Boston Food Access Council meeting

Name: Boston Food Access Council meeting
Start: 2018-03-08T23:00:00
End: 2018-03-09T01:00:00

The council will meet on March 8 at 6 p.m.

Public testimony begins at 12:35am

Discussion Topics

Welcome, Introducing Chief Marty Martinez, 6 - 6:50 p.m.
- Welcome from Catalina López-Ospina, Director of Mayor’s Office of Food Access
- Address from Chief Martinez on the direction of the Mayor’s Office of Food Access (OFA) and the BFAC within the framework of the Health and Human Services cabinet
- Opportunity for questions with Chief Martinez
Updates from BFAC Working Groups, 6:50 - 7:35 p.m.
- Brief update on activities of working groups between last meeting and this one
- Progress reports, discussion of considerations and next steps for:
  - Working Group 1: Improve food access in underserved communities through economic development and community wealth building initiatives.
  - Working Group 2: Improve food access in underserved communities by making more vacant land accessible and usable for cultivation by community members interested to pursue community gardening and commercial urban agriculture.
  - Working Group 3: Strengthen and expand resources that support Bostonians to access the food they need and want.
Public comments, questions, 7:35 - 7:55 p.m.
Closing, 7:55 - 8 p.m.
- Next steps
- Dates for future meetings
  - Thursday, June 14, 2018: 6 - 8 p.m., Location TBD
  - Thursday, September 13, 2018: 6 - 8 p.m., Location TBD
  - Thursday, December 13, 2018: 6 - 8 p.m., Location TBD
  - Thursday, March 14, 2019: 6 - 8 p.m., Location TBD

March 8, 2018