The Local Foods Action Plan Lewiston Auburn (LFAP LA), Maine is built upon nearly twenty years of previous community driven research, collaboration, and planning efforts, with emphases on neighborhood revitalization, fair and just access to food, and the growth and development of the agricultural and food sector. This work provided a catalyst, as well as, the wisdom, learning, and foundation for the LFAP LA to coalesce.

The Local Foods Action Plan Lewiston Auburn is a community-developed, collaboratively led multi-year plan to strengthen and define Lewiston Auburn’s unique local food system and economy. LFAP LA serves as a:

• RECORD: of collective planning and visioning

• VISION: of a thriving, robust regional food system

• ROAD MAP: to help grow & strengthen local food businesses

• OPPORTUNITY: to align & coordinate food-related efforts & initiatives

• TOOL: to advocate & leverage resources to transform our local food system

Four goals and fifteen actions stewarded by Local Food Action Plan coordinators, ourselves at the Good Food Council LA with support from St. Mary’s Nutrition Center and a dozen community champions.