1. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Ag and Natural Resources Spring Training 2018: Facing the Big Questions April 2, 2018

2. A Secure Food System ISUEO-ANR Strategic Plan Goal 3:
Educate producers and the food industry on practices to promote a secure food system
Objectives:
1) Educate farmers and agriculture industry leaders about enhancing biosecurity practices for crops and livestock.
2) Develop and deliver educational programming about emergency preparedness in agriculture sector.
3) Develop and deliver educational programming that enhances an abundant, affordable, and sustainable food supply through improved production and technological efficiency.
4) Develop and deliver educational programming that encourages a healthy, accessible, and affordable food supply.

3. Defining A Food System
A food system -- all processes involved in feeding a population: growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consumption, and disposal of food It includes the inputs needed and outputs generated during each of these steps. A food system operates within and is influenced by social, political, economic and environmental contexts. It also requires human resources that provide labor, research and education.

4. Defining A Food System Information flows in both directions
Nutritional labels, grades, brands, and advertisements
Consumer preferences on foods and food attributes
Source: “A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System”, National Academies Press

5. U.S. Food System
Source: “A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System”, National Academies Press

6. What Roles Do We Play?
Objective: 1) Educate farmers and agriculture industry leaders about enhancing biosecurity practices for crops and livestock.
Chris Clark
Veterinary Feed Directive
Angela Shaw
Water & Food Safety
Charlie Hurburgh
Food, Feed, & Product Safety

7. What Roles Do We Play?
Objective: 2) Develop and deliver educational programming about emergency preparedness in agriculture sector.
Secure Food Supply Plans (Beef, Broiler, Egg, Turkey, Milk, & Pork)
Avoid interruptions in animal/animal product movement to commercial processing from unaffected farms during a foreign animal disease outbreak
Provide a continuous supply of safe and wholesome food to consumers
Maintain business continuity for producers, transporters, and food processors
Danelle Bickett-Weddle
Center for Food Security & Public Health
Jay Harmon
ANR Emergency Preparedness Education Task Force

8. What Roles Do We Play?
Objective: 3) Develop and deliver educational programming that enhances an abundant, affordable, and sustainable food supply through improved production and technological efficiency.

9. What Roles Do We Play?
Objective: 4) Develop and deliver educational programming that encourages a healthy, accessible, and affordable food supply.

10. Each Food System
Presents Unique and Ever-Changing Opportunities and Challenges

11. Our Programming Adapts to the Food System

12. Our Goal Is to Create Better Understanding of Our Food System