Objectives:

• Build a shared understanding of current food system conditions in WA state.
• Assess progress of Forum consensus recommendations to date.
• Launch Forum small topical teams to begin work needed for October deliverable.

Objectives:

• Discuss approach to local food policy entity engagement.
• Develop a list of potential priorities for the next two years.

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Objectives:

• Vote on Managing Water to Ensure Food Security in a Changing Climate Recommendations Report developed by the Irrigated Ag Lands Small Team.
• Review Learning About and Connecting Food Policy Entities in Washington State report findings and discuss opportunities for the Forum to engage local food policy entities.
• Discuss approach to Diversifying Voices in the Forum.
• Discuss elements of the Forum next year 2-year work planning process.
• Understanding how legislative session is unfolding.

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Objectives

• Understand updates to the climate change, water, and food production recommendations document from the Irrigated Ag Lands Small Team.

• Discuss interest, scope, timing, and location for 2025 in-person meeting.

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Objectives:

• Review and discuss draft climate change, water, and food production recommendations document from the Irrigated Ag Lands Small Team.
• Understand progress of the WSDA Labeling and Promotions Program.
• Explore interest, scope, and location for 2025 in-person meeting.

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Objectives:

• Discuss and determine next steps for small team proposed actions regarding Advancing Irrigated Ag Lands and Diversifying Voices in the Forum.
• Learn about local food policy entity activity in the state and needs and opportunities regarding coordination.
• Provide feedback on challenges and opportunities of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Washington.
• Understand what’s next for WSDA’s Promotions and Labeling Program.

Objectives:

• Build and deepen relationships with one another.
• Fulfill statutory requirements by confirming the Forum’s Administrative Chair and Vice Chair.
• Celebrate our progress and determine how to deepen our impact.
• Learn from the history and experience of Yakama Nation Farm.

Objectives:

Build Forum members understanding about:

• The relationship between water supply and the price of food and resilience of the food system.
• The history, role, and impact of irrigation in Washington.
• How farmers experience and manager the impacts of water supply on the viability of their farm business.

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Objectives:

Build Forum members understanding about:

• Water supply circumstances of farmers across the state.
• What climate models suggest about projected changes in precipitation and temperature in different areas across the state.
• How projects on the eastside and westside of the state are managing water supply and demand.

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Objectives:

• Provide updates to the ongoing priority area of the Forum.
• Coordinate ahead of 2024 Legislative Session.

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Objectives:

• Understand and discuss the progress of teams advancing the Forum’s 2023 priorities
• Preview the October 2023 Legislative Report
• Continue conversation regarding appointing Forum Administrative Chair

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Objectives:

• Connect the full Forum with the work of the small teams.
• Advance the Forum’s 2023 priorities.

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Objectives:

• Deepen relationships among Forum stakeholders.
• Determine which topical teams to launch in the short-term.

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Objectives:

• Share bill and budget updates from legislative session.
• Set workplan for the next 12 months.

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Objectives:

• Share bill and budget updates from ongoing legislative session
• Continue refining 2023 Forum focus & approach

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Objectives:

• Review Farm Bill 2023 Recommendation updates and next steps
• Share understanding of how legislature connects to Forum recommendations and resulting successes
• Brainstorm ways for unheard voices to engage with the Forum beyond membership
• Gather data related to the current state of the Washington food system

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Objectives:

• Vote on Farm Bill 2023 Recommendations
• Meaningfully reflect on 2022 and derive learned for 2023 planning

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Make forward progress related to 2022 Forum recommendations:

- Review and refine Farm Bill 2023 recommendations (Farm Bill 2023 Action Team)

- Conduct vote on Land Use Policy recommendations (Informing Land Use Policy Action Team)

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Meeting objectives:

- Educate food system stakeholders about the Farm Bill and process for the 2023 reauthorization.

- Raise awareness about the ways the Farm Bill impacts Washingtonians through a food systems lens.

- Identify opportunities to improve the Farm Bill to advance the Forum’s consensus recommendations.

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Review process of the Informing Land Use Policy team. Discuss consensus and divergent viewpoints on various available mechanisms to stem agricultural land loss. Gather input on the proposed list of solutions. Prepare for December consensus voting process.

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Patterns and Drivers of Farmland and Agricultural Infrastructure Loss.

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Objectives:

• Engage the full Forum in reflecting on the status and work of the three action teams: State Brand and Marketing Action Team, Informing Land Use Policy Action Team, and Farm Bill 2023 Coordination Action Team.

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Meeting Objectives:

• Engage the full Forum on the three actions that are moving forward as a result of the February Forum meeting process.
• Reflect on Legislative Session and review action or inaction related to past Forum recommendations.

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Meeting Objectives:

• Identify key activities for the Forum to pursue in 2022 based on small teamwork and drawing on the brainstorm that took place at the December 2021 Forum meeting.
• Create space for cross-sector discussion regarding legislative session

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Meeting Objectives:

• Review the Forum’s charter and next steps

• Identify and discuss equity considerations for food system infrastructure grants

• Identify activities for the Forum in early 2022

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Meeting Objectives:

• Discuss what each Challenge Team learned in applying the equity analysis.
• Determine which key points from the equity analysis will be shared with the Legislature.

Meeting Objectives:

• Identify a short list of consensus recommendations from the 2019 and 2020 reports that are timely and relevant for legislative action and warrant inclusion in the October 2021 report.
• Identify gaps in data and perspective for each recommendation that need to be filled to apply the equity filter.

Session recap and the Forum's work ahead in 2021-2023

Review, discuss and finalize FPF draft Equity Filter; and discussion about the Forum's work ahead, including vision and goals for the next 2-5 years.

Meeting Objective: Learn from members about Legislative items that align with the Forum's two consensus reports and collaborate as needed.

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Equity 101 discussion

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