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What, if anything, worries or keeps you up at night when you think about our organization?

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What, if anything, worries or keeps you up at night when you think about our organization?

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Funding / That all the work we’ve done so far will be nothing if we cannot receive the funding that is necessary to thrive/survive. / Coordinating a complex group of people in the absence of a solid and funded organizational base. / We need to hire staff but can't afford to hire staff yet; lack of funding / Not sure who we might appeal to as a recipient of funds, in part because we have such a broad scope of activity that operates nationally/internationally. / We have not yet figured out a path of sustained funding for the type of activities we hope to engage in / [Need for] fundraising and grant writing.

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Organizational development (4): Coordinating a complex group of people in the absence of a solid and funded organizational base / Creating a legal structure and finding an administrative home that wants to grow with us / We need to hire staff but can't afford to hire staff yet / Having a consistent fiscal sponsor.

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Immensity and breadth of work (4): Food security, economic development, environmental stewardship, community engagement- all big by themselves, monumental together. / Not sure who we might appeal to as a recipient of funds, in part because we have such a broad scope of activity that operates nationally/internationally / So it's BIG work. How do we break it down to make progress? / Prioritization.

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Communicating our value: Creating a universal message, easily communicated / Articulating our value proposition.

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Competition w/ other organizations doing this work (2): 

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Competition w/ other organizations doing this work (2): 

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Competition w/ other organizations doing this work (2): Competition vs. collaboration in the space / Possibly losing our members or audience to other food system initiatives that do similar work.

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What, if any, untapped capacity currently exists within our organization?

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What, if any, untapped capacity currently exists within our organization?

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Managing our own health and vitality as we work in a challenging space.

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That our younger potential members (students, recent grads, etc) are not taken into consideration when discussing the future of NAFSN

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Collaboration with other organizations (4): 

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Collaboration with other organizations (4): 

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Collaborating with other organizations/networks / value-adding opportunities with other groups / Collaborate: Amplify! / Leveraging existing relationships (JAFSCD, INFAS, FSLN) /

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Now that we have CARAT and ACRE, I think there's a lot of potential to engage people new to NAFSN in ways that are mutually beneficial to them and to NAFSN. / Unknown audiences / Potential to reach new people through marketing and resources - expanded outreach.

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Participants who could be motivated to put more effort into NAFSN's work - seing it as more relevant to their own, etc. / Unengaged members, especially long term members, many of whom probably have no idea what NAFSN has been up to lately

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Potential to reach new people through marketing and resources- expanded outreach / Working on our social channels. / Creating messaging material directly designed to encourage greater participation in NAFSN, identifiying and communicating opportunities that people could be part of.

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Working smarter not harder

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Community-based organizations

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University extension programs

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Students

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Nonprofits

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Brainstorming to generate new and innovative approaches (building on Mandy verbal comment)

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Interns

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Academic institutions - our relationships with academic institutions are not as tapped as they could be in that we have something to offer them through "Finding Your Future in Food Systems," etc.

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Exchange of ideas (as a resource that needs more tapping)

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Identify our niche

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Who are our Customers? - When are we at our best at serving them? What are we doing?

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Who are our Customers? - When are we at our best at serving them? What are we doing?

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Planners: regional/community planners / bulit environment professionals / Zoning and land use professionals / local economic development officials / Transportation professionals / Regional planning councils / Urban planners

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Food Systems Practitioners: food system practitioner peers! / food system consultants,/ Our customers are folks who are looking for assistance in finding job, opportunities, and resources within the food systems profession / food systems peers / NAFSN members

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Academics Individuals/Institutions: our relationships with academic institutions are not as tapped as they could be in that we have something to offer them through "Finding Your Future in Food Systems," CARAT, ACRE, etc / Academics (who need grounding in grassroots needs / and assets) / Educational institutions / Higher Ed / #2 For academics, when we can provide support against the tendencies of neoliberal universities

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Community stakeholders & local food policy council members working to shape/reshape their local food systems / food system participants / important to center the voices of people most effectively by climate crisis, food insecurity, first / When we focus on the critical needs of each community, rather than a blanket "food system fix." That creates true equity, rather than false equality. / for part 2, we are doing our best work when we are helping people work through and solve their problems/challenges, and providing them with helpful technical

