Ensure Access to Healthy Food

Expand local food in nutrition support programs
Sustain innovative farm-to-food bank funding efforts to increase access to locally grown foods
Expand infrastructure at schools with gardening programs to grow, store, prepare, and serve food grown onsite
Create or maintain programs to distribute surplus food from farms and gardens to hunger relief agencies
Increase capacity and funding for local food incentive programs and direct purchasing from local farms
Ensure that low-income residents can fully utilize food benefits at eligible Farmers Markets and retail locations
Increase engagement of community leaders in outreach and implementation of food access initiatives
Increase participation in local, state, and federal food benefit programs
Expand leadership, access, and support for Tribal members to practice Indigenous foodways in and around the islands
Expand availability of culturally relevant, locally grown, and locally prepared foods
Undertake a Food Security Assessment as part of county-scale disaster preparedness measures
Collaborate with Department of Emergency Management to create and promote a Food Security Preparedness Plan

Grow Community Connections

Facilitate and foster relationships in good standing between Coast Salish and island partners to advance joint efforts
Support the Food Sovereignty and Land Justice movements
Support Tribal leadership, initiatives, and approaches to managing island lands and waters
Work with Coast Salish Nations to enhance land, water, and foodways access for Tribal people
Promote strategic collaboration to streamline supply chain logistics, reduce costs, and grow the local food supply
Foster the development and inter-cooperation of cooperative food and farm enterprises
Address issues impacting food system workers and organizations and partner with neighboring counties to increase capacity
Support and uplift BIPOC- and women-owned food and farm businesses
Increase engagement, support, leadership, accountability, and partnership from San Juan County government on food system issues
Support the continuation of the San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit and Agricultural Organizations Retreat
Partner with neighboring county agencies, educational institutions, and food system organizations to coordinate research and actions on a regional scale
Deepen islanders' food system literacy and commitment to buying local food
Explore and evaluate relevant conceptual frameworks for food system management
Bolster availability of translation and interpretation services to increase accessibility
Celebrate culture and diversity through community food events
Strengthen mutual support among farmers
Create and support systems for community collaboration and engagement with local food production

Reduce and Transform Waste

Provide ongoing incentives, education, programs, and resources to commercial and residential consumers for donating and composting wasted food and implementing best practices for managing wasted food
Implement best practices in wasted food reduction and related student education in schools
Develop and maintain food and yard waste composting facilities on each island with related collections and distribution infrastructure
Promote use of soil amendments derived from recycled, local organic materials
Establish policy and cultural norms around the reduction of single use plastics, products with toxic ingredients, and products with excessive packaging
Support food and farm enterprises to facilitate transition to more ecologically sustainable packaging

Scale Up Local Food Production

Scale up and incentivize local food consumption
Evaluate which foods are best suited for increased local production
Preserve and restore wild seafood and sea vegetable harvest in alignment with Coast Salish Tribal initiatives
Increase food production during shoulder and winter seasons
Support value added production and cottage food businesses
Encourage establishment of perennial foods systems and pollinator friendly plants on public and private lands
Increase the availability of local seafood and sea vegetables
Increase the percentage of the wholesale market that is sourced from local producers
Increase opportunities for nutrition education, healthy food preparation and preservation, and food growing activities
Increase the number of people who grow their own food
Increase awareness of opportunities and best practices for hunting, foraging, wildcrafting, and other harvest methods
Increase the number of affordable housing units for food and farm workers in the islands
Support multiple educational and vocational pathways to grow the food system workforce, including opportunities for youth
Strengthen mental health support for farmers, food system entrepreneurs, and workers
Identify and fund community storage, distribution, and value-added processing facilities needs
Create adequate composting infrastructure and programming on each island to reduce food waste in the waste stream and to provide a local compost source for farmers
Analyze the supply chain of the hunger relief system, institutional food services, retail grocery, and alternative market channels and align needs and assets
Make long-term investments in infrastructure that supports the production, harvest, processing, storage, and sales of seafood and sea vegetables
Improve transportation for food and ag activities within the islands and to/from the mainland
Increase the availability of locally-produced seed and native and food-producing plant stock

Steward Land and Enhance Ecosystems

Fund and grow Indigenous youth development around Coast Salish land management practices for public land in the Islands
Provide financial incentives for growers to utilize regenerative agricultural practices
Facilitate the transfer of generational, place-based knowledge
Increase agroforestry practices that include native and cultural plantings
Encourage electrification and energy efficiency of agricultural equipment, on-farm activities, processing, and distribution infrastructure
Encourage on-site renewable energy production