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, March 1, 2023  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman  
Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room  
Moraine; attend virtually via Zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
7 -  
Present  
Supervisor MICHELE RITT, Vice Chair SHEENA TESCH, Chair BILL WARNER,  
MARCIA CATON CAMPBELL, SHIRLEY NENNIG, Supervisor RICHELLE ANDRAE,  
and ERICA JANISCH  
2 - DANIEL CORNELIUS, and ABHA THAKKAR  
Excused  
OTHERS PRESENT: Jess Guffey Calkins  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
1.25.2023 MINUTES FOOD COUNCIL  
2022  
MIN-595  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-595  
A motion was made by CATON CAMPBELL, seconded by NENNIG, that the  
Minutes be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote 6-0.  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
D. Action Items  
DCFC Work Groups  
Members held a discussion about some possible adjustments to DCFC Work Groups.  
A motion was made by ANDRAE, seconded by JANISCH, that the motions to shift  
the work groups out of the subcommittee structure be approved. The motion Vote  
no without objection (7-0)  
A motion was made by ANDRAE, seconded by RITT, that the motion to postpone  
this work group action item indefinitely be approved. The motion carried  
unanimously 6-0.  
E. Reports to Committee  
Work Group Reports  
- Food Access, Relief & Economic Support  
No report  
- Food Plan – CATON CAMPBELL  
USDA Regional Food System Partnership grant application is open; due May 2. REAP  
Food Group is planning to be the lead applicant.  
Sift Consulting will present about the Dane County Pandemic Food System Study at the  
DCFC meeting on Weds, March 22, 5:30 pm (hybrid format – option to attend either via  
zoom or in-person (5201 Fen Oak Dr, Madison, WI, 53704 – Drumlin Room).  
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty – TESCH  
Documented a story about McPike Park food garden space planning for Farmland  
Preservation Task Force.  
Currently supporting and assisting the City of Madison Farmland Preservation Task  
Force.  
Staff Reports  
- City of Madison  
No report  
- Public Health Madison & Dane County – Nick Heckman via Guffey Calkins  
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotments will be  
coming to an end in February. All SNAP (FoodShare in Wisconsin) recipients have been  
receiving additional funds on their EBT card since the beginning of the COVID-19  
pandemic, with everyone receiving at least the maximum benefit for their household size  
and the households with the least resources receiving an additional $95/month. Beginning  
in March, households will return to their pre-pandemic benefit levels, which could be a  
change of hundreds of dollars per month for some families. Emergency food providers  
are bracing for a potential surge in demand.  
- Dane County/Extension – Guffey Calkins  
Dane County Executive announced recipients of $2 million in local emergency food pantry  
assistance grants: https://www.countyofdane.com/PressDetail/11203  
Upcoming food systems educational events on the UW-Madison Extension Dane County  
website (https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/) include a FEED (Food Entrepreneurship  
Ecosystem Development) virtual Spring 2023 Workshop Series: Tips for Food and Farm  
Business Success – dates are Thurs, March 9 evening, and then Mondays March  
13-April 24. March 20 will feature Chris Brockel of FEED Kitchens and Thony Clarke of  
Café Costa Rica and Mango Man Salsa. There will also be a Green Thumb Gardening  
Spring class series in March-April.  
Regular Business Reports  
- Double Dollars – Guffey Calkins  
No report  
- Community Gardens  
No report  
- Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - Community of Learning Practice –  
TESCH  
TESCH has taken on this role from THAKKAR; attended meeting last week.  
Council Discussion  
- 2023 PIE Food Project grant process – NENNIG, JANISCH, RITT  
17 Applications received: 5 for the under $2K grant, 12 for the $2-$4K grant.  
- Work Groups  
Discussed under D.  
Guffey Calkins was commended for her work group support.  
F. Announcements  
G. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
March 22 – Pandemic Food Study presentation by Sift Consulting  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by CATON CAMPBELL, seconded by NENNIG, that the  
meeting be adjourned. The motion carried unanimously 6-0.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Jess Guffey Calkins, pending council approval