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CSRA Food Policy Council
About Us
About Us
The CSRA Food Policy Council is a grassroots initiative that amplifies the voices of farmers, community members, and residents while convening policymakers and public health advocates across the Central Savannah River Area to improve food access and strengthen our regional food system across Georgia and South Carolina. The CSRA Food Policy Council builds on the work of Georgia Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones II, whose statewide hearings and bipartisan legislation documented the urgent need for food policy action across Georgia. We exist to bring that vision to life at the community level, expanding it across both Georgia and South Carolina, and turning documented need into regional action.
Our Mission
Our Mission
To bring together diverse community voices to improve food access, advance equitable food policy, and strengthen the regional food system across the CSRA.
Our Vision
Our Vision
A CSRA where every resident has reliable access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food.
Our Values
Our Values
Equity
We believe equal access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food is a right, not a privilege, for every resident of the CSRA.
Collaboration
We bring everyone to the table, from farmers to policymakers, urban to rural, and especially those most affected by limited food access in our region.
Community
We build real spaces where community members are not just heard but are active partners in shaping the solutions that improve food access in their own neighborhoods.
Action
We are committed to ensuring every discussion, every collaboration, and every meeting moves us closer to real, measurable change in food access across the CSRA.
Advocacy
We work to ensure community voices help influence the policies and legislation that shape food access across Georgia and South Carolina.
Who We Serve
Who We Serve
The CSRA Food Policy Council serves communities across the Central Savannah River Area including Richmond, Columbia, Burke, McDuffie, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Warren, Glascock, Hancock, and Washington counties in Georgia, and Aiken, Edgefield, Allendale, Barnwell, and McCormick counties in South Carolina.
Priorities
Priorities
Food Access
We work to dismantle the barriers that limit food access across the CSRA, from historical redlining and lack of infrastructure to the absence of grocery stores in underserved communities, ensuring every resident has real access to healthy, affordable food.
Food Policy
We bring together community members, farmers, policymakers, and leaders to have honest, informed conversations about the policies shaping our food system, identifying what is working, what is failing, and what must change for every CSRA resident to have real access to food.
Legislative Advocacy
We leverage our regional voice and community relationships to push for local and state policies that address the root causes of limited food access, holding legislators across Georgia and South Carolina accountable to the communities they were elected to serve.
Get Involved
Get Involved
Are you a community member, organization, farmer, policymaker, or resident who cares about food access in the CSRA? We want to hear from you.
Email info@csrafoodpolicycouncil.org or fill out the Google Form below:
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