to strengthen vibrant, self-reliant communities by creating an economically and environmentally sustainable regional food system. Our goal is to increase access to local foods by facilitating new markets, delivery systems, and processing infrastructure. The purpose is to capture more of the food dollars in our region so that farms will be more economically successful and the community will thrive. Some key objectives are to increase convenient procurement as well as affordability of local foods thereby ensuring access to a wider range of people.