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Local Government: Municipalities/government / Municipalities that will benefit from their community members using ACRE, CARAT, Com-FED / local economic development officials / city and county associations, council of mayors

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Community/Public health professionals: public health professionals / Community Health Workers / Social Workers

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Food Policy Councils: community stakeholders & local food policy council members working to shape/reshape their local food systems / FPCs

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Grassroots organizations: on the ground, grass-roots organizations / NP Orgs / Grassroots orgs /

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Students: How to get student voice included in this current process? / Students (academic or otherwise!) /

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Extension Educators

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Housing professionals: Housing professionals / built environment professionals / architects

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When we focus on the critical needs of each community, rather than a blanket "food system fix." That creates true equity, rather than false equality.

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Thinking about Action - So if these words describe what we believe, how we want to be, and who we serve, what are some things we (NAFSN) do (specific actions) to move in this direction?

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Thinking about Action - So if these words describe what we believe, how we want to be, and who we serve, what are some things we (NAFSN) do (specific actions) to move in this direction?

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Marketing and Outreach: outreach and events to connect and amplify the work of vital organizations and collectives / expland marketing and outreach / Use multiple marketing streams- social media, listservs, live event hosting and attendance for networking; allot adequate funding for these marketing streams / Kim and I have a tentative commitment from Sarah Rocker at USDA/NIFA to deliver a presentation to the USDA local food working group in January. / I think building a broader expanse of webinar topics and raising our visibility will help us attract new members/collaborators

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Funding: Find a reliable source of funding that will enable enacting the enthusiasm and good ideas / Identify specific funders who share our goals. Figure out how to meet them.

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Collaborate: line up collaborative conversations - 2nd layer of strategic planning: building the collaborative space / Continue making meaningful connections with other organizations/networks

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Programming: We are already provisionally planning (at least re: CARAT) to begin holding some "technically" oriented webinars / I think building a broader expanse of webinar topics and raising our visibility will help us attract new members/collaborators

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Focus on next generation: Encouraging young / Continuing internships

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We need to clarify specific "asks"

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Find an administrative home with the capacity and networks to help us fund and manage our growth

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Create a resource "library" as a foundation for collaboration (i.e. which organizations in the network to turn to for certain topics)

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Potential ACRE Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of ACRE to partner with and support us?

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Potential ACRE Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of ACRE to partner with and support us?

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Producer Organizations: organic grower coalitions / groups that already have projects/funding that will require facilitation, especially with farmer groups / regenerative agriculture organizations / organizations for underserved farmers (ie: National Young Farmers Coalition) / Rural Vermont or other organizations for rural farmers to collaborate and connect

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Food Security/Resiliency Organizations: Food Policy Councils / food policy councils, (although many are underfunded themselves) / We’re seeing of these people interested in these conversations of resilience and food/ag and they’re new to the field so it’s nice to direct them toward our tools. / Food security organizations /

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Funders/Funding: Environmental funds; The Agroecology Fund / Giving Green Fund

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Environmental Groups: Intersectional Environmentalist / Environmental funds / The Agroecology Fund

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ACRE/CARAT in Tandem: How can CARAT and ACRE work together? / ACRE is producer-drive (in general) and CARAT is community-driven (in general) / A lot of the intention of ACRE overlaps with CARAT.

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Need for Marketing/Outreach: departments of agriculture...if they knew about it / people interested in conversations of resilience and food/ag and they're new to the field so it's nice to direct them towards our tools.

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Groups already doing this work; Groups that already have projects/funding that will require facilitation / Who is already doing this? Who is already state and federally mandated to do this?

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The emerging Iowa Food System Coalition might be a potential partner. However, I would surmise not one that will have substantial resources except as grant partners./ food policy councils, (although many are underfunded themselves)

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Specific Organizations to Target: (add comments to individually lift up an org)

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Specific Organizations to Target: (add comments to individually lift up an org)

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Specific Organizations to Target: The emerging Iowa Food System Coalition might be a potential partner (grant partner)/ National Young Farmers Coalition / Plant it Forward / Rural Vermont / Plant it Forward

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Departments of Agriculture

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Extension professionals

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Potential CARAT Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of CARAT to partner with and support us?

