L: San Francisco Food Systems Council
Contact: Paula Jones
Phone: (415) 252-3853
Paula.jones@sfdph.org
Web: www.sffoodsystems.org

L: Santa Barbara Food System Network
Contact: Megan Carney
Phone: (805) 729-2452
Email:

L: Santa Cruz Food System Network
Contact: Tim Galarneau
(831) 761-8507
Phone: (805) 264-5752
Email: solseeker3@aol.com
foodpolicy@baymoon.com
Web: www.scfoodsystem.org

L: Sonoma County Food Matters
Contacts: Ellen Bauer, James Johnson
Phone: 707-829-6353
e.bauer@earthlink.net, shanjam@igc.org

L: Stanislaus Nutrition and Fitness Council
Contact: Lynsey Lomeli
Health Educator
Stanislaus County Health Services
Phone: 209-558-7150
Llomeli@schsa.org

L: Yolo County Food Policy Council
Contact: Jose Martinez
Yolo County Food Bank
Phone: (530) 668-0690
jose@foodbankyc.org
in development

Colorado
S: Colorado Food & Agriculture Policy Council
Contact: Jennifer Kemp
Director of Government Relations
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Phone: (303) 772-8179
kempwick@msn.com
Web: www.oakhavenpc.org/FoodAgPolicy

L: Boulder County Food and Agriculture Policy Committee
Contact: Cindy Torres
Phone: 720-480-9951
ctplant@hotmail.com

L: Boulder/Adams Chapter of Northern
Colorado Food and Agriculture Policy Council*
Contact: Adrian Card
Extension Agent, Coordinator
CSU Cooperative Extension, Boulder County
Phone: (303) 678-6383
acard@co.boulder.co.us
Web: www.coopext.colostate.edu/boulder/AG/marketing.shtml (scroll down to "Policy")

L: Denver Food and Agriculture Policy Council
Contact: Kathryn Colasanti
Denver Urban Gardens
3377 Blake St, Suite 113
Denver, CO 80205
Phone: 303.292.9900
Fax: 303.292.9911
denverfapc@gmail.com
Web: www.coopext.colostate.edu/boulder/AG/FAP.shtml

L: Larimer/Weld Chapter of Northern
Colorado Food and Agriculture Policy Council*
Contact: Dawn Thilmany
Co-Coordinator, CSU Cooperative Extension
Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics
Phone: (970) 491-7220
thilmany@lamar.colostate.edu
Contact: Laura R. Tanaka
Phone: (970) 224-2960
laurartanaka@yahoo.com

L: San Luis Valley Working Group
Contact: Karma Anderson
District Conservationist
NRCS San Luis Field Office
Phone: 719-672-3673 x106
karma.anderson@co.usda.gov

L: Sustainability Alliance of SW Colorado
Contact: Jim Dyer
SW Marketing Network
970-588-2292
jadyer@frontier.net
web: www.sustainableswcolorado.org

L: West Slope Working Group
Contact: Ed Page
CSU Cooperative Extension Service
Phone: 970-249-3935
epage@coop.ext.colostate.edu
Edward.page@colostate.edu

L: Western Colorado Food and Agriculture Council
Contact: Elaine Brett
Phone: 970-210-9717
embrett@paonia.com

Connecticut
S: Connecticut Food Policy Council
Linda T. Drake, M.S.
University of Connecticut EFNEP
Chair, Connecticut Food Policy Council
Phone: (860) 486-1783
Linda.Drake@uconn.edu
Web: www.foodpc.state.ct.us/

L: City of Hartford Food Policy Commission
Jerry Jones
Hartford Food System
Phone: (860) 296-9325
jjones@hartford.org
Web: www.hartford.gov/government/FoodCommission/default.htm

L: New Haven Food Policy Council*
Contact: Jennifer McTiernan
Founder and Executive Director
CitySeed, Inc
jennifer@cityseed.org
Phone: 203-773-3736
www.cityseed.org

Delaware

District of Columbia
L: DC Mayor’s Commission on Food and Nutrition
Contact: Kimberly Perry
Kp4kids@yahoo.com

Florida
L: Palm Beach County Community Food Security Council
Contact: Tracey Padian Lamport
Director, Impact Area
United Way of Palm Beach County
Phone: (561) 375-6686
Traceypadian@unitedwaypbc.org

L: Tampa Bay Food Policy Council*
Contact: Rob Alicea
Tampa Bay Post Carbon Council
C (727) 460-1709
H (727) 393-8049
ralicea2@tampabay.rr.com
In development

Georgia
L: Atlanta Regional Food System*
Contact: Peggy Barlett
Researcher and Professor of Anthropology
Emory University
Phone: (404) 727.5766
pbarlett@emory.edu

L: Athens Area Food Policy Council
Contact: Shannon McBride
Phone: (706) 354-8080
Email: hands4sg@bellsouth.net

Hawaii

Idaho
Tables of Hope (previously North-Central Idaho Food Sustainability Collaborative)
Lewiston, ID
Tuesday Ashley, Chairperson
Phone: (509) 751-1024
Email: tuesdayashley@clarkston.com

