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, June 17, 2026  
6:00 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 6:03 pm  
7 - Chair BILL WARNER, Vice Chair SHIRLEY NENNIG, ERICA JANISCH, DANIEL  
CORNELIUS, ADDI FAERBER, PAULA BRANDMEIER, and DAVID BOETCHER  
Present  
2 - CARL CHENOWETH, and SEBASTIAN HASSELL  
Excused  
Others Present: Jess Guffey Calkins  
Joined by Zoom: CORNELIUS, FAERBER, JANISCH, NENNIG  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES OF THE MAY 13, 2026, FOOD COUNCIL MEETING  
2026  
MIN-106  
Attachments:  
2026 MIN-106  
A motion was made by FAERBER, second JANISCH, to approve the minutes. All  
in favor, motion carries (7-0).  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
D. Presentations  
This item was moved to later in the meeting - after G. Future Meeting Items  
and Dates. Ethics training. The training was presented to members of the  
committee.  
E. Reports to Committee  
Regular Business Reports  
- Dane County Food Action Plan - WARNER, Guffey Calkins  
Food System Action Plan web content will go up in the next month; the full  
document release will follow.  
- Foodshed Partnership Project - FAERBER  
There are new staff engaged in this project, and construction is proceeding  
well. One project enterprise of note is the Midwest Marinara project, which is  
creating marinara sauce in large quantities for institutions using Wisconsin  
ingredients. There will be an August 11 ribbon-cutting event.  
- Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc - CORNELIUS  
Work is continuing around advancing the Super Transport Co-op.  
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens - Nicholas  
Leete via Guffey Calkins  
No report  
- Food Access; Double Dollars Program - FAERBER  
As of June, participating farmers markets are accepting Double Dollars.  
- 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  
No report  
- Food Access and Equity (PI) - JANISCH, NENNIG  
No report  
- 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.  
F. Announcements  
None  
G. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
July meeting is moved one week later to 7/22/26.  
BRANDMEIER and BOETCHER left.  
5 - Chair BILL WARNER, Vice Chair SHIRLEY NENNIG, ERICA JANISCH, DANIEL  
CORNELIUS, and ADDI FAERBER  
Present  
4 - CARL CHENOWETH, SEBASTIAN HASSELL, PAULA BRANDMEIER, and  
DAVID BOETCHER  
Excused  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by Janisch, second by FAERBER, to adjourn the meeting. All  
in favor, motion carries (5-0). The meeting adjourned at 7:46 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Jess Guffey Calkins, pending council approval.