Community Food Forums

What if Poughkeepsie were known as a food city?  

What changes can be made to ensure all residents can secure nutritious food?

We need YOUR input at an upcoming forum!  

Your participation in a Poughkeepsie Plenty* Community Food Forum** can make a difference in our local food system.

At forums, we share inspiring example and invite you to help envision possibilities for Poughkeepsie.  Forums are positive, engaging, fun and free ~ and food is provided!

The dates, times and locations (in Poughkeepsie, unless otherwise noted) are:

• May 25, 1:00 pm - Family Partnership Center, Room L24 - 29 N. Hamilton St. (NOTA: Foro EN ESPANOL)

If these dates won't work for your schedule stay tuned, as additional forums may be scheduled in May.  If you want to be sure to receive an invitation to upcoming forums, send an email to: PoughkeepsiePlenty@farmproject.org.  

**A Community Food Forum is a facilitated group process designed to identify community assets, generate ideas and prioritize opportunities for using our resources to ensure plenty of nourishing food for all residents.  We plan to include the perspectives of as many different organizations, residents and stakeholders as possible.  Community Food Forums will culminate in a large, City-wide action planning forum on June 23, 2012 that will invite people from every forum and other stakeholders (~100 in total) to draft a plan for how food is sourced and made easily available to all Poughkeepsie residents.  

*Poughkeepsie Plenty is a community collaboration led by the Poughkeepsie Farm Project and working to ensure that all residents of the City of Poughkeepsie can secure nutritious food.  The project is surveying residents, facilitating community food forums, creating a plan for a hunger-free city and forming a Community Food Coalition to oversee its implementation.  Read more about Poughkeepsie Plenty.