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Survey Email

SUBJECT:  Your Voice Matters! Take a survey & be entered to win $50! 

BODY: Please take 10 to 15 minutes to fill out the survey that best suits your role.

• Community Survey
• Farmer & Rancher Survey
• Food Business Survey (restaurateur, grocer, aggregator, distributor, processors, institutional buyers etc)

With uncertainties surrounding food and agriculture today, we believe the more self-sufficient our community can be, the more secure we all will be.  From ensuring the future viability of family farms, to all cupboards and freezers being stocked,  we believe it will require understanding every sector’s and every person’s struggles and needs if everyone  is going to thrive.

The SLV Local Foods Coalition wants to hear from every aspect of our ag and food systems, to gain a comprehensive view of our collective situation in order to create a road map for our community going forward.

They are asking people, like you, with real experience in the SLV food and ag systems, to relay your struggles, your ideas and the opportunities you imagine for a thriving future in the face of water shortages and economic uncertainty.

If you have more to share than this survey covers, feel free to contact Jae – call, text or email Jae Sanders, the Community Food & Ag Assessment Coordinator. She’s happy to listen to your concerns and solutions.     575.999.5319        jae.slvlocalfoods@gmail.com

Share this invitation with your colleagues and friends involved in SLV agriculture.

Thanks for all you do to keep our food growing! 

www.slvlocalfoods.org/CFAA

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PhotoVoice Email

Subject: What does the food system in the SLV look like to you?

Body:

I invite you to participate in the SLV Local Foods Coalition PhotoVoice project. Why participate?

• You like taking photographs and would like to share some.
• You care about vibrant a food-shed.
• You have a unique perspective you’d like to share.
• You could win 1 of 2 $50 Visa gift cards.

The SLV Local Foods Coalition and community partners are conducing a 6-county wide food and agricultural assessment. They are gathering feedback through online surveys, in-person listening summits and this PhotoVoice project, the visual data gathering aspect. They are looking to hear from all corners of the San Luis Valley as to what the challenges are you face, the opportunities you see and the ideas you have that will contribute to a thriving and resilient food and agricultural system in our region.

How it works:

1. Take a photo that illustrates any of our themes:
   • Barriers or Solutions to healthy food access #FoodAccess
   • Opportunities for family farms & ranches to thrive #Opportunities
   • Water, Air & Soil Health #EnviroHealth
   • Inequities or Inclusion in our food system #Inequity or #Inclusion
   • Emergency Food Plan / Who do you turn to in a food crisis? #FoodPlan
2. Write a caption for the photo. Examples:
   • Who, what, why, when, where
   • Tell the story of the photo
   • How does it address one of the themes?
3. Include the hashtag #SLVFoodProject (and any others you wish).
4. Include the corresponding theme hashtag (above in bold).
5. *Submit up to two photos, with caption and hashtags for each, to one of the places:
   • Google Form (Gmail account required)
   • Text to 719.515.9118
   • Instagram (be sure to include #SLVFoodProject so we can find your photo)
6. All submissions will be displayed on our website by February 7th, 2023.
7. On January 31st we will select 30 submissions for an in-person PhotoVoice Exhibition.
   • We will print the chosen photos with captions to go along.
   • Selected submissions will be announced on February 7th, 2023.
8. Gift Card winners will be contacted the week of February 6th, 2023.

*By submitting your photo you are are releasing it to the SLV Local Foods Coalition to use indefinitely. Read more about the release here.

Have fun with this.

For full details about this PhotoVoice project, visit – https://slvlocalfoods.org/photovoice

For more about the SLV Community Food and Agricultural Assessment, visit – https://slvlocalfoods.org/cfaa

Thank you!

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