I have been to a few food system-related events in Richmond, so I know that the city has a Food Policy Task Force, but has a ways to go to be a leader in the movement. (The public meeting that I went to was a crazy process of having people present ideas to advance a better food system, and then to decide on one to move forward - all based on about six minutes of information and recorded through voting with clickers, of which there were not enough for everyone in the crowd to vote.) What came of that meeting was a proposal to allow backyard chickens. I'm not sure that was the best way to move the system forward, but the vote is coming up before City Council in January so it's good to know that something may come of it. Meanwhile, we still need access to irrigation for community gardens and greatly improved regional public transportation to reduce food deserts (and address a whole host of other issues) in our area.
Anyways, I wrote to my mayor, Dwight Jones, and here's my little letter:
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