Food Systems Leadership Network: 2024 Annual Member Survey

Thank you for taking time to complete the Food Systems Leadership Network's 2024 annual member survey!

Your input will help strengthen and evolve the network’s support for its members, shape future offerings, and find new ways to center member leadership in the network’s structure and programs. Your responses will also help gauge progress towards the network's 2025 impact goal: 5,000 food systems leaders will have more resources, relationships, and power to realize equitable food systems that generate good food, health, and opportunity for all.

All completed responses will have the chance to enter to win one of 5 $100 gift cards... just in time for the holidays!

All responses are confidential unless specified otherwise. Please respond based on all involvement you have had with the FSLN from September 2023 to now.

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* 1. What three words would you use to describe the Food Systems Leadership Network?

The following questions will help us track how FSLN activities are helping to support food systems leaders.

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* 2. Which FSLN activities have you participated in? Check all that apply

Online courses, webinar or zoom call (live or recorded)

Community of Practice (please list the CoP name in other field below)

Participated in the online platform

Mentorship Program

Systems Leadership Retreat

Value Chain Coordination Training

Farm to Food Assistance Learning Lab

Racial Affinity Group

Activation Grant Recipient

Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship

I'm just getting to know the network

Other (or name of CoPs or courses you have participated in)

For the purposes of this survey, we are defining relationships as someone you have met (in person or virtually) and have connected in a way that is meaningful to you after you met.

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* 3. Reflecting on all of the ways you have participated in the FSLN, to what extent do you agree with these statements?

	Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't know/ N/A
I learned something new that is meaningful to my work.	I learned something new that is meaningful to my work. Strongly agree	I learned something new that is meaningful to my work. Agree	I learned something new that is meaningful to my work. Neither agree nor disagree	I learned something new that is meaningful to my work. Disagree	I learned something new that is meaningful to my work. Strongly disagree	I learned something new that is meaningful to my work. Don't know/ N/A
I sharpened skills relevant to my work.	I sharpened skills relevant to my work. Strongly agree	I sharpened skills relevant to my work. Agree	I sharpened skills relevant to my work. Neither agree nor disagree	I sharpened skills relevant to my work. Disagree	I sharpened skills relevant to my work. Strongly disagree	I sharpened skills relevant to my work. Don't know/ N/A
I formed new relationships and/or strengthened existing relationships.	I formed new relationships and/or strengthened existing relationships. Strongly agree	I formed new relationships and/or strengthened existing relationships. Agree	I formed new relationships and/or strengthened existing relationships. Neither agree nor disagree	I formed new relationships and/or strengthened existing relationships. Disagree	I formed new relationships and/or strengthened existing relationships. Strongly disagree	I formed new relationships and/or strengthened existing relationships. Don't know/ N/A
The relationships I built through this network enabled me to advance my work.	The relationships I built through this network enabled me to advance my work. Strongly agree	The relationships I built through this network enabled me to advance my work. Agree	The relationships I built through this network enabled me to advance my work. Neither agree nor disagree	The relationships I built through this network enabled me to advance my work. Disagree	The relationships I built through this network enabled me to advance my work. Strongly disagree	The relationships I built through this network enabled me to advance my work. Don't know/ N/A
I have increased ability to make change.	I have increased ability to make change. Strongly agree	I have increased ability to make change. Agree	I have increased ability to make change. Neither agree nor disagree	I have increased ability to make change. Disagree	I have increased ability to make change. Strongly disagree	I have increased ability to make change. Don't know/ N/A
I am more equipped to advance equity and antiracism in my work.	I am more equipped to advance equity and antiracism in my work. Strongly agree	I am more equipped to advance equity and antiracism in my work. Agree	I am more equipped to advance equity and antiracism in my work. Neither agree nor disagree	I am more equipped to advance equity and antiracism in my work. Disagree	I am more equipped to advance equity and antiracism in my work. Strongly disagree	I am more equipped to advance equity and antiracism in my work. Don't know/ N/A
I am more confident in my capacity as a food systems leader	I am more confident in my capacity as a food systems leader Strongly agree	I am more confident in my capacity as a food systems leader Agree	I am more confident in my capacity as a food systems leader Neither agree nor disagree	I am more confident in my capacity as a food systems leader Disagree	I am more confident in my capacity as a food systems leader Strongly disagree	I am more confident in my capacity as a food systems leader Don't know/ N/A

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* 4. Have you made changes to your work or taken action based on your participation in the FLSN and its activities?

Yes

If so, how?

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* 5. Check each activity you have done with connections made through the network. Check all that apply (Please describe below any activities you check yes for).

Shared resources, opportunities, and information

Connected/introduced them to people in your network

Problem solving, innovation sharing, troubleshooting

General support and solidarity (friend stuff!)

Collaborated on a proposal or project

Contributed to the design or delivery of an FSLN service or activity

Other

None of the above

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* 1. What three words would you use to describe the Food Systems Leadership Network?

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* 2. Which FSLN activities have you participated in? Check all that apply

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* 3. Reflecting on all of the ways you have participated in the FSLN, to what extent do you agree with these statements?

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* 4. Have you made changes to your work or taken action based on your participation in the FLSN and its activities?

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* 5. Check each activity you have done with connections made through the network. Check all that apply (Please describe below any activities you check yes for).

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* 6. If you had not participated in this network, how would your work be different today?