The City of Asheville's Food Policy Action Plan just keeps on growing. At the Tuesday, July 23 meeting, the Asheville City Council approved an agreement with food security nonprofit Bountiful Cities for the organization to administer programs and activities to support the plan.

But since the Food Policy Action Plan was re-established way back in 2017, we figured this was a good time to reintroduce you and plant the seeds of future steps.

The plan establishes seven focus areas, like community food education, emergency preparedness, and food production, centered on increasing residents' access to nutritious food. The plan also included Asheville's Bee City, USA designation, to support healthy ecosystems.

Although information has not yet been shared about which initiatives Bountiful Cities will be responsible for, it has aligned programs like the Community Garden Network and FEAST Cooking and Garden Education. It will join the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council and Asheville GreenWorks, which are already involved with the plan. In the meantime, you can get involved too.