L: Treasure Valley Food Coalition
Contact: Janie Burns
medowlrk@sitestar.net
Phone: (208) 466-4806

Illinois
S: Illinois Sustainable Food Policy Council*
Contact: Gayle Keiser
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
Phone: (217) 498-9707
gayle@illinoisstewardshipalliance.org
Web: http://www.illinoisstewardshipalliance.org

L: Evanston Food Policy Council
Network for Evanston’s Future
Contact: Debbie Hillman
Phone: (847) 328-7175
DLHIllman@sbcglobal.net
Web: http://evanstonfuture.org

L: Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council*
Contact: Rodger Cooley
Phone: (773) 279-9696
Rodger.cooley@heifer.org
Web: www.chicagofoodpolicy.org
OR
Contact: Erika Allen
Co-Chair, Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council
Growing Power Illinois
Phone: (773) 324-7924
Erika@growingpower.org

Indiana

Iowa
S: Iowa Food Policy Council
Contact: Matt Russell
Phone: 515-271-4956
Matthew.Russell@drake.edu
Web: www.iowafoodpolicy.org

Kansas
S: Kansas State Food Policy Council*
Contact: Dan Nagengast
Coordinator
Phone: (785) 748-0959
nagengast@earthlink.net

L: Salina Food Policy Council
Contact: Kirk Cusick
Coordinator
Phone: (785) 827-6276
whisperingctnwd@sbc.net

Kentucky
L: Knoxville/Knox County Food Policy Council
Contact: Caroline Perry-Burst
Phone: 865-594-1706
Perryburst@k12tn.net
gharris@knxcac.org

Louisiana
L: Grow New Orleans (temp name)
Contact: Marilyn Yank
Phone: 504-864-2009
marilynyank@gmail.com
www.noffn.org

Maine
S: Maine State Food Policy Council
Contact: Jane Aiudi
Phone: 207-287-3702
jane.aiudi@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/agriculture

Maryland

Massachusetts
S: Massachusetts Food Policy Council
Contact: Sharon Reilly
Director of Community Relations, The Food Project
Phone: 617-442-1322 x18
Email: sreilly@thefoodproject.org
In development

L: Boston FPC
Contact: Sharon Reilly
Director of Community Relations, The Food Project
Phone: 617-442-1322 x18
Email: sreilly@thefoodproject.org
In development

L: Holyoke Food Policy Council
Contact: Kristin Getler
Coordinator, Holyoke Food Policy Council
Holyoke City Health Department
Phone: (413) 322.5595
kgetler@ci.holyoke.ma.us

L: Springfield Community Food and Nutrition Coalition*
Contact: Synthia Scott-Mitchell
Director of Community Services
Springfield Partners for Community Action
Phone: (413) 263-6500 x6518
synthiam@springfieldpartnersinc.com
Web: www.springfieldpartnersinc.com

Michigan
S: Michigan Food Policy Council
Contact: Kirsten G. Simmons
Executive Coordinator
Phone: 517-335-4184
Email:simmonsk@michigan.gov
Web: www.michigan.gov/mfpc

L: Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council
Contact: Cynthia Price
Phone: 231-578-0873
skyprice@gmail.com
Web: www.foodshed.net

Minnesota
L: Minneapolis-St.Paul FPC
Brian Noy, Local Foods Organizer
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Phone: 612:701:8346
briannoy@gmail.com
Council in development

Mississippi

Missouri
Missouri Farmers Union
Jake Davis
jdavis@missourifarmersunion.org
Jefferson City, MO
Council in development

Montana
L: Community Food and Agriculture Coalition-Missoula
Contact: Bonnie Buckingham
Missoula Food Bank
Phone: 406-880-0543
cfac@montana.com
web: www.umt.edu/cfa

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico
S: New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council
Contact: Pam Roy
Phone: 505.473.1004
pamelaroy@aol.com
web: www.farmtotable.info

New York
S: New York Food Policy Council
Contact: Mark Dunlea
Hunger Action Network of NYS, Associate Director
Phone: (518) 434-7371, Ext 1#
Dunleamark@aol.com

L: Onondaga Food System Council*
Phone: (315) 424-9485

L: New York City Food Systems Network
Contact: Hilary Baum
Phone: 718-884-5716
Hilarybaum@aol.com

North Dakota
S: North Dakota Food Policy Council
(Info not available)

Ohio
L: Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Food Policy Council - Development Group
Contact: Matt Russell
Center for Health Promotion Research
Case Western Reserve University
Phone: 216.368.1918
matthew.russell@case.edu
web: www.case.edu/affil/heatlhpromotion

S: Ohio Food Policy Advisory Council
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Contact: Amalie Lipstreu
Phone: 614-728-6200

Oklahoma
S: The Oklahoma Food Policy Council
Contact: Anita Poole
The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Phone: 918-647-9123
apoole@kerrcenter.com
web: www.kerrcenter.com

