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, April 17, 2024  
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  
CARL CHENOWETH, Supervisor MICHELE RITT, Chair BILL WARNER, Vice Chair  
SHIRLEY NENNIG, ERICA JANISCH, DANIEL CORNELIUS, and SEBASTIAN  
HASSELL  
2 - Supervisor RICHELLE ANDRAE, and ADDI FAERBER  
Excused  
OTHERS PRESENT: YGP member Aariya Gopal, YGP member Hannah Machleidt,  
Jess Guffey Calkins  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
3.20.2024 FOOD COUNCIL MINUTES  
2024  
MIN-011  
Attachments: 2024 MIN-011  
A motion was made by NENNIG, seconded by RITT, that the Minutes be approved.  
The motion carried by a voice vote 7-0.  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
6 -  
Present  
CARL CHENOWETH, Supervisor MICHELE RITT, Chair BILL WARNER, Vice Chair  
SHIRLEY NENNIG, ERICA JANISCH, and SEBASTIAN HASSELL  
3 - Supervisor RICHELLE ANDRAE, DANIEL CORNELIUS, and ADDI FAERBER  
Excused  
D. Reports to Committee  
Council Discussion  
- Youth Governance Program project  
The YGP project will focus on youth food insecurity and universal school meals, including  
the Healthy School Meals for All WI (HSM4A WI) Coalition. The project outcome will be a  
recorded presentation that will be shared with school districts, school boards, and county  
stakeholders. The goals include spreading awareness, and making recommendations.  
Regular Business Reports  
- Regional Food Plan (Regional Food System Partnership grant) – WARNER, Guffey  
Calkins  
Planning Community Engagement portion.  
- Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc  
No report  
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens – Guffey Calkins  
Regional Ag & Food Sovereignty (RAFS) meetings are open to all: 2nd Fridays, 1-2:30,  
zoom.  
Farmland Preservation Task Force update:  
The Land Banking Policy revisions that Alder Evers negotiated with Matt Mikolajewski of  
the Economic Development Division were adopted by the Common Council on 3/19. The  
”Ag Leases” resolution was also passed by the Common Council on 3/19. Parcels will  
also need to be evaluated using the factors (location, future use and timing) detailed in  
the Memo to Staff of January 2022, and a more equitable leasing process developed for  
next year.  
The Parks Division is updating its Parks & Open Space Plan for the next 5 years. Public  
input sessions are scheduled for April 29, May 2 and 9; these sessions are the best  
opportunities to advocate for “proactive planning for growing space” in “community park”  
level lands as recommended by the Task Force in its 2023 report. Time and place details  
are at https://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/about/parkopenspaceplan.cfm.  
- Food Access; Double Dollars Program – Guffey Calkins, NENNIG  
2024 market season anticipated to begin in June. There was a discussion around looking  
into the possibility of the Fitchburg Farmers Market accepting Double Dollars. DCFC will  
return to this discussion at the next meeting.  
- City of Madison Business Development Specialist  
No report  
- Public Health Madison & Dane County – Nick Heckman via Guffey Calkins  
No report  
- Extension/Dane County – Guffey Calkins  
Join for one or all of the Food Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Development Initiative  
(FEED) Webinars! These are organized by the UW-Madison Extension Community Food  
Systems Program. The FEED webinars are no-cost virtual workshops for small-scale  
food and farming business start-ups during Mondays in April: from April 1st to April 29th,  
2-3pm. More information is on the FEED Webinars webpage:  
https://foodsystems.extension.wisc.edu/2024-webinar-series/  
Council Discussion  
- PIE Grants  
2024 Dane County Partners in Equity (PIE) Food Project Grants – A total of $41K was  
awarded to 15 organizations: Centro Hispano of Dane County, Dane County Food  
Collective, Eastmorland Community Center, East Madison Community Center, Herzing  
University, Madison Public Schools Foundation, Purpose Grown Project, Verona  
Downtown Farmers Market, Bayview Foundation, Elver Park Neighborhood, Fairshare  
CSA Coalition, Freedom Inc, Madison Children’s Museum, River Food Pantry, and  
WayForward Resources. Details here: https://www.danecounty.gov/PressDetail/11393/1  
The PIE Review team members shared details about the PIE review process and  
projects. The review team will meet to further debrief the review process on 5/1.  
- Action Plan subgroup creation and tracking  
There was a discussion about the subgroups mentioned in the Action Plan. A survey will  
go to DCFC members to determine where the highest interest areas are; those will be  
focused on first.  
E. Announcements  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting: 5/22/2024 – will start early at 5:15pm.  
Attending in-person: Bill, Carl  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Adjourn  
A motion was made by CHENOWETH, seconded by JANISCH, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously 6-0.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Jess Guffey Calkins, pending council approval