The Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) and its summit planning team celebrate 18 years of leveraging collective power to policy. The Annual Summit have been shared ground for attendees to exchange meaningful knowledge, build deep relationships, and make powerful conversations on how to envision our food future together. Our Summits have highlighted ways to ground policy in community action and engage participants in reimagining Chicago’s foodscape. Past sessions have included themes crucial to food policy: climate change, labor equity, food access and urban farming. Through partnership with local leaders and beyond, attendees have engaged with passionate speakers and a marketplace of resources from all over Chicago, Cook County, and across the state of Illinois.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC), in partnership with the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH), and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE), will be hosting the 19th Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit. The Summit will be hosted virtually on March 6-7, 2024 and in-person at South Shore Cultural Center on March 8th, 2024.