The Dig In Trailer

Graphic Recording

The graphic recording produced by Julia Feltham. Download the PDF for enlarged detail.

The ‘Five Questions’

Below are the general themes generated by attendees during the Summit.

1. How can students and the general public gain more awareness of local food, have increased access to local food, and become more engaged in where it comes from?
  • Creating opportunities for experiential learning and sharing
  • Making the food system as transparent and visible as possible, at every step of the process
2. What programs, policy, infrastructure, and practices will help the most to effectively and quickly expand our regional food systems?
  • Local procurement through food hubs and school food programs
  • Retooling funding and regulatory systems
  • Facilitating land access for new entrants
  • Grassroots organizing and citizen participation to advocate for the above
3. How can we best encourage and support under-represented groups within our food systems?
  • Prioritize bringing the voices of migrant and temporary workers and other marginalized folks into dialogues like this
  • Focus on centring, without tokenizing, the perspectives of diverse voices when we are setting the direction of this movement 
  • Bring real resources to the table to support this work through inclusive hiring practices and pathways to pay folks with lived experience for their time and knowledge
4. What do you envision for an Atlantic network of food systems stakeholders? How would this network help with your work?
  • Full Atlantic regional reach while empowering decentralized, local action
  • Inclusive and community-driven vision
  • Providing both leadership and tangible supports to grassroots organizations
5. As a consumer, what is your greatest obstacle in acquiring local food? What would overcome that obstacle?
  • Year-round accessibility and availability remain a challenge
  • Systemic distortions affecting the price of food
  • Opportunities to build thriving systems for access to cultural foods
  • A stronger social safety net would let producers and processors thrive