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Past Week in Nutrition Science (Sep 4th – Sep 11th)

This is a review of everything new that happened in the field of nutrition science in the past week, or from last Friday (September 4th)…

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Santa Cruz County Food Forum

The full pdf can be found here   Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA 9AM to 5:30 PM Table of Contents All Proposed Sessions…………………………………………………………………………………………………..2 Connecting CSA Farmers…

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County of Santa Cruz HEALTH SERVICES AGENCY Brief

The full pdf can be found here   Genetic Engineering (GE) A Report from the GE Subcommittee of The Public Health Commission May, 2006 Contributing…

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CFSC Food Policy Council Program Conference Call Notes

The full pdf can be found here Topic: Farm to School – The Role of Local and State Food Policy Participants (apologies if this list…

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Counties and Local Food Systems

The full pdf can be found here Ensuring Healthy Foods, Nurturing Healthy Children Counties and Local Food Systems Ensuring Healthy Foods, Nurturing Healthy Children A…

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Michigan Food Policy Council Recommendations

The full pdf can be found here Prepared for Governor Jennifer M. Granholm Table of Contents Council Members …………………………………………………………………………… 5 Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………… 6 ExecutiveSummary………………………………………………………………………… 7 Chapter…

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SUPPORTING LOCAL AGRICULTURE AND IMPROVING HEALTH CARE

The full pdf for this article can be found here Across the country, hospitals are teaming up with local growers and producers to make changes…

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FEDERAL POLICY ADVOCACY HANDBOOK

The full pdf for this article can be found here Thank you to the following people for sharing their knowledge and contributing their time CFSC…

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HEALTHY FOOD HEALTHY COMMUNITIES – A Decade of Community Food Projects in Action

The full pdf for this article can be found here: The Community Food Projects 10th Anniversary Production Team gratefully acknowledges the U.S. Congress for its…

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COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY IN CALIFORNIA

The full pdf for this article can be found here Table of Contents Above: Efrén Avalos of AMO Organics harvests strawberries. Front Cover: Background :…

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Comfood Posting guidelines

The full pdf for this article can be found here Contain the numbers of postings. Overall volume is the main concern of subscribers, and it…

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National Farm to College Research Report

About This Report This report compliles research in 2002 conducted by the Community Food Security Coalition on Farm-to-College programs. CFSC interviewed organizers (usually faculty members…

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Community Food Assessment – San Bernardino County:

Food Security in San Bernardino 1998 This assessment was conducted by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health Nutrition Program. The primary goal was…

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COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY COALITION EVALUATION PROGRAM

A Field Guide to Evaluation This is a comprehensive, interactive, two and a half day workshop focused on outcome-based evaluation strategies, tools, analysis and results…

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Community Food Assessment Program – Assessment and Hunger Study Project Summaries: 

Alameda County The Growing Youth Project (In Progress) The Growing Youth Project is an action research and employment project comprised of 11 high-school students from…

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Youth Involvement in CFSC work

the full pdf can be found here Recommendations Work towards bridging at-risk youth with young adults and college age students – Linking Rooted In Community…

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Child Nutrition Background

The full pdf can be found here National Farm to School Network Every four or five years, the federal Child Nutrition bills, including the Child…

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Community Food Project Evaluation handbook

The full pdf can be found here COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY COALITION Community Food Security Coalition Sponsor: USDA Community Food Projects Program Author: National Research Center,…

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SUPPORTING THE COMMON GOALS OF HEALTHY KIDS, HEALTHY FARMS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

The full .pdf can be found here The Farm to School Collaborative WHO WE ARE: A DIVERSE GROUP ADVOCATING FOR FARM TO SCHOOL The Farm…

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Visioning a Food Policy Council for Santa Cruz County FACTSHEET (DRAFT)

The full .pdf for this article is here.   Food Policy Councils are a participatory and collaborative process that aims to examine a broad range…

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Transportation and Food: The Importance of Access

Brief by the Center for Food and Justice in conjunction with the Community Food Security Coalition September 2002 Linking Food and Transportation: A New Opportunity…

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GETTING FOOD ON THE TABLE:

AN ACTION GIIIDE TO LOCAL FOOD POLICY by Dawn Biehler, Andy Fisher, Kai Siedenburg, Mark Winne, Iill Zachary The full PDF for this is here…

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CFAguide-whatscookin

The PDF version of this page is here   What’s Cooking in Your Food System? A GUIDE TO COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT WRITTEN BY KAMI POTHUKUCHI,…

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Community Food Projects

The PDF for this page is here   A GUIDE TO Community Food Projects Community Food Projects COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY COALITION Maya Tauber and Andy…

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Important Message from CFSC

After 16 years of leadership, collaboration, and groundbreaking work in the food justice movement, the Board of Directors and senior staff of the Community Food…

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Health Benefits of Urban Agriculture Public Health and Food Security

(PDF version of this document here) Anne C. Bellows, PhD Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Katherine Brown, PhD Southside Community Land Trust; Jac Smit,…

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Health Benefits of Urban Agriculture

(PDF version of this document here) Anne C. Bellows, PhD Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Katherine Brown, PhD Southside Community Land Trust; Jac Smit,…

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Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States

(PDF version of this document here)   Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center to the Urban…

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Past Week in Nutrition Science (July 15th–22n

This is our weekly selection of recently published studies and reviews in nutrition. Here are some of the most interesting findings this week: Eating irregularly…

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Past Week in Nutrition Science (July 7–15th)

This is our weekly selection of recently published studies and reviews in nutrition. Here are some of the most interesting findings this week: Ketogenic diets…

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