Our Local Food–Southeast Seeks Steering Committee Members

If you live or work in one of the following twelve counties that comprise the Our Local Food-Southeast Chapter, please consider applying for a position on the chapter's Steering Committee:

Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Franklin, Labette, Linn, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, and Wilson.
 

OLF-Southeast is a network of local farms, farmers markets, food businesses, supportive organizations and consumers who are committed to increasing the production and sales of local foods in Southeast Kansas.

As a member of the OLF-Southeast Steering Committee, you would help us identify opportunities and barriers, access expertise we don’t have on staff, build relationships with key constituencies, and ground truth our assumptions. The committee would also guide key program strategies focused on communications, outreach and education, and evaluation.

We're looking for diverse representation on the steering committee including farmers, food business owners, farmers market managers, KSRE agents, chamber of commerce/economic development staff, food bank representatives, nutrition professional, chefs, culinary programs, city or county officials, college/university economists, marketing/media professionals, travel/tourism bureau staff, county farm bureau officials.

We anticipate that the OLF-SE Steering Committee will have two to three face-to-face meetings and the same number of conference calls annually. There may also be opportunities to join sub-committees focused on specific opportunities within our region.

Become a member of the OLF-Southeast Steering Committee and be part of the movement to:  

• expand local markets for locally grown foods; 
• increase the consumption of local, healthy food; 
• diversify the economic base and agriculture lands; 
• and develop a food processing and distribution infrastructure for our region.

If your are excited by the opportunity to collaborate with others in your region, please contact Mercedes Taylor-Puckett to receive an application pack.
The application deadline is 5:00 pm, Friday, March 2.