CASE STUDY Nancy May, the School Food Service Supervisor, is the main organizer behind this Farm to School project. She came to Healdsburg Junior High…

To date, 24 states have passed legislation regarding farm to school programs. Below are summaries and links to the text of this legislation. This information…

April 15, 2011 Kathy Mulvey, 202‐543‐8602 WASHINGTON, DC—On the heels of yesterday’s approval of a federal spending plan for the current fiscal year (H.R. 1473),…

Across the country, hospitals are teaming up with local growers and producers to make changes in the food service industry and local food economy. The…

In New York, 12 organizations received 15 CFP grants totaling $2,678,141 between the years of 1997 and 2006. City Harvest, NYC Mount Hope Integrated Community…

  Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D., Author Kai Siedenburg, Editor Jeanette Abi-Nader, Project Coordinator October 2007 BUILDING COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY: LESSONS FROM COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS, 1999-2003 Author:…

FACT SHEET ♦ What is DoDFresh? In 1994, the Department of Defense began offering its produce buying services for institutions other than military bases and…

For the purposes of this project, the University of California Cooperative Extension’s Emergency Food Client Questionnaire (UCCE-EFCQ) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Core…

COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY COALITION Community Food Security Coalition PO BoA 209 Venice, CA 90294 Phone: 310-822-5410 www.foodsecurity.org Sponsor: USDA Community Food Projects Program Author: National…

  MYTH: H.R. 875 “makes it illegal to grow your own garden” and would result in the “criminalization of the backyard gardener.” FACT: There is…

Table of Contents Above: Efrén Avalos of AMO Organics harvests strawberries. Front Cover: Background : Los Angeles Regional Food Bank’s fifteen-acre urban garden. Top left…

Food and fuel prices have been going up fast, and there’s a con- nection. Most of our food is produced far from home, using lots…

There have been five Community Food Project grants to groups in Colorado, four of which are profiled below. Southern Ute Community Action Program, Durango Grant…

 A Decade of Community Food Projects in Action March 2007 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Community Food Projects 10th Anniversary Production Team gratefully acknowledges the U.S. Congress…

Four Key Steps Organize Research ❦  Identify key stakeholders ❦  Organize initial meeting(s) ❦  Determine the group’s interest in conducting an assessment ❦  Identify and…

Eighteen states have passed legislation regarding farm to school programs. Below are summaries and links to the text of this legislation. This information should reflect…

Acknowledgements Food Policy Councils: Lessons Learned is the result of a collaboration between Food First and the Community Food Security Coalition. is study would not…

    Introduction The report below provides an overview of the current status of the new WIC Package Rule [at 7 CFR 246.12(v)] and the…

The following strategic issues were identified at the July 12-13, 2008 strategic planning meeting by the assembled CFSC board staff, and strategic planning committee members….

Anne C. Bellows, PhD Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Katherine Brown, PhD Southside Community Land Trust; Jac Smit, MCP The Urban Agriculture Network….

  Community Food Security Coalition WHAT IS FARM TO HOSPITAL? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? The time is ripe for the development of farm to hospital…

The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a national coalition of diverse people and organizations working from the local to international levels to build community…

Hispanic black non-Hispanic white non-Hispanic Households with elderly men living alone women living alone two or more adults, no children single mothers with children married…

This document has descriptions of two of the three Community Food Project grants that have gone to groups in Indiana. Middle Way House, Bloomington Grant…

Community Food Security What is community food security about? Good food—food that’s fresh, delicious, and healthy! Everyone having access to good food—no matter where we…

Provided by the Community Food Security Coalition October 15, 2009 This document was developed by the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) to help Community Food…

COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY COALITION FEDERAL POLICY ADVOCACY HANDBOOK Barrett Ebright, Congressional Hunger Fellow In collaboration with Sarah Borron, CFSC Policy Associate COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY COALITION…

Community Food Security Coalition National Farm to School Program DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is the Department of…

Farm to School Initiatives in the Child Nutrition Reauthorization NatIoNal FaRm to SChool NetwoRk CommuNIty Food SeCuRIty CoalItIoN SChool Food FOCUS “My job is to…

SIGNIFICA “INSTITUCIONES”? • UNIVERSIDADES • ESCUELAS LOCALES • CAFETERÍAS DE EMPLEADOS • HOSPITALES • ASILOS DE ANCIANOS • CENTROS COMUNITARIOS PARA ADULTOS MAYORES • GUARDERÍAS…