Walk your talk: be sure to do as much as can in your personal life such as growing your own, buying local, buying sustainably, supporting local agriculture, etc.
6. Stay tuned to this website for more tools being developed for helping you plan and implement improvements in our local food system.