Thank you for attending the 2023 CO Food Summit
Thursday & Friday, December 7-8, 2023
stockyards event center | denver, colorado
The Colorado Food Summit
The 2023 Colorado Food Summit brought together food and agriculture stakeholders from across the state to help build shared understanding of the complex opportunities and challenges facing our food and agriculture systems. Our Summit aims to inspire collaborative action towards a more resilient and equitable food future in the face of uncertainty (e.g., pandemic, drought, inflation, supply chain shortages) through panel presentations, storytelling, creative presentations, and facilitated networking.
Pre-Summit Convening: Farm to Loading Dock Support
100 supply chain stakeholders joined us on December 7th for a pre-Colorado Food Summit Convening. There is an unprecedented amount of state and Federal financial and human resource support for “farm to…” efforts in the state and this event helped to provide an opportunity to get organized! If you are interested in learning more about “farm to…” efforts in the state, please click below to sign up for updates.
check out the 2023 CO Food Summit videos by Mark Rose
Summit Evaluation
The 2023 Colorado Food Summit was a collaborative effort, led by the Food Systems Institute at Colorado State University, the Colorado Department of Agriculture, the Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council, the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger and all 12 of the state’s local food policy councils and coalitions. We invite you to participate in the 2023 Colorado Food Summit evaluation (results expected in February 2024) and to review the 2022 Completed Evaluation.
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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Join this year’s team of Colorado Food Summit Volunteers! Support the Colorado Food Summit December 7-8th including venue set up and clean up, check in, guest support, food vendor support, and more. Volunteers donating a minimum of 3 hours receive complimentary:
- Event Registration
- One Night Stay at Local Hotel
- FREE Volunteer T-Shirt
Questions? volunteers@cofoodsummit.com
Sponsor the 2024 Colorado Food Summit Regional Convenings
By joining as a sponsor, you will be making a key investment in building and sustaining meaningful connections across Colorado’s food system. You will also have the opportunity to partner with us to create an impactful event. We invite you to review our sponsorship opportunities and consider supporting this impactful event.
Help Design The 2023 Summit
The 2023 CO Food Summit program content will emerge from a scoping review by the Statewide Steering Committee of all relevant food and agricultural reports, conferences, and meetings, that took place over the last year across the state. This review will support identifying priorities, opportunities, and needs in the agri-food system. The planning committee will then facilitate meetings with regional councils, coalitions, or groups by mid-June to confirm program priorities. Please share your feedback!
Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors!
Summit Leadership
Given the focus on leveraging food policy, we our planning committee is made up of representatives from each of the state’s food policy councils/coalitions, which are in turn representative of the diversity of Colorado’s food systems.
Stay Up to Date
We invite anyone connected to Colorado’s food system to be a part of this important discussion. Please add your email here to stay up to date with the latest information about the regional and statewide gatherings.
