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THIS IS TODAY----sorry for the late notice---
here is a combined industrial design/architecture/landscape architecture class hosting a listening session to hear about food systems issues as they relate to stakeholders from 7 sectors of the food system this Friday 12-2 pm in the auditorium of the SU Warehouse, downtown. I spoke with Matt Potteiger, ESF Landscape Architecture professor and he said your group is more than welcome to attend.
Participants include:A representative from Grinestone Farm, a local organic farm 35 minutes north of Syracuse
A representative of Syracuse Grows
A representative from the Near Westside Initiative talking about plans for an urban greenhouse and farm
A rep from a local soup kitchen
A rep from the CNY Regional Farmers’ Market
A rep from Madison County’s Bounty Program and the Coordinator of Agricultural Economic Development
A rep from the board of the Mobile Market and a Director of Senior Nutrition Services for Onondaga County

Participants have been asked to address the following questions:

- What is the mission of your organization?
- Do you rely specifically on particular funding sources for your work, and if so, what are your funding cycles and do these impact your work?
- What are your long-term goals within your organization's mission?
- Given the realities of everyday life, what do you find that you actually do most of the time if different than these goals?
- What it is that you wish you could do; what might be your vision statement?
- What gaps do you see in the regional food system from your organization's point of view?