MOCAN Food Systems Work Group

Conference Call

March 22, 2017

Co-Chairs: Cathy Brown, Freeman Health System

Morgan Householder, MO Department of Agriculture

Attendance:

Morgan Householder – Mo Department of Agriculture

Jessica Mackey-Midwest Dairy Council

Mary Ellison – Springfield/Greene County Health Department

Steering Committee Updates:

Website Update- Everyone email picture/headshot photo to Nate Ferguson
Profile Update
Membership Form {Permission required to add email address on web, post pictures from meetings} Please update your profile.
Workgroup Funding Request- Would like to fund more projects than money is available, Workgroups need to reduce their budgets in the future
MOCAN Meetings
July- Remote meetings in Kansas City & Joplin
October 26/27– MOCAN meeting combined with Center for Health Policy Summit.
Specific Health Summit meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 23rd at 9:00am
Welcome packet for new members is being developed
Funding requests – under review

Current Projects:

Youth Farm Stands- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Interest within the group to get involved? Group decided to bring the project to the MOCAN group as a whole and develop working plan on how to accomplish different goals.

Member Updates:

Mary Ellison- Just came from the food collaborative meeting. Food Policy Council proposed to the Community Partnership. The food policy council is being organized. Particular groups are concerned about the process of the policy council and what the overarching goals are. The food council sent out a survey and 100% said they wanted to have a collaboration on food system goals, 84% said they wanted to have a healthy working food system.

Jessica Mackey- Farm Tour was proposed for MOCAN members. MOCAN members to go visit a dairy farm and a cattle farm. Survey will be sent out to see who is interested and when the tour would be. A webinar is coming up on “Dairy Farmers commitment to Animal Care”. Midwest Dairy Council is in 10 different states throughout the Midwest. Pilot in South Dakota with youth on food systems called “Adventure Capital”. All of the projects have to incorporate the concept of helping local food systems. Projects are then funded through Midwest Dairy Council, through sponsorships.

Morgan Householder-Attending FINE Summit in Leominster, Massachusetts, Preparing for 2nd Task Force meeting in April, working with Farm to School Partners on Summer Farm Tours

Webinar Invitation: Dairy Farmers Commitment to Animal Care

Join us for a webinar on Apr 20, 2017 at 11:00 AM CDT.

Animal care is a top consumer concern. And, it is a top priority for dairy farmers. Today’s consumers want to be assured of that. Research shows consumers are increasingly committed to purchasing products when they know that the animals were treated with care.
Join dairy farmer Susan Anglin, owner of the 300-cow dairy called Triple A Farm in Bentonville, Ark, who will share the steps she and her family take to make sure their cows are healthy and well cared for to ensure the delivery of high quality, wholesome dairy products. She will cover topics including the cow’s diet, housing, health and calf care. She will also talk about her farm’s involvement in the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) program, that holds dairy farmers to the highest standard of animal care, and environmental and antibiotic stewardship. Ninety-eight percent of the nation’s milk supply comes from dairy farmers involved in the FARM program.
Susan will be joined by veterinarian Gerard Cramer, associate professor of dairy production medicine from University of Minnesota who will share how dairy farmers and their veterinarians regularly collaborate, particularly in the areas of overall herd heath and ongoing reproduction-related issues.
This webinar, hosted by Midwest Dairy Association, is part of an ongoing series on consumer confidence topics that are important to your staff, partners, clients and customers. As part of the session, Midwest Dairy will share examples of resources available to help answer questions from key audiences about on-farm and animal care practices. This webinar will be recorded for replay at a later date.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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