Call for Food Council Candidates

 

The Montgomery County Food Council is seeking new members!

 

Apply to be a Montgomery County Food Council Member

The application cycle to recruit new 2016-18 Food Council members is now open to candidates who meet the following criteria:

• Committed to improving the Montgomery County food system.
• Live, work, or have a strong interest/investment in Montgomery County.
• Expertise in one or more local food-related issues such as agriculture, food security and access, nutrition, food business and industrial practices, food education and research, land use and urban food production and distribution.
• Represent of one of the five food system sectors (production, processing, distribution, consumption, waste management) and one of the following “working communities”:
  
  • Business Community
  • Local Governance
  • Community Organizations and Citizens
  • Health and Educational Organizations
  • Rural and Regional Organizations
• Capacity to bring specific food system relationships and resources to the effort, as well as potential to represent diverse sectors of the local food system and/or the community at large.

Food Council Member Responsibilities:

• Develop collaborative solutions to community problems and be open to diverse ideas and opinions.
• Actively participate in at least one working group (Food Access, Food Economy, Food Literacy, Food Recovery, or Environmental Impact) or committee (Development, Monitoring & Evaluation, or Steering) of the Food Council.
• Attend the annual full-day Food Council Retreat in February.
• Commit to a two-year term requiring attendance at 75% of all Food Council Meetings, including quarterly public meetings, bi-monthly Internal Council meetings, and monthly or bi-monthly Working Group meetings.

To Apply:

Individuals interested in applying to serve as a Food Council Member beginning in January 2016 should submit the following to Heather Bruskin, Food Council Manager at mocofoodcouncil@gmail.com by Friday, October 16, 2015:

• a resume or C.V.
• a personal statement explaining your interest in serving as a Food Council Member

The Eat Local Challenge!

The  Montgomery County Food Council sent the flyer below to me.  The Food Council s an independent council formed and led  by professionals, private businesses, government officials, individual members, community  organizations, and educational institutions. The Council's mission is  to improve the environmental, economic, social and nutritional health of Montgomery County, Maryland through the creation of a robust, local, sustainable food system.

 

The Eat Local Challenge is the second activity in the 2015 Eat Local Challenge series. The first  event was a round table and cooking event for local growers and chefs  hosted by the Universities at Shady Grove. I'll share more about that event in an upcoming blog post.

I hope you will consider participating in the Eat Local Challenge. For more information, contact Eatlocalmoco@gmail.com

Be well,
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