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, August 28, 2024  
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.  
See below for additional instructions on how to attend the meeting and provide public  
testimony  
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.  
Yuav tsuam tau thov txog cov neeg txhais lus hau ntej; thov saib hauv qab kawg ntawm qhov txheej  
txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.  
The August 28th 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. Madison, WI - Moraine  
Conference Room  
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):  
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: 974 6280 2505  
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-050 4.17.2024 FOOD COUNCIL MINUTES  
Attachments:  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
D. Elections  
Chair and Vice-Chair  
E. Presentation  
Youth Food Insecurity: Dane County Youth Governance Program  
Project – Aariya Gopal and Hannah Machleidt  
F. Reports to Committee  
Regular Business Reports  
- Regional Food 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  
- Extension/Dane County  
Council Discussion  
- Community of Learning Practice on Racial Equity and Economic  
Justice  
- DCFC Action Plan implementation  
- 2025 Budget planning  
G. Announcements  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
- 9/18 MFPC meeting, 5:30p – Dane County/City of Madison compost  
& food waste project updates. *DCFC invited for presentation and  
discussion  
- 9/25 DCFC meeting, 5:30p – Tentative: Mt. Horeb food system  
community conversations project presentation  
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.  
Jess Guffey Calkins, calkins.jessica@danecounty.gov, 608-224-3712, 711 for Wisconsin Relay