Knox County Food Council presentation: Ken Morse, Maine Food Policy Workgroup

The Knox County Meals Council (KCFC) is internet hosting a presentation by Ken Morse, coordinator for the Maine Meals Coverage Workgroup and a long-time advocate for wholesome meals in Maine, concerning latest legislative payments in Maine round native meals and fairness. An open dialogue about this, with alternatives to ask questions, will happen on the subsequent KCFC month-to-month assembly, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at 5 p.m. This digital Zoom occasion is open to everybody and freed from cost.

Morse can be sharing among the challenges and successes of the recently-ended one hundred and thirtieth Maine Legislature and related federal coverage; concerning fairness efforts in Maine laws, significantly round tribal sovereignty; and talking in larger element about latest legislative choices impacting meals safety, local weather change and aquaculture. He may also be sharing info and strategies about what individuals can do to take motion or contribute to optimistic change within the meals programs throughout the state.

Morse is a member of the Lead Staff for the Maine Community of Group Meals Councils, and has served as a coordinator for the Maine Farm to Faculty Community, a member of Farm to Establishment New England’s Management Staff, and a member of the Management Staff for Maine Farm to Establishment.

To register for this occasion and obtain the Zoom hyperlink for the upcoming assembly, please go to aldermere.org/kcfc-meeting-registration. For extra info or with any questions concerning the assembly itself, please contact Joelle Albury, Knox County Meals Council Steering Committee member and Aldermere Farm Outreach and Workplace Supervisor at aldermere@mcht.org. 

To seek out out extra concerning the Maine Meals Convergence – the Maine Meals Coverage Workgroup sprang partially from priorities recognized on this initiative – go to their web site at https://www.mainefoodconvergence.org/.

For extra details about the Maine Farm to Faculty Community, Maine Farm to Establishment, and the Maine Community of Group Meals Councils, go to their web sites at https://www.mainefarmtoschool.org/, https://www. mainefarmtoinstitution.org/, and https://www.mainefoodcouncils. web/.

Farm to Establishment New England’s web site might be discovered right here: https://www.farmtoinstitution.org/

Knox County Meals Council is a community-based coalition that fashioned in 2019 to advertise a extra resilient meals system in Knox County, Maine. For extra details about KCFC, go to aldermere.org/kcfc.