Colorado journalist Allen Best understands that changes to community food systems are increasingly necessary but take time to gain momentum. In his opinion piece, "Healthy Food Should be a Community Value," which was recently published in the The Aspen Times, he mentions the carrot and sticks strategies described by ChangeLab Solutions' Heather Wooten. With no single silver bullet solutions for the problems of obesity and access to healthy food, an approach that combines incentives and regulations is best suited to advance change across different community planning channels.