We know that many of the systems we have developed have had unintended consequences on the health of people, landscapes, and regional economies, particularly our food system. Fortunately, there’s a lot we can do at local and regional levels to positively impact these issues.

This tour will bring action to life, with advocacy stories, a scavenger hunt (with prizes!), a delicious, locally-sourced lunch, and recipe and ingredients to cook with!

Tentative Sites include the Open Door Food Pantry (Eagan), the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Bottineau Light Rail Stations, the Upper Harbor Terminal Development, and Our Community Food Project in Lake Elmo, with stories from communities we pass through along the way.

Thoughtful local planning of our built environment can reduce structural barriers that prevent our food system from being as healthy, equitable, affordable, and resilient as we would like it to be. By including food, equity, and health-related policy and…