Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Food Council Regional Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Work  
Group  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Friday, June 24, 2022  
12:00 PM  
Virtual Zoom Meeting: See top of agenda for  
instructions on how to join the webinar or call in by  
phone.  
A. Call To Order  
2 - Chair SHEENA TESCH, and NAN FEY  
1 - NICHOLAS LEETE  
Present  
Excused  
All Others Present: Jess Guffey Calkins, Alder Regina Vidaver, Phil Kauth, Nou Thao,  
Marcia Caton Campbell, Dan Cornelius  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
5.20.2022 Minutes Food Council RAF  
2022  
MIN-126  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-126  
A motion was made by TESCH, seconded by FEY, that the Minutes be approved.  
The motion carried by a voice vote 2-0.  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
D. Reports to Committee  
Business reports  
• Local market development  
- Vegetable Processing Facility final report will be available in July (REAP partnering with  
Food Finance Institute).  
- Terminal Market - upcoming conversation.  
- Wholesale Readiness website launching soon. Will have online webinars about how to  
use it. Can present about this at next RAFS meeting (July 15).  
• Land for cultivation  
- Raemisch property. Groundswell proposing to purchase western 40 acres from Green  
Street (instead of 10-15). Poses a challenge for roads planned. A precedent for giving  
variance to planned roads - Madison Area Community Land Trust navigated this for Troy  
Gardens (~99-00) - Marcia can pull the info on this.  
City ag leases  
No updates.  
Farmland Preservation  
Members discussed the Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan presentation from the  
6.22.22 Dane County Food Council-Madison Food Policy Council meeting. Members  
brainstormed the RAFS WG role in this plan development – to be discussed more at the  
next meeting.  
Project work team breakouts  
None  
E. Presentations  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Fri, July 15  
G. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
H. Adjourn  
A motion was made by FEY, seconded by TESCH, that the meeting be adjourned.  
The motion carried unanimously 2-0.  
Minutes Respectfully Submitted by Jess Guffey Calkins; Pending council review.