Skip to Main Content
This link open a new window

Marked Agenda

Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council Agenda

Regular Meeting
April 14, 2021 - 5:30 pm
online meeting
Members Present: Kate Seybold (Co-Chair), Tsega Tamene (Co-Chair), Nolan Greene, Rebecca Gross, Andrea Inouye, Kristen Klingler, Amy Maas, Emily Minge, Devon Nolen, Teresa Opheim, Latasha Powell, Aidan Read, Helen Schnoes, Jeremy Schroeder, and Tiffany Lashae Stoker-Riggs (Quorum: 13)
Members Absent: Suado Abdi, Melissa Anderson, Elizabeth Dooley, Andrea Eger, Kim Havey, Marcus Kar, Ibrahim Mohamed, Jason Walker, and Mai Yang
Staff: Tamara Downs Schwei

Call To Order

  1. Roll Call.
    Quorum Present
    Adoption of the agenda.
    Action Taken: Adopted
    Acceptance of minutes

    Action Taken: Accepted

Discussion

  1. Federal and state food systems legislative and funding updates; challenges and opportunities

    1. State food systems (Leah Gardner, Hunger Solutions; DeVon Nolen, Kate Seybold)
    2. Federal food systems (Jill Krueger, Amanda Karls, Public Health Law Center)
    Action Taken: No action taken

Presentation

  1. LEAFF Program (Rhys Williams, The Good Acre)
    This link open a new window LEAFF presentation.pdf
    Action Taken: Received and filed

    Food Action Plan updates

    1. MFAP staff transition (Anu Ramaswami, Princeton University and Hikaru Peterson, University of Minnesota)
    2. MFAP engagement (Tamara Downs Schwei)
    3. Food Council interview request (Saba Siddiki and Graham Ambrose, Syracuse University)
    This link open a new window FPC Presentation_Minneapolis.pdf
    Action Taken: Received and filed

    City staff updates

    1. COVID-19 testing resources (Jonathan Rossall, Minneapolis Health Department)
    This link open a new window MPLS Health COVID testing resources.pdf
    Action Taken: Received and filed

Adjournment

Notice:

Members of the Board may participate remotely by telephone or other electronic means due to the local public health emergency (novel coronavirus pandemic) declared on March 16, 2020, pursuant to the provisions of MN Statutes Section 13D.021. A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to MN Statutes Section 13D.03 or 13D.05.

To join the meeting as a member of the public, call 612-276-6670 and enter Conference ID: 628 538 60#

Next Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council meeting: May 12, 2021

This meeting may be recorded. Recordings of public meetings are posted for public access through the City’s Legislative Information Management System (LIMS), available at lims.minneapolismn.gov and from the City’s YouTube channel. If you participate in the public meeting, the information you provide may be classified as public data pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act; this could include, but not be limited to, the following:

  • Your attendance at the meeting;
  • Your name, residential address, email or phone number, or other personal contact details;
  • Your comments at the meeting, whether part of a formal hearing or comment period or otherwise; and
  • Any submissions you provide before or after the meeting which are included as part of the public record of the meeting.

A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to MN Statutes Section 13D.03 or 13D.05.

For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact the Health at 612-673-3553 or e-mail [email protected]. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. TTY users call 612-263-6850. Para asistencia 612-673-2700 - Rau kev pab 612-673-2800 - Hadii aad Caawimaad u baahantahay 612-673-3500.
Print Back to Home