Food Systems Leadership Network COVID-19 Response Group

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Hello, 


Welcome to the FSLN COVID-19 Response Group, coordinated by the Wallace Center’s Food Systems Leadership Network. This listserv is a virtual space to connect food systems leaders across the U.S. so that they can share the emerging strategies, solutions, collaborations and innovations they’re seeing and creating in response to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on our sector.  


Please use this communications platform to lift up and amplify solutions, live prototypes, and new ideas. Our goal is to support and inspire each other as we work to protect and enhance the community-based food economy and drive resilience and equity in our communities. Through this venue, we aim to foster a spirit of community support and solidarity in this difficult time, and to inspire creative, collaborative, systems-oriented responses that advance our collective work towards equitable food systems.  


The Wallace Center created this listserv in response to requests for connection and resource sharing at the 2020 National Good Food Network Conference in New Orleans, LA March 10-13, right as the pandemic was taking hold in the US. As part of our commitment to convening this virtual space, the Wallace Center will distill the learnings and insights from the conversations, share these back to listserv members, and serve as a conduit to inform other key food system partners including funders, the USDA, policymakers, and other national support organizations.   


How to use this listserv: 

Posting and Responding to Messages:  

  • Select FSLN COVID-19 Response Group 

  • At the top click, ‘New Topic’ 

  • Enter your message 

  • Click ‘Post’  


     - Use the Subject Line strategically! State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line so that members can know if 
        the email is relevant to them, respond appropriately, and doesn’t get lost in the flow.
     - Include a signature tag in your messages (name, affiliation, and email address) so people can get in touch with you.
     - Responses to the listserv will automatically go only to the original sender unless you ‘Reply to All’ or add food-systems-leaders-covid-19- response-group@googlegroups.com to the recipients. 
     - Send messages such as “thanks” or “me, too” to individuals – not to the entire list. 
     - Sometimes posting to a large listserv can feel intimidating. If you would like to submit an anonymous post, please send your message
         to FSLNinfo@winrock.org and a Wallace Center staff member will share your post anonymously with the listserv. 


Change Your Settings or Unsubscribe 

  • - Visit your profile on the Google Groups page to adjust your settings (icon on the upper righthand corner of the webpage).

  • - To change how many emails per day you receive, visit your profile and select Membership and Email Settings from the drop down. If you 

  •   are concerned about receiving too many emails, you can change your settings to “abridged email” or “digest email” to receive a maximum 

  •   of one email per day from this listserv. 

  • - To unsubscribe, please email food-systems-leaders-covid-19-response-group+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com – please do not send

  •   administrative messages, like “remove me from the list,” to the listserv. 


Community Guidelines: 

By joining this e-mail list, you agree that you have read and will comply with the following guidelines: 

  • - Be courteous and respectful in your posts. 

  • - Recognize impact vs intent, and acknowledge harm.  

  • - Speech that is hateful, derogatory, threatening, offensive, and/or profane is not allowed and will be removed. Posting of such language  

  •    may result in temporary or permanent suspension of listserv membership.  

  • - Stick to messages related specifically to equitable food systems and COVID-19; please use existing lists for other topical food systems 

  •   conversations. 

  • - Please refrain from sharing job postings, financial solicitations or other commercial or promotional messages on this listserv.

  • - This list is very lightly moderated to help ensure that members are complying with these community guidelines, but it is up to all of us to

  •   create an online community space that is inclusive, helpful, and welcoming. The Wallace Center reserves the right to suspend or  

  •   terminate membership on any list for subscribers who violate the listserv guidelines. 


Contact the Wallace Center 

Questions? Concerns? Comments? Reach out to us at FSLNinfo@winrock.org 

Thank you all for your participation, commitment to this work, and mutual support during this unprecedented challenge. Our collective power and resilience are immense, and we remain hopeful about our sector and movement.