Value Chain Coordination
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Dec 17: Solidarity Economy Principles, plus Nov follow-up & 2024 in review
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Dec 17: Solidarity Economy Principles, plus Nov follow-up & 2024 in review
VCC CoP Discussion Group post:
Dec 17: Solidarity Economy Principles, plus Nov follow-up & 2024 in review
We’re closing out 2024 with a session that draws from many threads we’ve delved into this year. Below, I provide a quick travelogue of where we’ve been together this year. But first let’s center December 17th from 2-3:15pm Central, when we’ll welcome Jamila Medley to share the Solidarity Economy Principles. In keeping with our Q4 theme of identifying leverage points in your value chain, we’ll get a sense of how these principles can be practiced in collaboration with your community, in service of increasingly equitable food systems.
Getting Value from Our Prototypes: Follow-up and feedback from November’s session on the Innovators’ Compass?
November Guest-speaker Ela Ben-Ur would be curious to hear: Did any of the participants on the call with Rebecca [Chesney and me] share back anything in their work/life that resulted from the call? Let Ela and VCC CoP team any dots you may have connected after picking an area of “stuckness” to explore using the Compass by responding in the Discussion Group. (See Andrew’s 11/20/24 post in the Discussion Group for our work from the session and info on the Innovators’ Compass.)
2024 in the VCC CoP Rearview Mirror
Continuing our reverse journey through the year we’ve shared, here’s a quick snapshot of the landmarks:
- October:
The Speed of Trust in Value Chain Collaboration
- How
does the “speed of trust” inform collaborations in food systems work?
What happens when we move too fast and how do we heal from that? - Thank
You to: Angel Mendez, Executive Director and Michael Rozyne,
Founder/Evangelist of Red Tomato
- September:
Catalyzing Innovation & Impact- Thank
You to: Franco Naccarato (Executive Director, Meat & Poultry Ontario;
Founder, Centre for Meat Innovation & Technology; Board
member, Greenbelt Foundation)
- August:
How does change happen?- Let’s
explore how you adapt to and shape the food system. What’s your theory
of change?
- June:
Knowing and Serving Your Community- Skillshare
kicked off with tools and insights from Adam Brock of Regenerate Change.
Thank You Adam!
- May:
The Next Farm Bill: What’s on the Table & What Does It Mean for VCC?- Thank
You to Tyler Edwards of National Sustainable Ag Coalition and
Antonio Tovar of National Family Farm Coalition for
making us smarter and keeping us informed on the status and
considerations of the upcoming Farm Bill.
- April:
What Unique Roles Can Value Chain Coordinators play in Regional Food
Business Centers?- Thanks
for a range of vital perspectives on the link between VCC and RFBCs from
Rock Woods (Delta Regional Food Business Center),
our own SueBeckwith (Texas Center for Local Food),
and VCC thought-leader Sarah Rocker (USDA-NIFA)
- March:
Approach the LAMP/LFFP deadline with confidence with a Guide to USDA LAMP
Grants for Food Systems Projects- Comparing
notes on how to write a winning proposal, past LAMP experiences, current
considerations and resources with Funding Development Specialist Sheree
Goertzen from New Venture Advisors LLC).
- February:
Starting the Year by Getting Grounded- It’s
easy to feel overwhelmed, given the pace and volume of VCC work. The list
of tasks, deadlines, and challenges for food systems leaders goes on… - “As
we get rolling with the new year, let’s reflect on how overwhelm impacts
our nervous systems, our relationships with others, and our efficacy.
Plenty of time for discussion and connection!” - Facilitators:
Eric DeLuca (Food Finance Institute) and Susan Lightfoot Schempf
(WallaceCenter)
- January:
How Value Chain Coordination (VCC) shows up in our daily lives- Let’s
take a look at the nine key roles Value Chain Coordinators play, based on
the 2019 research of Sarah Rocker. - Where
do we fit in? What are our strongest roles? Our go-to solutions? What
would you say is your learning edge?
- October:
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