Policy & Advocacy: Local and Regional Food Systems
Good policy for local and regional food systems supports small farms, independent businesses, and infrastructure to link them. Unfortunately, current federal food and farm policy does just the oppos
Program Profiles: Local and Regional Food Systems
NorthEast Neighborhood Alliance, Rochester NY PlacerGROWN , Auburn CA Practical Farmers’ of Iowa, Boone IA Tohono O’odham Community Action, Sells AZ Woodbury County, IA NorthEast Nei
Take Action for Local and Regional Food Systems!
For Everyone Eat local! Shop at farmers’ markets or farm stands; join a CSA; grow your own food; preserve food for the winter. Find out where to buy products direct from the farmer at Foodroute
Nutrition Education: Glossary
The glossary helps to define and explain common themes and words used in nutrition education.
Glossary: Climate Change and the Food System
Key terms and concepts on the connection between food systems and climate change
Coalition of Immokalee Workers | Immokalee, FL
CIW is a worker-based human rights organization internationally recognized for its achievements in the fields of corporate social responsibility, community organizing and sustainable food.
What Does Food Security Really Mean?
Peter Mann reports from a panel on food security at Fordham Law School.
U.S. Hunger: Glossary
The Food Security Learning Center provides definitions for key terms and concepts of Domestic Hunger.
Food Voices: The Joy of Sharing Fish
This installment of “Food Voices” ruminates on the lost connection with fish as food and how to reinstate an appreciation for fishing as a way of life.
Food, Faith and Health Disparities
This article highlights the inequities and disconnectedness of the current food system, drawing comparisons to teachings and discipline, spiritual practice and social justice.
