Mayor’s Community Committee on Local Food

In early 2022, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird authorized the formation of a Community Committee on Local Food (CCLF) to oversee the development of the Local Food Plan. Now serving as the steering committee for the plan’s implementation, CCLF is composed of a wide-ranging group of Lincoln’s local food stakeholders, working together to strengthen the local food system.

Food Access Subcommittee

  • Megan McGuffey, Community Crops (subcommittee co-chair)
  • Gary Fehr, Green School Farms (subcommittee co-chair)
  • Megan Baker, Community Crops
  • Megan Hamann, Nebraska Appleseed
  • Steve Laravie, Blue Heron Tiospaye
  • Tim Rinne, Hawley Hamlet
  • Angelina Stovall-Amos, City of Lincoln - Health Department
  • Andrew Thierolf, City of Lincoln - Planning Department
  • Emily Trauernicht, Lincoln Community Learning Centers
  • Brittney Wees, LPS Sustainability Department

Food Production and Market-Building Subcommittee

  • Ben Jewell, Rural Prosperity Nebraska and Heartland Regional Food Business Center (subcommittee chair)
  • Shahab Bashar, Community Crops
  • Chloe Diegel, Robinette Farms
  • Gary Fehr, Green School Farms
  • Justin Jones, Lone Tree Foods
  • Chef Nazim Khan, Bryan Medical Center
  • Rachel McGill, DISH Restaurant
  • Megan McGuffey, Community Crops
  • Tim Rinne, Hawley Hamlet

Food Waste Subcommittee

  • Nash Leef, Salt Creek Farmers' Cooperative (subcommittee chair)
  • Willa DiCostanzo, City of Lincoln - Solid Waste Management
  • Shay Flowerday, City of Lincoln - Solid Waste Management
  • Melissa Mercier, Uribe Refuse Services Inc.
  • Tom Randa, Good Neighbor Center
  • Tommy Redd, Food Bank of Lincoln
  • Angelina Stovall-Amos, City of Lincoln - Health Department

Outreach and Education Subcommittee

  • Eastlyn Wright, Buy Fresh Buy Local (subcommittee co-chair)
  • Tim Rinne, Hawley Hamlet (subcommittee co-chair)
  • Amy Gerdes, Community Crops
  • Kjersten Hyberger, Center for Rural Affairs
  • Nash Leef, Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society Inc.
  • Angelina Stovall-Amos, City of Lincoln - Health Department
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