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 13, 2026  
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 5:30pm  
8 -  
Present  
CARL CHENOWETH, Chair BILL WARNER, Vice Chair SHIRLEY NENNIG, ERICA  
JANISCH, DANIEL CORNELIUS, SEBASTIAN HASSELL, ADDI FAERBER, and  
RICHELLE ANDRAE  
1 - KERRY MARREN  
Excused  
Others Present: Diya Chilukuri, Jess Guffey Calkins  
Joined by Zoom: NENNIG, ANDRAE, HASSELL, CORNELIUS, JANISCH,  
CHENOWETH  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES OF THE MARCH 18, 2026, FOOD COUNCIL MEETING  
2026  
MIN-030  
Attachments: 2026 MIN-030  
A motion was made by FAERBER, seconded by JANISCH, to approve the minutes.  
All in favor, motion carries (8-0).  
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  
Dane County Food System Action Plan is being assembled; it will be released  
this summer.  
Building off of the Food System Action Plan work - funded primarily by a USDA  
Regional Food System Partnership (RFSP) Planning grant, a proposal is being  
developed to apply for a USDA RFSP Implementation grant to implement the  
Food System Action Plan goals. The application is due June 5, 2026.  
- Foodshed Partnership Project - FAERBER  
There will be an open house this summer - date pending.  
- Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc - CORNELIUS  
CORNELIUS presented at a WI Food Hub super transport event. DCFC can be  
thinking about how local efforts can connect into regional work.  
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens - Nicholas  
Leete via Guffey Calkins  
No report  
- Food Access; Double Dollars Program - FAERBER  
2026 USDA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) grant  
application period just opened.  
- Public Health Madison & Dane County; City of Madison Business  
Development - Nick Heckman via Guffey Calkins  
No report  
- Extension/Dane County - Guffey Calkins  
Shelly Shaw was hired as the new Extension Dane County Director:  
https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/2026/05/05/dane-county-welcomes-a-new-exte  
nsion-director/.  
Upcoming educational events are listed on the UW-Madison Extension Dane  
County website: https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/.  
DCFC Action Plan reports  
- Policy - CHENOWETH  
No report  
- Food Access and Equity (PI) - JANISCH, NENNIG  
Dane County Awards $35,200 Through 2026 Partners in Community Food  
Grant Program: https://www.danecounty.gov/PressDetail/11864  
- Community Engagement - WARNER  
No report  
- Organizational Capacity  
No report  
- Food System Resource Recommendations  
No report  
Council Discussion  
- DCFC focus and future direction  
DCFC held a productive discussion about DCFC’s focus and future direction.  
The discussion will be continued at future meetings.  
E. Announcements  
FAERBER: Farm Fresh Atlas will be available soon - contact REAP Food  
Group for copies.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
June 17, 2026, 6pm  
G. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
H. Adjourn  
A motion was made by HASSELL, seconded by FAERBER, to adjourn the  
meeting. All in favor, motion carries (8-0). The meeting adjourned at 6:39pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Jess Guffey Calkins, pending council approval.