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Regional food-security coalition lays out strategy; Harvest for Hunger awarded HHS lease, strategic planning and Emma’s Store feasibility continue
Summary
Sam Lander Casper and Pitkin County human services staff summarized years of regional work on food security, cited a CSU household survey and a food-hub feasibility study, and reported that Harvest for Hunger has been awarded a lease at the county HHS building to run a stigma-free pantry.
Pitkin County staff and regional partners briefed the Board of County Commissioners on May 27 about a multi-year effort to improve food security across the mountain region, including a feasibility study for a regional food hub, a community survey by Colorado State University and steps to scale distribution and local-food purchasing.
Sam Lander Casper, deputy director of Pitkin County Human Services, summarized the county’s and partners’ timeline: earlier food-security summits led to the Safe and Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA) and then to a more formal Mountain Coalition for Food Nutrition Security (McFINS). Over the past several years the coalition secured grants for outreach, local food purchases and distribution and worked with partners to map services and identify service gaps.
Nut graf: The coalition is moving from planning and data collection into tactical strategic planning: an online GIS map of food-service locations and service radiuses is in development; Harvest for Hunger will operate a stigma-free pantry out of an annual lease at the…
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