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MAC vision:
With
an increased sense of interdependence and mutual worth and with increased
knowledge, members of the food system, i.e., consumers, farmers, food
processors and distributors, environmentalists, educators, journalists,
and all in the region, will make wise private and collective decisions
about major regional food issues. That is, food system members will
act effectively to:
-- promote an improved quality of life, characterized by a safer and cleaner environment with sustainable ecosystems and a stewardship for land and our environment
-- increase food quality
-- decrease chronic disease
-- alleviate hunger
-- improve opportunities for economic competitiveness among the region's food producers and businesses associated with the food system
Leadership for effective action by food system members will be provided by educators and researchers at institutions of higher education in the region, including land grant universities, private colleges and universities, and community colleges, acting individually and in concert with one another to improve people's decision making capacity..
