About the Local Foods Action Plan L-A
The Local Foods Local Places (LFLP) Action Plan serves both as a record of a community planning process and a road map for Lewiston-Auburn as it grows and strengthens the local food system and economy. It captures the local food vision and crystallizes it into sixteen action steps that — along with numerous individual, business, organizational, and municipal commitments — aim to fulfill the following four goals:
The LFLP Plan was made possible by an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) technical assistance Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP) Program grant awarded to the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center in 2019.
The overall Implementation Phase of the Plan is being coordinated by the Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn, working closely with a small Coordinating Team. The implementation of the actions in the plan are designed to be participatory and collaborative, and the addition of voices and resources as implementation continues are welcome!
We are excited to share Action Plan milestones reached as of Spring 2023:
Exciting Video Updates (Recorded Fall 2021)
Click to watch on youtube:
- Shanna Cox: Building Local Food Identity & Brand
- Ethan Miller: Increasing Equitable Land Access & Justice
- Muhidin Libah: Securing Land to Grow Food in L/A
- Shelley Norton: Improving City Rules that Support Urban Agriculture
- Sherie Blumenthal: Creating a Future Home for the Lewiston Farmers’ Market
- Emmy Andersson: Developing a Community Food Center in Lewiston/Auburn***
- ***Visit this website FMI about the emerging LA Community Market!
If you can’t access the google docs link above, download the Action Plan at this link.
Watch the below video of the Celebration & Public Launch! Recorded on October 27, 2020
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Download + Print LFLP Action Plan Flyers
(color, and black and white versions)
Images from the original LFLP workshops in October 2019:
