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 22, 2022  
5:30 PM  
Virtual Zoom Meeting: See top of agenda for  
instructions on how to join the webinar or call in by  
phone.  
A. Call To Order  
6 -  
Present  
Supervisor MICHELE RITT, SHEENA TESCH, BILL WARNER, MARCIA CATON  
CAMPBELL, SHIRLEY NENNIG, and Supervisor RICHELLE ANDRAE  
2 - DANIEL CORNELIUS, and ABHA THAKKAR  
Excused  
Madison Food Policy Council members: Chair Nicholas Leete, Jamie Bugel, Lindsey Day  
Farnsworth, Alder Yanette Figueroa Cole, Dustin Lundt, Laura Scandurra, Devika Suri,  
Alder Regina Vidaver, Alder Bill Tishler, Rebecca Kemble, Chris Brockel, Kirsten Moore,  
Taylor Foster, Teal Evans, Alma Horlock  
OTHERS PRESENT: Jess Guffey Calkins, Nick Heckman, Nan Fey, Seb Alexander  
Waldvogel, Brian Standing, Taylr Johnson  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
04.27.2022 MINUTES FOOD COUNCIL  
2022  
MIN-056  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-056  
A motion was made by NENNIG, seconded by TESCH, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote 6-0.  
5.18.2022 MINUTES FOOD COUNCIL  
2022  
MIN-123  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-123  
A motion was made by CATON CAMPBELL, seconded by RITT, that the Minutes  
be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote 6-0.  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
D. Announcements  
New DCFC member: Supervisor Richelle Andrae  
E. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
F. Presentation  
Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan – Brian Standing and Seb Waldvogel presented  
about the Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan, followed by a question and answer  
session.  
2022  
PRES-053  
DANE COUNTY FARMLAND PRESERVATION PRESENTATION 6.22.22  
FOOD COUNCIL  
Attachments: 2022 PRES-053  
G. Reports to Committee  
Work Group Reports  
- Food Access, Relief & Economic Support – Nick Heckman  
Working to schedule an upcoming meeting.  
- Food Plan – WARNER, Jess Guffey Calkins  
Liaison Team is working closely with Sift Consulting on the Dane County Pandemic Food  
Systems Study.  
- Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty - TESCH  
Continuing to work on efforts around changes to city ag leases and land access  
preservation in the city and county.  
Staff Reports  
- City of Madison – George Reistad via Nick Heckman  
Madison Public Market. The project continues to make progress; group is nearing some  
important legislative milestones for the project in July and August pertaining to: operating  
agreement, lease, responsibility matrix regarding facilities and operations, project  
construction bid process.  
Madison Forward Fund - a guaranteed income pilot. Launched Tuesday 6/21, with over  
2800 applications completed and over 1575 applications in-progress already. Project staff  
continue to do outreach, media, and project materials distribution to get the word out and  
increase community awareness of the program. Program Website:  
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/MadisonForwardFund/  
Healthy Retail Access Program (HRAP) – UW-Madison Extension is finishing up their  
evaluation report focused on individual HRAP projects over the last few years. Findings to  
be presented in July or August.  
- Public Health Madison & Dane County – Nick Heckman  
Updates provided based on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.  
Mayor Rhodes-Conway is the featured in a blog post for No Kid Hungry this month  
pertaining to hunger prevention in the LGBTQIA+ community.  
https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/madison-mayor-shines-light-hunger-lgbtqia-communities  
- Dane County – Jess Guffey Calkins  
Upcoming food systems educational events on the UW-Madison Extension Dane County  
website (https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/) include Organic Weed Control Intensive (Sun,  
July 24, 9a-4p, $150).  
Regular Business Reports  
- Community Gardens – Nicholas Leete  
Garden season is underway; no news  
- Madison Metropolitan School District – Dustin Lundt  
Free summer feeding program began on 6/20. 27 sites in 2022.  
- Double Dollars Program – Nick Heckman  
Summer market season is underway – 8 sites. B-Cycle has created Double Dollars  
Program wraps on two bikes and one docking station.  
- Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - Community of Learning Practice -  
No report  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
July 20  
I. Elections  
Will hold Chair & Vice-Chair elections at 7.20.22 DCFC meeting.  
J. Adjourn  
A motion was made by RITT, seconded by TESCH, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously 6-0.  
Minutes Respectfully Submitted by Jess Guffey Calkins; Pending council review.