Our current food system in Nashville is leaving people hungry, creating food waste, challenging small-scale farmers, and harming our ecosystems. To resolve these negative outcomes, we need to understand why they’re happening. FeedBack Nashville brings together community members to describe the root causes and effects of challenges like hunger, food waste, and environmental harm in our current food system.

Once we understand our current food system, we can begin to imagine a better food future for our city; a future that provides food security and food access for all, limits food waste and environmental harm, builds community, and strengthens Nashville’s local food and agricultural economy. Through community events like potlucks and community conversations, FeedBack Nashville brings residents together to create a shared vision for a more equitable, sustainable, and just food system for our city.

After understanding the problem and envisioning the future, FeedBack Nashville collaborates with community members to identify transformational opportunities to help bring forth our shared vision of a better food future for Nashville. The opportunities we pursue will transform our food system to one that is socially-just, environmentally-safe and enables food to be produced, consumed and valued in affordable, nutritious, and sustainable ways for everyone in Nashville.