In October 2017, the City and County of Denver released the final Denver Food Vision 2030. The vision is based on the Denver Food Baseline Report, the Denver Food System Metrics, and significant stakeholder engagement.
Denver’s 2015 Baseline report provides an overview of the activities by multiple City and County of Denver agencies to address some aspect of the food system – from production, distribution, and retail to consumption and composting.
The report helps identify and prioritize food policy options that offer the greatest potential to impact population health, as well as build on the successes of other programs. It suggests new and existing food system policy options for the city and its partners to inform decision-making about how to reach health, economic, and environmental sustainability goals.
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Food Vision 2030 Resumen Ejecutivo en español.
The Food Action Plan
The Food Action Plan is a set of strategic projects to increase food equity in the city. The plan serves as an action-oriented companion piece to the Denver Food Vision, an aspirational view of advancing our food system in Denver.
The Food Action Plan is fulfilled through a series of projects. Our first highlighted project is Food Matters, a collaborative effort with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, to reduce the amount of food being wasted in Denver homes and businesses.
As the second project, the Food in Communities project charts a path to achieve this bold vision for all Denver metro area communities to have access to fresh, healthy, affordable, and culturally-relevant foods.
Food System Policies and Population Health: Moving Toward Collective Impact in Denver
Denver’s 2015 report is an overview of the activities by multiple City and County of Denver agencies to address some aspect of the food system – from production, distribution and retail to consumption and composting.
The report helps identify and prioritize food policy options that offer the greatest potential to impact population health, as well as build on the successes of other programs. new and existing food system policy options for the City and its partners to inform decision-making about how to reach health, economic and environmental sustainability goals.