"This year’s theme, “The Infrastructure of a Strong Food System: Aligning New Jersey for What’s Next,”will guide a statewide working convening focused on the systems that make a stronger and more equitable food system possible.

The Summit will examine key dimensions of food system infrastructure—supply chain and farm-to-institution logistics, coalition and food policy council capacity, food system data and metrics, and sustainable funding—through the lens of strengthening food security across all six dimensions: availability, access, affordability, utilization, stability, and agency.

The Summit also directly supports implementation of New Jersey’s 2025 Joint Resolution recognizing the Right to Adequate Food (AJR229), which affirms the importance of equitable access to healthy, culturally appropriate food and the sustainability of local food systems. Designed as a working convening, the Summit will strengthen cross-sector relationships, build shared understanding of infrastructure needs, and identify actionable priorities for advancing a more resilient and equitable statewide food system.

Outcomes will include clearer alignment around key system gaps, strengthened connections among stakeholders, and identification of priority areas for coordinated policy, programmatic, and funding strategies that advance food security and the Right to Adequate Food for all New Jersey residents.

For sponsorship, contact Sara at grants@njfooddemocracy.org or visit: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/nj-state-of-the-food-system-summit