hey guys

I'm on mute

and can't unmute

sure.

yep! I'm on my phone

Natalie Cruz - Leadership Co-Chair - natalielcruz@gmail.com

Please feel free to say hello or ask questions

how are you funded

within the resturant do you prioritize hiring as a tool for vocational training, folks experiencing housing instability, or formerly incarcerated individuals?

AWESOMESAUCE Maggie!

Nah, yall are ROCKSTARS!

👏👏👏👏

are you training the population to grow. if so are you teaching how to use added value products for economic growth

thank you

well done.

Amy Christian here, managing editor of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (open access--free to all!). To read about research on work like what Richard is doing, go to https://foodsystemsjournal.org and search for terms like "community garden" or "urban agriculture" or "school garden."

urban farmers all over are faced with so many issues. what is the main concern in your area

How do we bridge the gap between urban and rural agriculture and make sure our discourse is inclusive?

great form

thank you

A great way to bridge urban and rural is to work on food systems issues on a regional scale. An excellent new report is "A Regional Imperative: The Case for Regional Food Systems." Discussion version of the paper is at http://www.lysoncenter.org/index.php/publications/a-regional-imperative-report

Thanks to Ron for referring to the food systems framework. See the JAFSCD article "A global food systems framework for pandemic prevention, response, and recovery" at https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.015

JAFSCD has published 166 articles with the keywords "food security"! https://foodsystemsjournal.org

We encourage you to ask questions for Ron at this point!

What ways did you work to teach community members to use fresh locally grown produce? We are currently experiencing that issue with the garden to food pantry program at my university and looking for possible solutions.

when you find a qualified person what does your organization do to keep good person

oops my internet cut out, could someone type it in the chat for me

Are the community members who run your gardens low-wealth and if so, how did you get them started and how do you support them?

@Grace McVay https://charliecart.org/

Thank you!

I’m such a Charlie Cart fan too!!! Great to hear the shout out.

I teach people the nutritional value of the food and then how to use them. a apple a day keeps the doctor away. making food that medicine

thanks for a great response

JAFSCD has published 34 articles with the keywords "community assessment"! https://foodsystemsjournal.org. One article is "Assessing a Local Food System: The Palouse-Clearwater Food Coalition Assessment Process" at https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2019.08C.008

Hi, thank you so much for being here and sharing. My question is what are some of the obstacles in your work?

such insightful responses, thank you!!

Thank you all for allowing me to be a part!

Really great to hear from all the speakers!

Thanks everyone!

thank you!