Meet The Crow River Food Council Members!

Live Wright is proud to support the development of the Crow River Local Food Council (all made possible through a Statewide Health Improvement Program, SHIP, grant)! A very strong and diverse group of people have been chosen to seat the council! The first meeting is on December 18th and will then meeting monthly. Our residents are truly lucky to have these wonderful people working together to solve such an important issue we face: FOOD....

 

• Jeff Aldrich

 

• Stacy Besonen

 

• Jane Maland Cady

 

• Gina Coburn

 

• Robert de Young

 

• Rod Greder

 

• Lisa Horn

 

• Suzanne Kolbinger

 

• Missy Kuzma

 

• Connie Lahr

 

• Nick Neaton

 

• Kristin Nelson

 

• Kelley Suggs

 

• Kirsten Bansen Weigle

 

• Joel Torkelson

 

(Not on the list, but critical to this effort is Ana Micka. She has been pulling all of this together, thank you!)

 

Save the Date: Minnesota Food Charter Central Region Launch

​Save the Date: Minnesota Food Charter Central Region Launch

Thursday, November 13, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Sauk Rapids Government Center

250 Summit Ave N

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

 

The Minnesota Food Charter will be launched statewide at the Food Access Summit on October 29th. Whether you can attend the summit or not, we invite you to join us for a follow up meeting where we'll dig into the food charter and explore how it can inform, drive and impact our work in Central Minnesota.

 

Agenda

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-10:00 Welcome and Introductions, Overview of the Minnesota Food Charter

10:00-11:30 Discussion: Food Charter in the Central Region

11:30-12:00 Wrap Up and Next Steps

12:00-1:00 Break

1:00-3:00* Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Year in Review

     Communicating Active Living Messages

​*The afternoon session is geared towards local public health staff, but everyone is welcome to attend​.

 

​We hope you'll be able to join us on November 13th. If you're planning on attending, please register online​ by Monday, November 10th.

Local Food Council Forming, Application Now Online!

 

 

The application is now online for those interested in serving our the Crow River Region Local Food Council. Applications are due on October 24^th.

 

You can access the application on the Crow River Region Local Food Initiative website. Along with the application, there is additional information on local food council’s and you can also read the report created from interviews and community forums completed across Wright County that describe the recommendations and specific opportunities to improve our local food system.

 

We ask you all to consider sharing this information with your contacts and please encourage people you know that have an interest in local food, to apply!

I Am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) and Learning about Nutrition Through Activities (LANA) Trainings!

Request for Proposals - Regional Active Transportation Plan

The RFP document that Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright Counties put together was released on September 15th.

The RFP is posted on the The American Planning Association - MN Chapter's website.

Additionally, it can be found on Wright County's website.