The Beet Food System Consortium is a community-based coalition seeded with representation from multiple organizations and community members formed to increase access, engagement, and education while mitigating barriers discovered within Coos County. The Beet exists to strengthen access to food and nutrition education in Coos County. TBFSC envisions a thriving county where residents are connected to a resilient food system.
Land Acknowledgment:
With humility, we give respect and appreciation to the first people's of Coos, Kokquell, Lower Umpqua, Suislaw, and Tutuni people for their stewardship of the land upon which we stand on today.
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The BEET Food Systems Consortium currently meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month and if you would like to join or have questions, please contact info@thebeetfsc.org
- ACCESS: To increase the ability of residents to find, purchase, receive or grow fresh fruits and vegetables
- ENGAGEMENT: To convene, support, and motivate community partners in all phases of community development, from assessment through intervention and evaluation of programs and services in order to improve systems
- EDUCATION: To develop, disseminate and encourage the sharing of nutrition and health information to partners, residents, shareholders, government officials, and healthcare sites
- Partnering with Coos Bay Public Library to launch the CBPL Community Fridge
- Partnering with Coos Head Food Co-op to launch Double Up Food Bucks learn more here: https://doubleuporegon.org/
- Partnering with Curry Watershed to expand the Farm to Child & School Garden Education program in Coos County
- Launching The BEET Listening Project designed to create space for Coos County residents to take part in designing solutions to food access
- Partnering with South Coast Food Share to relaunch the Emergency Food Resource Guide, to access the current guide: Coos/Curry Food Resources
- 2022 BEET Food Access Assessment
