January Speaker Series: Building Lasting Food Security Partnerships with Local Producers
Thu, Jan 29
|Zoom: Link to be sent via Email
Erin Galloway (Edible Prairie Project), David Johnson (Rooted in Wyoming), Odessa Oldham (Wyoming Food Bank), and Leann Miller (Eat Wyoming), will discuss their organizations' success in building relationships with local producers to purchase local food for their operations.
Time & Location
Jan 29, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM MST
Zoom: Link to be sent via Email
Guests
About the event
Erin Galloway, Executive Director of the Edible Prairie Project, David Johnson, Executive Director with Rooted in Wyoming, Odessa Oldham, the Food Sourcing Manager of the Wyoming Food Bank, and Leann Miller, Owner and Operator of Eat Wyoming, will discuss their organizations' success in building relationships with local producers, and sourcing and buying local food for their operations.
Edible Prairie Project, Rooted in Wyoming, and Eat Wyoming received grant funding from the Pilot Program 2025: Forward Contracting for Local Food Purchasing. Each were able to leverage their existing relationships with local producers to write and receive this grant, and use the monies to purchase and distribute local foods for their food hubs, farmers markets, and food pantries/distribution.
They will speak about how to reach out to and develop a relationship with local producers, understand the market value of locally grown foods, and coordinate the process of getting the product off the…