D. Reports to Committee
Regular Business Reports
- Dane County Food Action Plan - WARNER, Guffey Calkins
Project team is developing overall plan goals and specific recommendations under the goals.
The team will set a time to share draft goals and recommendations with the food councils in
the spring.
- Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc - CORNELIUS
No report
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens - Nicholas Leete via Guffey
Calkins
The City of Madison's Economic Development Division put out a Request for Expressions of
Interest, due Dec 22; looking for ideas from groups and individuals for how to use land owned by
the City of Madison for food production. Link here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WRX5V5N
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WRX5V5N__;!!KVv9bpTLRIQ!IaT
buRFzTaB8PmxarNB5MMcERLdGaOc9r0BWFzOlny2HdwZYktqjkCU4vfSfSwBqXLIC7QqsTjegABBu
HIy9tZHkqDqy_BU$>. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to respond to the survey. It will be part of
a broader discussion among the community about how public land is used, and what resources
and ideas our community has. This discussion will continue, including at next year's community
garden summit, Feb 21, which will also include a discussion on new community gardens.
Regional Ag & Food Sovereignty group: We discussed details of processes and timelines for the
brownfields resolution for the Madison Food Policy Council meeting. To be discussed in January:
Dane County environmental/ecological credits, restarting community composting policy
development, and continuing the conversation from the City of Madison's request for expressions
of interest.
- Food Access; Double Dollars Program - Guffey Calkins
Funding for SNAP, WIC, & other USDA nutrition programs has been restored through the end of
the fiscal year (Sept 30, 2026).
- Public Health Madison & Dane County; City of Madison Business Development - Nick
Heckman via Guffey Calkins
No report
- Extension/Dane County - Guffey Calkins
Upcoming educational events are listed on the UW-Madison Extension Dane County website:
<https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/>.
DCFC Action Plan reports
- Policy - CHENOWETH
There are no updates yet on the county land and facility workgoup.
The City of Madison’s Request for expressions of interest is relevant to this group and this will be
discussed under Council Discussion.
A discussion was held on looking into developing local policies around reducing food retailer
food waste. This built off of a discussion on this at a recent Dane County Food Collective meeting.
- Food Access and Equity (PIE) - JANISCH, NENNIG
The PIE team is updating the 2026 PIE application.
- Community Engagement - WARNER
No report
- Organizational Capacity
No report
- Food System Resource Recommendations
