E. Reports to Committee
Work Group Reports
- Food Access, Relief & Economic Support
No report
- Food Plan – CATON CAMPBELL, WARNER, Guffey Calkins
Work group is holding discussions about which entities will be the lead applicants for the
USDA Regional Food System Partnership grant. The City of Madison is working with
Natural Resources Defense Council on a Food Matters Initiative. The initiative is looking
into gathering information about the food rescue landscape of Madison/Dane County (by
June), which could connect to and supplement Dane County Pandemic Food System
Study.
Sift Consulting will present about the Dane County Pandemic Food System Study at the
DCFC meeting on Weds, March 22, 5:30 pm (hybrid format – option to attend either via
zoom or in-person (5201 Fen Oak Dr, Madison, WI, 53704 - Moraine Room). There is an
option for Sift to present at a Dane County Board meeting as a “Special Matter” – limited
to 10 minutes, no questions. Or Sift could present at an EANR Committee meeting.
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty – TESCH, CATON CAMPBELL, Guffey
Calkins
Currently supporting and assisting the City of Madison Farmland Preservation Task
Force.
Staff Reports
- City of Madison – George Reistad via Guffey Calkins
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MFPC is doing some facilitated council planning in Jan & Feb 2023.
- Public Health Madison & Dane County – Nick Heckman via Guffey Calkins
Locally cases are stable and statewide cases continue to decrease. Nationally, most
metrics are trending downward. Cases, hospitalizations and test positivity are all down by
about 20% in the past two weeks after a period of increasing activity just after the
holidays. The improving conditions are most pronounced in the Northeast which had
some of the country’s worst outbreaks for much of December and early January. Locally,
hospitalizations are stable. Statewide, as of 1/17, inpatient hospitalizations with COVID
are decreasing and the number of people with COVID in the ICU is stable. Deaths remain
low locally and statewide, but nationally, the daily average number of deaths has
increased to over 500 per day. This increased number has begun to level off in recent
days.
- Dane County/Extension – Jess Guffey Calkins
Upcoming food systems educational events on the UW-Madison Extension Dane County
Employer of Choice (multiple sessions between Jan 5 – Feb 6), Organic Vegetable
Production Conference (Jan 26-27 online, Feb 3-4 at Alliant Energy Center), Green
Thumb Gardening Vegetable Series (through Jan 30).
Regular Business Reports
- Double Dollars – Guffey Calkins
No report
- Community Gardens – Nicholas Leete
No report