CFA Assessment Time Line

Wenatchee Valley’s Community Food Assessment Timeline:

  • Chelan County Food system atlas (revised 6-11-05)
  • Formation of EAT local http://www.eatncw.org (12-3-04)
    • Farm-to-school, Edible schoolyard, Need food system awareness
  • Wenatchee Valley Community Food Assessment Workshop (11-18-06)
    • Research Plan: support farmers, education, food security
  • Formation of Farmers group and Eaters group (1-31-07)
  • Brainstorm Questions and Indicators (2-9-07)
  • Community Food Assessment brochure & media (2-28-07)
    • Presentations to partners (Farmers Market, STEPS, Land Trust) done 
  • Regional Farm-to-Table trade meeting with 100+ people (3-19-07)
  • Draft Local Food Survey in Spanish and English (3-26-07)
  • Test Local Food Survey (5-30-07)
  • Conduct Local Food Survey* June to November 2007
    • Online and in various locations
    • Socio-economic profile from census ongoing
    • would like to contract someone to do this
  • Market Basket Analysis:
    • YMCA t-wave group August 2007
    • Middle School students October 2007
    • Food Resources photo novella and youth focus group
    • Middle School students October 2007
    • Focus group interviews November 2007
  • Local Food Potlucks (town hall meetings) ongoing
  • Data Analysis January 2008
  • Mapping Food Resources (transportation & open space) February 2008
  • Develop Recommendations & Action Plan March 2008
  • Share Findings with the community & advocacy April 2008

Changes we’d like to see in our food system:

  • Community Gardens
  • Farm-to-Table connections
  • Cooperative Mobile Meat Processing Unit
  • Local Food Distribution infrastructure
  • Extended Farmers Market season
  • Canning and Preservation classes
  • Community Compost
  • Challenges for CFA:
  • Volunteer group
  • Diverse representation
  • No local University
  • No food policy council
  • What is local?
  • Opportunities for CFA:
  • Grants
  • Community service groups & congregations
  • Agricultural transition
  • City interest in ‘closing the grocery gap’

*Local Food Survey preliminary results n=400

  • 53% cook at home generally everyday 56% buy locally grown when can
  • 51% grow vegetables at home 84% would like to buy dairy locally
  • 44% would like a community garden 78% would like to buy meat locally
  • 1 in 4 respondents would like to participate further in the research

 

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