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modified | Friday, January 4, 2008


	Food Trade Sustainability Leadership Initiative Advisory Group Forms ! CHICAGO-On May 8, 2007 The Food Trade Sustainability Leadership initiative held the first meeting of a new Advisory Group at the All Things Organic trade show. The Advisory Group will seek to provide guidance on the direction of the effort for the coming year. At the meeting, more than a dozen trade leaders discussed the most effective organizing models and strategies to move the sustainability agenda forward at the trade-level in a formal and coordinated way. By the end of the morning, the group arrived at a four solid action items for 2008.

	Action Items for 2008
	Continue to organize FTSL Advisory Meetings at food trade shows and conferences. Pursue opportunities to partner with existing organizations to move the sustainability agenda forward. Including possible partnership with the Organic Trade Association to form an OTA Members Forum for Sustainability Coordinators within the organic trade to discuss topics related to sustainable business challenges, areas for collaboration, and share best practices. Continue to organize workshops on the substantive sustainability issues faced by food businesses to be presented at trade shows and conferences. Further develop the Declaration of Sustainability into an official sign-on process whereby participating companies commit to a certain amount of transparency around their practices, agree to continual improvement year after year, participate in a recognition system, and receive tools/advice to support their change internal efforts.

	Advisory Group Members
	David Lively Organically Grown Company Maureen Royal CF Fresh Bu Nygrens Veritable Vegetable Philip Ostrom New Harvest Gunta Vitins ProOrganics Greg Steltenpohl Adina World Trudy Bialic PCC Natural Markets Todd Linsky Cal Organic Jason Freeman Farmer Direct Co-op Cecil Wright Organic Valley Prudence Ferreira Amy’s Kitchen Marina Pace Jacob’s Farm/DelCabo Patrick Stewart Earl’s Organic Nathan Morr Beta Pure Foods Melody Meyer Albert's Organic Tom Dziki United Natural Foods

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	*To learn more about participating in this program contact:* *Natalie Reitman-White, Program Coordinator at (541) 346-1609; nwhite@uoregon.edu*
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