Michigan Good Food Charter 2020 Update Process

The Michigan Good Food Charter is an action and advocacy framework that promotes collaboration to advance a “good food system” in Michigan, that is a thriving food economy distinguished by equity, health, and sustainability. The Charter was initially published in 2010. It had a vision, six S.M.A.R.T. goals aiming for the year 2020, definition of “good food” and 25 agenda priorities (strategies to advance the vision and achieve the goals). Efforts grew and deepened over the past 10 years and in 2018, network and organizational leaders in this movement agreed that the Charter should be updated to extend beyond 2020, reflecting the growth of this work, gaps that were not addressed, and new ideas for the future. The statewide, collaborative update process began in 2018, but 2020 saw the start of a larger outreach and engagement effort to get feedback on the working draft that was developed in 2019. The goal of outreach and engagement efforts in 2020 was to gather feedback and better understand the experience of key stakeholders throughout the food system in Michigan. This outreach resulted in ongoing engagement and trust-building with key food and health organizations, state agencies, policy advocates, and individual practitioners doing food systems work throughout the state of Michigan. Their perspectives and ideas were documented, which informs the action framework of the Charter draft.

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Project Contact:

  • Lindsey Scalera
  • Community Sustainability
  • College of Agriculture and Natural Resources


Partners

  • Detroit Food Policy Council
  • Eastern Market Corporation
  • Foodcorps
  • Keep Growing Detroit
  • Detroit Food Policy Council



Report of calendar year 2020 activity.