Colorado § 23-31-1101 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 23-31-1101 — Legislative declaration

Colorado·Title 23 Postsecondary Education·Art. Colorado State University

(1)The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a)In September 2009, the federal centers for disease control and prevention reported that no state in the country was meeting national goals for the amount of fruits and vegetables that Americans should be eating. As a result, the centers for disease control and prevention identified, as a first strategy, the creation of food policy councils to improve the food environment and economies at the local, regional, and state levels.

(b)Food policy councils consist of multistakeholder organizations that employ a food systems approach that facilitates evaluation and program development at every stage of the food process from farm to table. By 2016, there were over two hundred twenty food policy councils throughout the United S

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds
and declares that:

(a) In September 2009, the federal centers for disease control and
prevention reported that no state in the country was meeting national goals for the
amount of fruits and vegetables that Americans should be eating. As a result, the
centers for disease control and prevention identified, as a first strategy, the
creation of food policy councils to improve the food environment and economies at
the local, regional, and state levels.

(b) Food policy councils consist of multistakeholder organizations that
employ a food systems approach that facilitates evaluation and program
development at every stage of the food process from farm to table. By 2016, there
were over two hundred twenty food policy councils throughout the United States
addressing issues such as healthy food access, economic development, and food
procurement. Colorado's food systems advisory council, which was created in 2010,
has focused primarily on strengthening healthy food access for all Coloradans
through the growth of Colorado agriculture and local food systems and economies.

(c) In 2017, Colorado state university, in partnership with the council and
others, released the Colorado blueprint of food and agriculture that identified key
assets, emerging issues, and shared priorities for future investments in food and
agriculture throughout Colorado. The blueprint and the existing work of the council
demonstrate that building local, regional, and state food economies will create jobs,
stimulate statewide economic development, and circulate money from local food
sales within local communities.

(d) The continuation and enhancement of the council is necessary to address
the recommendations in the blueprint to support food system changes designed to
grow local, regional, and statewide food economies within which agricultural
producers have access to new markets and Colorado's population has improved
access to fresh, affordable, and healthy foods; and

(e) Building robust, resilient, and long-term local and regional food
economies in Colorado will preserve and protect the natural environment; increase
consumer access to fresh, healthy, and safe foods; and provide greater food
security for all Coloradans.

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