Dec 13, 2020
Ms. Freishtat is Baltimore
City’s first Food Policy Director and is the Chief of Food Policy &
Planning Division in the Department of Planning. She created and
oversees the Baltimore Food Policy Initiative (BFPI) with the goal
to address food system policy and to build an equitable and
resilient urban food system.
She works city-wide with many government departments to align
priorities and projects around improving the Baltimore City food
environment. Recognizing that government can’t address food access
alone, she uses a multi-sector perspective and engages with many
agencies, nonprofits, community groups and stakeholders to
dismantle policy barriers, facilitate new partnerships and leverage
funding to implement innovative solutions to address food access
and urban agriculture issues in Baltimore.