Procurement Working Group
Working Group Chair:
Jose Oliva // jose@foodchainworkers.org
GOAL:
- Pass Good Food Procurement Policy for City of Chicago
License + Permits Working Group
Working Group Co-Chairs:
Megan Klein // kleingmeganj@gmail.com
Laurell Sims // laurell@growingpower.org
GOALS:
- Advocate for an Urban Farm License
- Create a tool-kit for navigating the current permit process for food businesses
Urban Agriculture Policy Working Group
Working Group Co-Chairs:
Lauralyn Clawson // lauralyn@growingpower.org
Roger Cooley // rcooley@inuag.org
GOALS:
- Revisit 2011 zoning amendment regulations re: aquaponics & apiary restrictions
- Revise Chicago compost regulations to reflect changes at state level
- Advocate for Urban Livestock Policy
Food Access Working Group
Working Group Chair:
Daniel Block // danielblock@sbcglobal.net
GOALS:
- Evaluate the Chicago Food Plan and create milestones to measure its progress
- Create a grid of community certified kitchens and food hubs
- Creation of incentives and awards toward the formation of Community/Private Partnerships to increase food access and accountability
- Incentivize fresh food small businesses in low food access zones
- Create a Department of Food Policy with an Associated Advisory Board, to make Chicago a more food secure and healthy city and increase coordination and communication of food policies
Urban Farmland Working Group
Working Group Co-Chairs:
Nate Ela // nate.ela@gmail.com
Paula Roderick // fairjust@sbcglobal.net
GOALS:
- Create possibility of agricultural use value property tax assessment for urban agriculture land
- Enhance capacity for rapidly and cheaply assessing site contamination, and compile and disseminate information about known issues
- Change zoning to allow urban farm use within (some) categories of residential zones
- Identify available land in and near the city: land info (size, location, condition, etc.), feasibility (zoned right and aldermanic approved), level/type of contamination known (or clean!), water access, etc