MRFAP - WORKFORCE DEV - GROUP 3

  • Current Draft (v2) in PDF‍ ‍linked here
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1520zi-fNn2qCAn6mGvGT9mmGXUiWCrdH/edit

  • Item description

  • Amanda’s Notes

    Charter Priority Teams

  • 26 MAY 2026 EMAIL to TEAM
    Hello, MRFAP Workforce Team:

    I met with Amanda earlier (thank you!), and she so awesomely helped correct my meh notes with her much better notes. 

    We ran it all through Claude AI and updated.

    What we need from you:
    Eyeballs pass on V2 with any feedback by COB Friday 29 MAY 2026.

    I added this note to the new version: For the Workforce Team: 

    Jake, I just added your email to that Thursday invite if you are able to make it...totally cool if you (or anyone else) can't. A couple of us will be there to rep and move the draft to the narrative version for the Action Plan draft after COB Friday. Let me know if you want more time - no problem at all.

    Thanks for being on the team!

    Cheers,

    Ronda

    <FYSA>

    The changes from the previous version to this updated draft are:

    Section 2 — Priority Description Added three new bullet points from Amanda's Excel:

    • USDA inspection codes and who has authority to change them

    • Crop risk information for producers

    • Economic mobility explicitly named as a core outcome (not just implied)

    Section 3 — Team Membership

    • Added a full Potential Partners list (9 organizations) that wasn't in the doc at all: MO Farmers Union, Dept. of Ag, Recovery Friendly Workplace/Extension, FastTrack/Dept. of Economic Development, colleges doing trainings, Ozark Farm Stop/Carissa, Yes Honey, MO Chamber of Commerce insurance pools, FSA/Farm Bureau crop insurance

    Section 5 — 5-Year Goal Two significant additions:

    • Updated goal wording to include "resilient" at the end (Amanda's version)

    • Added the second sentence Amanda drafted: "Establish/systems change to promote economic mobility and the ability to enter, remain in, and advance within the food system workforce"

    • Added all 7 objectives Amanda outlined — this was entirely missing from the previous version and is probably the most substantive addition structurally

    Section 10 — Action Items Added one new item: invite the cookie guy, pickle lady, and local butcher to share their stories directly with the team.

    The objectives in Section 5 are the biggest substantive change: they give the goal real structure to build strategies and actions around.