The Food Security Coalition is in the beginning stages of establishing a Steering Committee and Working Groups. To learn more about the group structure and requirements, click on the links below.
Farm & Food
Processing & Infrastructure
Health & Healthcare
Additional information is provided below.
GET INVOLVED
Ready to Volunteer?
FOOD SECURITY COALITION
The development of a Food Security Coalition is one aspect of the Grow Lane County project.
Purpose
To bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds to collaborate and engage with each other to identify gaps, solutions, recommendations and opportunities to improve regional food security.
Community members connected to an organization or representing themselves in (at minimum) the following sectors. Any level of experience is welcome with people representing the community as a whole, from the Cascades to the Coast.
Who is Involved
Lived experience
Transportation
Tribal
Agricultural Producers
Education
Government
Food business
Hunger relief
Health & Healthcare
How Does it Work
Community members can engage as a Steering Committee or Working Group member. These are volunteer opportunities and stipends are available. In 2025, Working Groups will establish the framework (purpose, goals, what success means and how to measure it) that will guide participants. Each group may look or operate differently, but the common theme is regional food security.
Where & When are the Meetings
Meetings are held virtually to encourage county-wide participation; in person meetings and events will also be held. When the meetings occur are up to the Working Group members; and we ask you upon signing up what the best times to meet are for you.
Backbone Agencies
Lane Community Health Council
FOOD for Lane County
Upper Willamette SWCD
Coalition Structure
Steering Committee
Includes Backbone Agencies
Workgroups
Click on the arrow to learn more.
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Who: Agricultural producers,
Anti-hunger organizations and othersWhy: To provide a space for producers to collaborate and develop consolidated resources to improve workforce development, trainings, etc. that benefit them. And, for anti-hunger organizations to learn how to better access healthy, fresh and locally grown food for community members experiencing hunger, specifically, and residents, generally.
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Who: Agricultural producers, food businesses and others
Why: Food security is dependent on the sustainability and scalability of local farm and food businesses. Small and mid-size producers face a lack of access to the types of processing, storage, and distribution infrastructure utilized by industrial-scale farms. Increasing network coordination and investing in mid-scale infrastructure is needed to expand local production and increase service to wholesale and institutional markets.
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Who: Healthcare practitioners and providers, clinics, CCOs and others
Why: Access to healthy food is closely linked to health outcomes. Food Is Medicine is an approach that focuses on integrating consistent access to diet and nutrition related resources that are critical to addressing hunger and reducing the prevalence of chronic disease.
LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
To develop the structure of Coalition from Nov 2024 - May 2025.
Purpose
Meetings
FOOD for Lane County
Food Distribution Map and Monthly Partner Data and Partner Agency Grants
Mapleton School District presentation
Food Systems & Education
Lane County Transit District
Rural Pilot Program Presentation
Lane County Bounty
Presentation
May 14, 2025
Agenda | Minutes
