Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Food Council  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, May 21, 2025  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman  
Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting  
Room Moraine (C); attend virtually via Zoom  
A. Call To Order  
Chair WARNER called the meeting to order at 5:32pm  
5 -  
Present  
CARL CHENOWETH, Chair BILL WARNER, Vice Chair SHIRLEY NENNIG, ERICA  
JANISCH, and SEBASTIAN HASSELL  
4 - DANIEL CORNELIUS, ADDI FAERBER, JAY BROWER, and KERRY MARREN  
Excused  
Attended by Zoom: NENNIG, JANISCH, HASSELL  
Others Present: YGP member Radhika Gupta, Jess Guffey Calkins  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 16, 2025, FOOD COUNCIL MEETING  
2025  
MIN-065  
Attachments: 2025 MIN-065  
A motion was made by NENNIG, seconded by JANISCH, to approve the minutes.  
All in favor, motion carries (5-0).  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
D. Reports to Committee  
Regular Business Reports  
- Dane County Food Action Plan – WARNER, Guffey Calkins  
As a follow-up to the February public launch event, there was a May 1st follow-up held at  
Pasture and Plenty. The event was well-attended and productive. Community engagement  
focus group dates will be shared to DCFC over email.  
Project website: https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/dane-county-food-action-plan/.  
Consumer survey can be taken and shared: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q27L2CL.  
- Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc – CORNELIUS  
No report  
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens – Nicholas Leete via  
Guffey Calkins  
Regional Ag & Food Sovereignty (RAFS) meetings are on first Wednesdays at 3PM.  
- Food Access; Double Dollars Program – Guffey Calkins  
Double Dollars will be available at participating Dane County farmers markets from June  
1 – Oct 31.  
- Public Health Madison & Dane County; City of Madison Business Development –  
Nick Heckman via Guffey Calkins  
None  
- 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 – Guffey Calkins  
Information was shared about the county land agricultural lease process. More updates  
will be shared at the next meeting.  
- Food Access and Equity (PIE) – JANISCH, NENNIG  
PIE grant allocations were approved, and will be announced soon by Executive Agard’s  
office.  
- Community Engagement – WARNER  
Building off of the PIE follow-up discussion at the last DCFC meeting, work is in progress  
to connect with PIE applicants who asked for additional project support and connections.  
- Organizational Capacity  
No report  
- Food System Resource Recommendations  
No report  
Council Discussion  
- YGP Project – YGP Representative Gupta shared final details about the YGP project  
event - the Sustainability Safari is next week at the Vilas Zoo: Wed 5/28,  
9:30am-1:30pm. All are encouraged to come. DCFC thanked Gupta for serving on DCFC.  
E. Announcements  
Supervisor Brower resigned from DCFC.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting is 6/18/25. Back to 6pm start time.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by JANISCH, seconded by NENNIG, to adjourn the meeting.  
All in favor, motion carries (5-0). The meeting adjourned at 5:58pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Jess Guffey Calkins, pending council approval.