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Potential CARAT Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of CARAT to partner with and support us?

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"Disaster/Emergency Preparedness/Resiliency Agencies and Organizations" (Local, State, Federal): FEMA / Emergency planning groups / groups looking for an accessible resiliency tool to support and inform their work / municipalities responsible for having baseline knowledge about the resilience of their communities

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Government/Decision/Policymakers: Municipalities / Regional Councils of Government / decision makers and policy makers,[those] always wanting data that comes from audits like this /

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Food Policy Councils (Local, Regional, State) (3)

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Food Policy Councils (Local, Regional, State) (3)

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Food Policy Councils (Local, Regional, State): Food policy councils / food policy councils/groups looking for an accessible resiliency tool to support and inform their work / the greatest amount of interest I've personally received thus far is from people connected to county/state food policy councils /

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Regional Food Business Centers

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Planning Agencies/Organizations: Planning orgs / in general, I think the community/regional planning community and public health community are sectors that are really interested in the local food conversation but don't know where to start

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Funders

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Health Departments (Local and State) (2)

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Health Departments (Local and State) (2)

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Health Departments (Local and State): State health departments / in general, I think the community/regional planning community and public health community are sectors that are really interested in the local food conversation but don't know where to start

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Food systems consulting firms

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Specific Organizations to Target (add comments to lift up individual recs)

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Specific Organizations to Target (add comments to lift up individual recs)

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Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy (based in Oakland, CA) / Iowa Food System Coalition / Omaha local food systems group / Wallace Center / DC Greens / International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Need serious marketing for organizations that "don't realize they need the tool" and "don't know it exists"

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Potential COM-FED Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of COM-FED to partner with and support us?

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Potential COM-FED Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of COM-FED to partner with and support us?

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Federal Agencies focused on workforce development, jobs, economics (4)

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Federal Agencies focused on workforce development, jobs, economics (4)

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Federal Agencies focused on workforce development, jobs, economics: Department of Labor / Department of Commerce / Small Business Administration / a good number of federal agencies are fundamentally interested in the development of the ag related workforce.

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OSU departments/programs: CHRR / STEAM Factory / "other departments" (57.5% for admin costs at OSU to build into financial asks)

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Federal Census/Statistics-oriented agencies: US Bureau of Labor Statistics / helping to expand the census data /

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Those looking to hire food systems professionals (2_

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Those looking to hire food systems professionals (2_

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Those looking to hire food systems professionals: Employers!! / Community food groups (for which it is hard to find qualified people ready to do the front line work of community food systems development.

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Higher ed institutions: Universities (to help students see the wide range of food systems professional paths) / Community colleges

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Regional Food Business Centers: regional food business centers / All of these tools would be GREAT for regional food business centers. Wonder if we can connect with USDA program leads on this.

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Workforce development: Workforce development agencies at state and local levels / the "one-stop" employment offices that DOL sponsors

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Departments of Agriculture: some state departments of ag (e.g., Pennsylvania) may have personnel who are specifically looking at workforce issues / NADSA (National Association of Departments of State Agriculture)

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Future researchers (after research is made more clear, per "funding expert" Kareeem met with / therefore the primary focus at this time needs to be on clarifying the research component of Com-Fed)

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County workforce development offices

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anyone who seeks/needs this type of data but lacks the monetary or human resources to collect it themselves.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Potential PRODUCTIONS Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of PRODUCTIONS to partner with and support us?

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Potential PRODUCTIONS Partners - Who cares enough about the work and purpose of PRODUCTIONS to partner with and support us?

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Higher ed institutions: Universities (to help students see the wide range of food systems professional paths) / Community colleges

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Workforce development: Workforce development agencies at state and local levels / the "one-stop" employment offices that DOL sponsors

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Those interested in getting people involved in STEM fields

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Advertisers for our webinars and podcasts

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NADSA (National Association of Departments of State Agriculture)

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Young Farmers Coalition

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Recruiters (we've already started to hear from them!)

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Sustainable Ag Working Group Orgs (like NESAWG)

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https://www.careeronestop.org/

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All groups interested in getting young people involved

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How to measure impact