Dane County  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Food Council  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, December 4, 2024  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman  
Anderson building, 5201 Fen Oak Dr, Madison,  
WI 53718; Meeting Room Moraine (C); Attend  
virtually via Zoom  
See below for additional instructions on how to attend the meeting and provide public  
testimony.  
Dane County Food Council (DCFC) will convene on the Madison Food Policy Council  
(MFPC) meeting. To join the MFPC meeting as an observer, please visit  
to speak at the meeting are available at:  
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In the event that any agenda items listed below are not addressed while DCFC is  
convened with MFPC, DCFC will continue the meeting at the link below for those items.  
The December 4, 2024, Food Council meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Members of the public can either  
attend in person or virtually via Zoom.  
The public can attend in person at the Lyman Anderson building, 5201 Fen Oak Dr, Meeting Room  
Moraine (C), Madison, WI 53718.  
The public can access the meeting virtually with the Zoom application or by telephone.  
To join the meeting in Zoom, click the following link (after you fill out the form, the meeting link and  
access information will be emailed to you):  
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJSpU0xkTISBj50eDj1FNQ  
This link will be active until the end of the meeting.  
To join the meeting by phone, dial-in using one of the following three toll-free phone numbers:  
1-833-548-0276  
1-833-548-0282  
1-888-788-0099  
When prompted, enter the following Webinar ID: 914 3850 3245  
Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.  
Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más  
información.  
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txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.  
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PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO  
REGISTER VIA THE ZOOM LINK ABOVE EVEN IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON.  
In-person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.  
VIRTUAL: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
MUST REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE (even if you plan to attend using your phone). Virtual  
registrations to provide public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the  
meeting.  
In order to testify (provide public comment) virtually, you must be in attendance at the meeting via Zoom  
or phone, you will then either be unmuted or promoted to a panelist and provided time to speak to the  
body.  
If you want to submit a written comment for this meeting, or send handouts for board members, please  
send them to: calkins.jessica@danecounty.gov  
A. Call To Order  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2024 MIN-292 Food Council Meeting Minutes - 2024.09.25  
Attachments:  
C. Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda  
D. Presentation  
Dane County Food System Plan progress report and discussion  
Madison Public Market updates from MPM director Keisha Harrison  
E. Action Item  
Organic Conversion Program Funds  
F. Reports to Committee  
Regular Business Reports  
- Regional Food Action Plan (Regional Food System Partnership  
Grant)  
- Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc.  
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens  
- Food Access; Double Dollars Program  
- Public Health Madison & Dane County; City of Madison  
Business Development  
- Extension/Dane County  
DCFC Action Plan Reports  
- Policy  
- Food Access and Equity  
- Community Engagement  
- Organizational Capacity  
- Food System Resource Recommendations  
Council Discussion  
- 2025 Meeting dates  
G. Announcements  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
I. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
J. Adjourn  
Note: If you need an interpreter, translator, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to  
access this service, activity or program, please call the phone number below—preferably at least three  
business days but no fewer than 24 hours prior to the meeting.  
Nota: Si necesita un intérprete, un traductor o materiales en formatos alternativos o cualquier otra  
adaptación para tener acceso a este servicio, actividad o programa, llame al número de teléfono que  
puede encontrar a continuación — de preferencia con al menos 3 días de anticipación y como mínimo  
24 horas antes del evento en cuestión.  
Sau tseg: Yog koj xav tau ib tug neeg txhais lus, txhais ua ntaub ntawv, cov ntaub ntawv uas nyob rau  
lwm yam kev lawm los sis lwm yam kev pab nkag rau qhov kev pab no, kev ua si los sis kev pab cuam,  
thov hu tus xov tooj rau hauv qab no—xav kom hu li peb hnub ua ntej tuaj tab sis tsis pub tsawg tshaj  
24 xuab moos ua ntej rau lub rooj sib tham no.  
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Jess Guffey Calkins, calkins.jessica@danecounty.gov, 608-224-3712, 711 for Wisconsin Relay