Oregon
S: Oregon State Food Policy Council
Contact: Patti Whitney-Wise
Executive Director
Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force
Phone: (503) 595-5501
patti@oregonhunger.org
Contact: Sharon Thornberry
Community Foods Programs Advocate
Oregon Food Bank
Phone: (541) 929-7412, (800) 777-7427 x228 (voicemail)

In development

L: Lane County Food Policy Council
Contact: Co-Chairs
Geraldine Moreno-Black,
Deb Johnson-Shelton,
Web: www.foodforlanecounty.org
www.fpclanecounty.org

L: Portland-Multnomah Food Policy Council
Contact: Steve Cohen
City of Portland, Office of Sustainable Development
Phone: 503-823-4225
scohen@ci.portland.or.us
web: www.portlandonline.com/osd/indexcfm?c=42290&
Chair: Suzanne Briggs
Phone: 503-288-0824
Email: sbriggs@att.net

L: Ten Rivers Food Web
Corvallis, OR
Contact: Liv Nevin Gifford
Email: lgifford@emoregon.org or
info@tenriversfoodweb.org
Phone: 541-929-4167
Web: tenriversfoodweb.org

L: Tillamook Community Food Security Council
Contact: Shelly Bowe
Community Food Program, CARE Regional Food Bank
Phone: (503) 842-5261
sbowe@careinc.org

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina
Beth Crocker
General Counsel
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
Columbia, SC 29211-1280
Phone: (803) 734-2193
bcrocker@scda.sc.gov

South Dakota

Tennessee
L: Knoxville/Knox County Food Policy Council
Contact: Gail Root
gail@secondharvestknox.org
web: www.cityofknoxville.org/boards/food.asp

L: Middle Tennessee Food Security Cooperation
Contact: Del Ketcham
delk1111@comcast.net
Darcy Freedman
darcy.a.freedman@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 615-322-5638
Nashville, TN

Texas

Utah
S: Utah Food Council
Contact: Jim Ure
Phone: (801) 467-0893
Email: jimure@jimure.com
Contact: Gina Cornia, Director
Utahns Against Hunger
Phone: 801-328-2561 or 800-453-3663
Email: cornia@uah.org

Vermont
L: Burlington Food Council
Contact Betsy Rosenbluth,
Legacy Project Director
Phone: 802-865-7515
brosenbluth@ci.burlington.vt.us
Web: www.cedo.ci.burlington.org/legacy

Virginia
S: Virginia Food Security Summit
Contact: Tanya Denckla Cobb
Phone: 434-924-1855
tanyadc@virginia.edu

L: Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission (A-NPDC) council
Contact: Barbara Schwenk
Phone: 757-787-2936
Web: www.a-npdc.org/projects.html

Washington
L: Seattle/King County Acting Food Policy Council (AFPC)
Contact: Sylvia Kantor
Extension Educator
WSU King County Extension
Phone: 206-205-3131
sylvia.kantor@metrokc.gov

L: County Food Policy Council, Vancouver, WA
Contact: Kristine Perry
Community Choices 2010
Phone: 360-567-1089
kristinep@vancouverusa.com
Web: http://king.wsu.edu/foodandfarms/foodpolicycouncil.htm

West Virginia

Wisconsin
L: Dane County Food Council*
Contact: Dawn Burgardt
Program Coordinator
Phone: 608-266-4540
burgardt@co.dane.wi.us
Web: www.co.dane.wi.us/foodcouncil

Wyoming

NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL COUNCILS
Oneida Community Integrated Food Systems
Contact: Bill Ver Voort
OCIFS Coordinator
Phone: (920) 869-1041
wvervoor@oneidanation.org

Tohono O’odham Community Action
Contact: Tristan Reader
Co-director
Phone: (520) 386-4966
wynread@earthlink.net
Phone: 520-383-4966 (from Jill)
http://www.tocaonline.org/homepage.html

CANADIAN COUNCILS
L: Farm Folk/City Folk Society
Contact: Herb Barbolet
Co-Founder
Phone: (604) 730-0450
herb@ffcf.bc.ca

L: Kamloops Food Policy Council
Contact: Laura Kalina
Chair and Founder
Phone: (250) 372-0815
Laura.kalina@interiorhealth.ca

L: Ottawa Food Security Council
Contact: Moe Garahan
Coordinator
Phone: (613) 236-9300
ofsc@spcottawa.on.ca

L: Peterborough Food Policy Coalitions

L: Toronto Food Policy Council
Contact: Wayne Roberts
Project Coordinator
Phone: (416) 338.7937
wrobert@toronto.ca

L: Vancouver Food Policy Council
Contact: Devorah Kahn
Food Policy Coordinator, City of Vancouver
Phone: (604) 871-6324
devorah.kahn@vancouver.ca

L: Victoria Food Policy Council
CR-FAIR (Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Contact: Christina Peacock
Phone: 250.383.6166
christina@communitycouncil.ca
Community Council
www.communitycouncil.ca/activities.php#food

L: Northwestern Ontario
Rainy River Valley Food Council
Jarrod Gunn-Mcquillan
Jgunn-mcquillan@nwhu.on.ca