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Community Food Assessment: Introduction
Learn what a community food assessment is and how it can be a powerful tool for leveraging food system change.
Community Food Assessment: Policy & Advocacy
Learn how legislation and community advocacy can support community food assessments and recommendations.
Community Food Assessment: Tips for Information Gathering
What questions should we ask? What type of data and information does a CFA collect? Get the basics on where to start.
Books & Supporting Reports
Find additional studies and books that provide in-depth information and specific background relevant to community food assessments.
Community Food Assessment: A Tool to Build Community Voice
How to get the most democratic bang for your buck with a CFA: tips on organizing, building coalitions and advocating for policy change.
Access Denied: Sustainable Food Center | Austin, TX
Learn how the Sustainable Food Center in East Austin conducted outreach and interviews for a community food assessment and what came of the results.
Active Community To Improve Our Nutrition (ACTION): Community Services Unlimited, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA
Big things are happening in Los Angeles thanks to Community Services Unlimited’s program, ACTION: Active Community To Improve Our Nutrition. Find out how they engaged 750 community members at 18 sites to conduct a CFA with a lot of local insight.
Fresno Fresh Access CFA: Fresno Metro Ministry | Fresno, CA
To learn how to translate ambitious goals into a successful community food assessment, check out the great work that Fresno Fresh Access has carried forward and the results they’ve been able to achieve.
