🍉 People struggle having access to household and community gardens.

🍉 New farmers have difficulty accessing land, education and support.

🍉 People want pesticide-free foods and environmentally-friendly farms.

🍉 People want more affordable locally produced food.

How might we address these challenges?

🍓 That people want more local food in grocery stores and/or local food delivered to their home.

🍓 A great deal of food is wasted when moving from farms and ranches to our plates.

🍓 About concerns that transporting food for long distances increases fossil fuel emissions that contribute to climate change.

🍓 About concerns regarding the lack of backup power generators at grocery stores and food pantries during emergencies and natural disasters.

How might we address these challenges?

🍏 Food workers deserve higher wages, safe working conditions and a better work-life balance.

🍏 Food workers are struggling with hunger.

🍏 It is too expensive to live and meet basic needs in Austin.

🍏 Customers want cheaper food costs.

How might we address these challenges?

🥦 Fresh, nutritious food is not readily available in their neighborhood or at a price they can afford.

🥦 People have limited options that meet their cultural and dietary needs when receiving food assistance.

🥦 Many families choose to eat less nutritious food because it's more convenient and they may not have the knowledge or time to cook at home.

🥦 Challenges are especially impacting children, seniors, the unhoused, undocumented people, and college students.

How might we address these challenges?

🥕 There is a need for improved food storage systems that minimize food waste.

🥕 There is a need for rescuing food before it is thrown away to serve communities and individuals in need.

🥕 About the negative financial costs of food waste for farms, grocery stores, and restaurants.

🥕 About the damage that sending food waste to the landfill causes to the environment and a desire to increase composting programs.

How might we address these challenges?