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Food Security Advisory Committee Interest Form
Hello and thank you for your interest in supporting the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance's food access programming! We appreciate your willingness to help us create a more equitable food system in Central Oregon.
ABOUT HDFFA
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to support a healthy and thriving food and farm network in Central Oregon through education, collaboration, and inclusion. We believe that everyone deserves good food - defined as affordable, nutritious, culturally appropriate, easily accessible, and sustainably produced in Central Oregon.
The Food Security Advisory Committee (FSAC)
The committee provides input on HDFFA food access programs and projects and helps guide our efforts to create equity in food access in Central Oregon. The committee will be made up of Central Oregon community members including program beneficiaries, food security organizations, and the HDFFA board and staff. More information on the committee can be found on our website: https://hdffa.org/fsac The time commitment is five (5) one-and-a-half-hour meetings held annually via Zoom/phone (virtually) or hybrid in-person/zoom meetings in which the location will rotate throughout Central Oregon. Optional compensation for volunteer community members: $30/hour, to be paid post-meeting. We are currently meeting for 1.5 hrs. (total compensation per meeting is $45).
Definition of food equity
Food equity is the expansive concept that all people have the ability and opportunity to grow and consume healthful, affordable, and culturally significant foods (University at Buffalo).
Next Steps
The questions below help us to get to know you better. We know that some of these questions are personal, and we appreciate you sharing with us. Your answers will be confidential and only shared with internally with staff and/or board members that work with this Committee. Once you submit this interest form, we will contact you via email within 2-3 weeks to give you more information on the process and meeting schedule for 2023.
Contact Information
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Why are you interested in joining the Food Security Advisory Committee?
Tell us about how you envision a regional community food system. How do you see the community connecting to our mission of equitable food access in Central Oregon?
Do you have any personal experience (work or volunteer) with food access programs?
Examples include food pantries: SNAP (food stamp), VeggieRx, food pantries, etc. This information will be kept confidential.
HDFFA implements programs throughout Central Oregon, and it is important to us that this committee is composed regional representation. Please select the place you currently, or in the past, reside or work in.
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Confederated Tribe of Warm Springs
Crook County
Deschutes County
Jefferson County
Do you need any of the following in order to participate in the committee? Your answers to this question will NOT affect your selection onto the committee.
Assistance paying for childcare during meetings
Assistance paying for internet/phone to participate virtually
Assistance with transportation costs (gas cards, ride shares, public transit, etc) to participate in person
Other
If you selected "other" please let us know what type of assistance would be helpful for you to participate.
Would you like to receive the optional $45.00 (per meeting) stipend?
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Thank you for your interest in our committee!
HDFFA's Community Access Coordinator will be in touch shortly with you with more follow-up information.
Locally yours, Abigail Gustke | HDFFA Community Food Access Coordinator | abigail@hdffa.org