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The following section is adapted from the 2022 Michigan Good Food Charter
About the Michigan Good Food Charter
About the Michigan Good Food Charter
Initially published in 2010, the original Michigan Good Food Charter helped build momentum for food systems efforts across the state. The 2022 Charter outlines a shared vision for a good food system in Michigan with six goals, six strategies, and 22 action recommendations.
The Charter calls for systemic change by supporting food systems that ensure food is accessible to everyone, promotes healthy communities, use fair and sustainable production methods, and support a diverse and equitable society.
The Michigan Good Food Charter is a tool for communication, advocacy, and evaluation.
The Michigan Good Food Charter is a tool for communication, advocacy, and evaluation.
We can use the charter to:
Explore ideas that advance good food systems in Michigan
Identify common ground within and across sectors
Build action coalitions around food systems policy change
Inform policymakers of statewide and local priorities
Organize shared measurement for greater impacts
While systemic inequities are difficult to overcome, the Michigan Good Food Charter can help us address complex food systems challenges through strategic, coordinated policy action.
The Charter can serve as a guide and catalyst for food systems stakeholders to:
identify gaps in existing policies and initiatives;
determine where policy, resources, and funding can have the most impact and spur transformative change; and
leverage collective power to foster self-determination in communities most impacted by food systems challenges.
Michigan Good Food Charter Vision & Goals
Michigan Good Food Charter Vision & Goals
A Vision for Michigan’s Food Systems
A Vision for Michigan’s Food Systems
Michigan has a thriving food economy distinguished by equity, health, and sustainability.
Goals: The results we want to see in our communities.
Goals: The results we want to see in our communities.
In order to address the complex challenges of the food system, we have identified six interconnected goals describing the results we want to see in our communities.
Food Access to Food Sovereignty
Food & Farm Business Viability
Fair Wages & Economic Opportunity
Health Equity
Sustainable Ecosystems
Climate Change Mitigation & Resilience
Strategy Spotlight: Collaboration Infrastructure
Strategy Spotlight: Collaboration Infrastructure
Collaboration Infrastructure
Collaboration Infrastructure
Use the power of collaboration to dismantle racism and systemic inequity in food systems.
Use the power of collaboration to dismantle racism and systemic inequity in food systems.
"How we work together is as important as what we work on. Because no organization or community member can make the necessary systemic changes alone, collaboration and partnership are crucial. To successfully dismantle systemic inequities in the food system, we must increase the diversity and representation of people participating in food systems decision making at all levels."
2022 Michigan Good Food Charter, Pg. 24The term “collaboration infrastructure” is our attempt to make visible the importance of our networks and relationships, demonstrating that how we work together is as important as what we work together on.
The Michigan Good Food Charter initiative fosters a culture of collaboration through cross-sector partnerships and interconnected networks composed of farm, food, health, environment, policy, finance, business, and education partners.
These partnerships, forged around shared values for good food systems, can facilitate balanced decision-making and advance political, economic, and environmental structural change.
Everyone has a stake in seeing our shared vision become a reality.
Everyone has a stake in seeing our shared vision become a reality.
Activities: Get to Know the Charter
Activities: Get to Know the Charter
Charter Scavenger Hunt
Charter Scavenger Hunt
Click here to access and make your own copy of the form: Scavenger Hunt Google Form
Click here to access a downloadable form and scoring guide: Scavenger Hunt Form
Click here to access the folder with google files you can copy.
Source: MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
Charter Discussion Guide for Councils
Charter Discussion Guide for Councils
The goal of this discussion guide is to support councils to make connections between their work and the Michigan Good Food Charter. This guide can support your team to understand how The Charter can validate and give power to the work you are already doing, and how you can use it to build advocacy campaigns for food systems transformation.
Charter Presentation Template
Charter Presentation Template
This template is set up to be tailored for your specific audiences. The included slides have speakers notes with talking points you can use to present the information. Slides may also have some [presentation notes in brackets] as a guide for an activity, interactive moment or similar.
You are welcome to tailor this for your purposes, especially to fit your presentation time-frame. Select "File" then "Download" or "Make a copy" to edit the template.
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