F2P Network Task Force Projects Fund Key Contacts Build relationships between food Louise Calderwood (Sterling Business-Education system businesses and educational College) and Kevin Partnerships professionals O’Donnell (Hunger Mt. Coop) Farmland Access and Stewardship Working Group (Co-chairs Jill Arace and Nancy Everhart) Further develop coalition to work Pat Sagui (Composting towards Universal Recycling Bill $9,650 Food Cycle Coalition Association of Vermont) goals Develop guidebook and online Agriculture Land Use Peg Elmer modules on agriculture and food $9,375 Planning system planning Farmland Access Explore and promote innovative $9,995 Mike Ghia (Land for Good) land tenure financing models Production & Processing Working Group (Co-Chairs, Ela Chapin and Jackie Folsom) Willie Gibson (Independent Dairy Professional Survey dairy farmers to assess TA $5,000 Consultant); Louise Development needs that will be used to develop a Calderwood hired as project TA Coordination Dairy TA resource guide consultant TA Coordination TA evaluation survey Ela Chapin (VHCB/FV) $4,000 Producer and Processor Producer and Processor Association Eric Deluca (Independent Association Support Survey consultant) Exploring options to support Aaron Desrochers (Data Tech Task Force technology solutions for food Systems), Stan Ward, tech systems and agriculture consultant Completed Task Forces Projects F2P Network Key Contacts Task Force Fund Education and Workforce Development Workforce Needs Food system employer survey and Holly Tippett, Wendy Assessment & Summit report; Summit at VTC on 1/15/13 $10,000 Meunier (consultants); Dan Smith Production & Processing Market Analysis to determine which characteristics of the meat $5,000 Chelsea Lewis (VAAFM) processing stage of the supply chain
Task Force Projects F2P Network Fund Key Contacts Business-Education Partnerships Build relationships between food system businesses and educational professionals Louise Calderwood (Sterling College) and Kevin O’Donnell (Hunger Mt. Coop) Farmland Access and Stewardship Working Group (Co-chairs Jill Arace and Nancy Everhart) Food Cycle Coalition Further develop coalition to work towards Universal Recycling Bill goals $9,650 Pat Sagui (Composting Association of Vermont) Agriculture Land Use Planning Develop guidebook and online modules on agriculture and food system planning $9,375 Peg Elmer Farmland Access Explore and promote innovative land tenure financing models $9,995 Mike Ghia (Land for Good) Production & Processing Working Group (Co-Chairs, Ela Chapin and Jackie Folsom) Dairy Professional Development TA Coordination Survey dairy farmers to assess TA needs that will be used to develop a Dairy TA resource guide $5,000 Willie Gibson (Independent Consultant); Louise Calderwood hired as project consultant TA Coordination TA evaluation survey $4,000 Ela Chapin (VHCB/FV) Producer and Processor Association Support Producer and Processor Association Survey Eric Deluca (Independent consultant) Tech Task Force Exploring options to support technology solutions for food systems and agriculture Aaron Desrochers (Data Systems), Stan Ward, tech consultant Completed Task Forces Task Force Projects F2P Network Fund Key Contacts Education and Workforce Development Workforce Needs Assessment & Summit Food system employer survey and report; Summit at VTC on 1/15/13 $10,000 Holly Tippett, Wendy Meunier (consultants); Dan Smith Production & Processing Market Analysis to determine which characteristics of the meat processing stage of the supply chain $5,000 Chelsea Lewis (VAAFM)
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