Douglas County Food Policy Council
About
Mission
The Food Policy Council (FPC) seeks to identify the benefits, challenges and opportunities for a successful, sustainable local food system in Douglas County, Kansas. The DCFPC\’s role is to advice elected officials on food-system related policy issues and to provide a community forum for local food system development.
Join a Working Group
Our working groups are open to the public and do not require a formal appointment. They are a great way for residents to engage in ongoing collaboration to help advance community priorities and policy change with the FPC. Our working groups are organized around the five goals of the Food System Plan and County initiatives. Our working groups are:
- Food & Farm: Building the local food economy and ensuring we maintain needed natural resources for continued local agricultural production.
- Forward: Eliminating food waste through reduction, recovery, and diversion (including composting).
- Economic Development: Building an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- Indigenous Food System Study and Action Plan: 2024-2025 Ad Hoc working group.
- Water: Prioritizing natural resource conservation (Food System Plan, Goal2, Objective 2 and 3)
- Douglas County Health Plan – Food Security: Partner liaison working group with the Douglas County Health Department focused on developing the Food Security section for the 2024 Douglas County Health Plan (CHP).
Services Provided
Advocacy & Public Policy
- Business Issues Related to a Specific City (Specialty)
- Community Involvement (Specialty)
- Federal Business Issues (Specialty)
- Issues of the Hispanic Business Community (Specialty)
- Issues of the African American Business Community (Specialty)
- Issues Related to the Geographic Location of a Business (Specialty)
- Kansas Business Issues (Specialty)
- Legislative Issues (Specialty)
- Race Relations Issues (Specialty)
- Small Business Issues (Specialty)
- Women’s Business Issues (Specialty)
Import & Export Assistance
- Government Regulations (Specialty)
Connie Fiorella Fitzpatrick
1006 New Hampshire St
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 832-5157
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