About the Summit spin-off series

PFPC Summit spin-off Series: Continuing the Conversation, All Season Long

This year, the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC) is transforming our one-day Pittsburgh Regional Food System Summit into the PFPC Summit Series—a dynamic lineup of events throughout the season. The Summit Spin-off Series provides a more flexible and accessible way to engage with the critical issues, emerging ideas, and collaborative efforts shaping our regional food system.

Through interactive workshops, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, the series brings together food system advocates, practitioners, and community members to learn, share, and build momentum for change.

PFPC Summit Spin-Off Series – Session Topics

1. Community Information & Resource Exchange
   A facilitated space for participants to swap useful tools, contacts, and upcoming opportunities across the food-system landscape.

2. Artistic Expressions of Resilience, Sustainability, Community & Justice
   Showcasing creative works that highlight, and inspire, transformative change in the Greater Pittsburgh food system.

3. Food as Medicine: Produce-Prescription Programs
   Exploring clinical-community partnerships that integrate fresh produce into healthcare for better health outcomes.

4. Food Funders Roundtable
   Guidance from philanthropic and corporate funders on priorities, application tips, and relationship-building for food-justice initiatives.

5. Partnering with Managed Care Organizations for Funding
   How community groups can identify, approach, and collaborate with MCOs to finance nutrition and wellness projects.

6. Good Food Purchasing Policy in Action
   Strategies for adopting GFPP to strengthen local economies, advance equity, and improve institutional food procurement.

Session #1
Planting Roots, Securing Ground:
Urban Land Access from All Angles

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025 5-7 PM
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - East Liberty
130 S Whitfield St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Join the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC), the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning (DCP), and CitiParks for a community conversation on how City programs can strengthen our local food system.
Why Attend?

• Shape Pittsburgh 2050: The City is drafting its first-ever Comprehensive Plan. Share the food-system priorities you want to see in this historic document.

• Get the Inside Scoop:

• Updates on the Adopt-a-Lot program—what’s working now and what’s coming next

• Ideas for growing and improving regional farmers' markets

• Other City initiatives that can help growers, retailers, and eaters

• Registration & Meals

• Breakfast is provided free of charge courtesy of the City.

• Your $ 5 registration fee secures your seat and covers lunch for the day.

Come share your insights, ask questions, and help build a more just, resilient, and vibrant Pittsburgh food system.