Edible Columbus

Building a Better Food System

• Photo by Maria Khoroshilova

  Columbus City Council Member Priscilla Tyson (above) and Franklin County Commissioner John O’Grady jointly served as legislative sponsors of the Local Action Food Plan.

• Local Food Action Plan Team: Jalisa Dawkins, Local Food Systems Strategies Manager, Columbus Public Health; Cheryl Graffagnino, Local Food Systems Strategies Coordinator, Columbus Public Health; and Brian Estabrook, Food Systems Planner, Franklin County Economic Development & Planning Department.

• One initiative with roots in the Local Food Action Plan: the Linden Farmers Market on Cleveland Avenue.

• Processing whole apples to serve to children in Columbus City Schools.