Central Ohio Local Food Assessment and Plan
On the 40th anniversary celebration of our nation’s first Earth Day, MORPC released Ohio’s first Regional Food Assessment and Plan at the beautiful Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Community Garden Campus at Franklin Park Conservatory. The document, funded by the Columbus Foundation, is the culmination of nearly a year’s worth of work by MORPC’s Agriculture and Food Systems Working Group, which included and reached out to 12 counties to gather information and make recommendations.
The Assessment and Plan supports a vision for the local-food system that would:
- strengthen the local economy;
- ensure that fresh, safe, healthful, locally produced food is easily accessible to people of all income levels;
- reduce the miles needed to distribute and sell food; and
- preserve farmland by making agriculture more viable to area farmers.
For more information, contact Jerry Tinianow at 614.233.4178.
Central Ohio Local Food Assessment and Plan – Executive Summary (pdf)
Central Ohio Local Food Assessment and Plan – Full Report (pdf)
Spotlight on Central Ohio Food
Find local food producers in the 12 county region, and learn more about a few of the organizations and producers working to provide fresh, local food.
Local Foods Week 2010, October 2 - 8
Local Matters, a key partner in MORPC’s Central Ohio Local Food Assessment and Plan, has a series of events planned for its 2nd annual Local Foods Week set for October 2-8. The week includes the Eat Local Challenge, Harvest Ball, Grilled Cheese Throwdown, kitchen and garden tours, picnics, cooking demonstrations and more. For more information, go to www.eatlocalohio.org
