The Food System We Built – and the One We Need
How did our food system become so dependent on distant corporations, petroleum, long supply chains, and highly processed foods? More importantly, what can communities do to build something better?
Join Scott Brix, co-founder and Board President of the Food Shed Co-op, for an engaging conversation exploring how local food movements and community-owned cooperatives can help create a healthier, more resilient, and environmentally sustainable food system.
Drawing on decades of experience in food science, engineering, and biotechnology, Scott offers a unique perspective shaped by both the corporate food industry and the grassroots movement to rebuild local food economies, and the natural environment – and why strengthening local farmers, local businesses, and community ownership may be one of the most important investments we can make in our future.
Also, Chef Zak Dolezal will provide information about his new initiative that he is launching called LocalSource. As an advocate for regional food systems, Zak has spent years navigating the logistical gap between incredible local producers and the commercial kitchens and sonsumers who want to buy from them. Now, he’s launching the solution. Enter LocalSource – a digital platform designed to completely revolutionize how we source food. By providing independent farmers with 100% free inventory management tools while streamlining B2B ordering for restaurants and D2C deliveries for traditional consumers, LocalSource removes the friction from the local supply chain. In this brief, 5-minute talk, Zak will pull back the curtain on LocalSource’s upcoming pilot launch in McHenry County, revealing how data-driven smart routing and a community-backed financial model are building a scalable, resilient digital highway to take the local food movement national.