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Joan Nelson MacLeod
Vice President, Damon Farber Landscape Architects

An inadequate food infrastructure is like an inadequate transportation system of vehicles, roads, and bridges—it’s difficult to get where you want to go without reliable food supply chain operations, facilities, and services in place. Joan Nelson MacLeod, Vice President at Damon Farber Landscape Architects, is working to bridge gaps in Minnesota’s food infrastructure and build new pathways through landscape architecture. “Food infrastructure is similar to other kinds of infrastructure; it is essentially a system that supports the people it serves,” Joan explained. “When food infrastructure systems are well designed, they can be counted on to support the health and well-being …

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The Minnesota Food Charter will ensure we have healthy, affordable and safe food, building a legacy of health for future generations.

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The Minnesota Food Charter Network is supported by the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the Minnesota Department of Health, University of Minnesota Extension, and the General Mills Foundation. This material was funded in part by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP – with funds received from and through the Minnesota Department of Human Services. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. The Minnesota Food Charter Network is hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute.