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EQC endorses food‑systems ad hoc recommendations, asks staff to advance them as EJ implementation
Summary
The Environmental Quality Commission voted to recommend staff advance 10 food‑systems recommendations (vouchers, plant‑based defaults at city events, mobile markets, community garden pilots) as part of Menlo Park’s Environmental Justice implementation, and added a recommendation to include food impacts in the next Climate Action Plan.
Menlo Park — The Environmental Quality Commission voted Feb. 26 to advance a package of food‑systems recommendations aimed at improving food security and environmental justice.
The ad hoc food systems subcommittee proposed ten primary actions, including a short‑term $50 per month produce voucher for up to 200 households (an estimated $120,000 in year one), pursuing a CalFresh fruit‑and‑vegetable EBT match pilot, adopting a plant‑based default ordinance for city‑participating events (or…
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