Executive Order 29

..~ -ic.-? .-.: rJ 7tt~ Ji!) ~ ~xrnrlilrr ~.efarlntenl IH TH! NAN! AHO BY TH! AUTHORITYOf TH! STAT! Of IOWA EXECUTI VE ORDER NUMBER TWENTY-NINE \VffEREAS, this office announced the creation of the IOWA FOOD POLICY COUNCIL, on March 31, 2000, in EXCUTIVE ORDER NUMBER SIXTEEN, and continued it> C•i•tencc in EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER NINETEEN; and \VH:ER£AS, the Council held lhe firs-t Iowa Food Policy conference in April 2002, and Council n1cmbcrs continued to mee1during2002 to identify policy recon~ 1nendalions for croating opportunitie.i in IO\Ya's food system; and \VIIEREAS, in February 2003. 1he Council presented rcco1n,mendations to this office, outlining steps tha1Iowacan1akc 10 improve the operation of the state's food assis1ance programs; and Wll.ER.EAS, Drake University's Agricuhural La'v Ce11ter. in cxan1ining how Stale and local food polic.y councils can be used, with financial support front Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture. continues to provide leadership to the State of Iowa and other st·ates by exrunining how stale and local food policy councils can be used 10 create more opponunities for farmers, consumers and communities; and \Vl:rEREl'\.S, the Council continues to scn-c a need by providing 1he people Of this state with a vehicle to mee1 and discuss opponunities for using policy actions by state and local governments to promote a stronger and more diverse food system; and \\'fJEREAS, the Cou1:icil h.as dctennined that further rcviC\v is necessary in order to 1nake additional rccon1mcndations for comprehensive food policy proposals for the State ofJo,va; and NO\V, THEREFORE, l. ThomasJ. Vilsack, Governor of the StateofJo,va, by the po'vcr vested in me by the Jaws and the Constitution of the State of Iowa do hereby order the continuation of the IOWA FOOD POLICY COUNCIL. as established and set fonh in &eeutive Orders Sixteen and Nine1eco with the san1e powers and authority. The provisions outlined in EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER N'INETEEN shall continue to govern the activities of the Council, with the following ame11d.Jnents: I. The Council \Viii hold., as scheduled, the Second Iowa Pood Policy Conference for September 5, 2003. 2. The Council shall reinstate two ..inter-agency task forces," composed of tcpresentatlvcs from various state agencies, to recommend improvemesus in st.ate activities as they relate to food security, and 1be promotion of Iowa.grown food products. Each task force shall report hs findings and conclusions to the Council before the Council sub1nits its fmal rcpon to this office for te'\riew. 3. The Council shall conlinuc 10 cxan1inc ways to in1prove tJ1e opportw1ities of Iowa fam1ers and the sta1e to mitigate lhc risks ATIEST: associated with food production and marketing, in a n1anner consistent with the support received from the United States Dep:u1Jnent of Agriculture Risk ~1anagement Agency. 4. The Council shall \\'Ork with interested communities co dcve1op support rot a state-wide Buy Fresh Buy Local can1paign, modeled after the initiative of the University of Non.hem Iowa and Practical Fanners of Iowa, in order to c-reate more identity and deinand for rowa grown food. s. The Council shall submit a report outlining its findi ngs and rcco1nmcndations to the Qo,•emor's Office for re"iew no later than July 1. 2004. The Counoil shall be dissolved after the final report has been submitted, unless an application to continue its activities ha.s been approved by the Oovemor before June 30. 2004. 6. TI1e Council will create a task force to de\1elop a blueprint for expanding the food industry in lo"'a and identify a plrut for using community-based food processing as the basis for economic development in rural lo,va. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and causod the Great Seal of Iowa to be affixed. Done at Des f\itoines this JSth day of Augusi, in the year or our Lord two thousand three. rJL,LT HOMAS J. V ILSACK GOVERNOR CHES~V~SECRETARY Of STAT£!