A Seat at the Table: Shaping the Future of RI’s Food System Together

Join us for an insightful listening session focused on the future of Rhode Island’s food system, with a special emphasis on food and drink businesses, including restaurants, bars, and other hospitality establishments. This session is a key part of the ongoing development of Rhode Island’s updated food system strategy, Relish Rhody 2.0.

Rhode Island’s first state food system plan, Relish Rhody, was published in 2017. State government, non-profit organizations and industry stakeholders have relied on that plan to assess progress over the last seven+ years. Recently, a Community Advisory Board has been working with Commerce and strategic planning consultants to produce issue briefs in an effort to develop a road map for forming version two of RI’s food system strategy. The next step in the Strategy process is for listening sessions to be held to continue to inform the development of the new state strategy.

Who Should Attend:

This session is designed for food and drink businesses, including but not limited to:

• Restaurants
• Bars
• Cafés
• Caterers
• Food producers
• Hospitality professionals

A listening session with a focus on food and drink businesses, including restaurants, bars and other hospitality establishments will be led by members of the Community Advisory Board: David Dadekian, President of Eat Drink RI; Traci Dufresne, Director of the Education Foundation at the RI Hospitality Association; Maggie Longo, Food Systems, Restaurant + Hospitality Business Advisor for the RI Small Business Development Center; Dana Siles, photographer and food recovery expert.