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ERS USDA Household Food Security in the United States, 2008 Report

CFSC Fact Sheet This week the USDA released its annual Household Food Security in the United States report based on findings from the Economic Research…

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Sample TELEPHONE SURVEY Initial Questions for Farmers

Name: Title: School District: Street Address: City: T elephone: E-Mail: Date: Sample TELEPHONE SURVEY Initial Questions for Farmers State: Zip: Fax: Are you currently supplying…

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Guidance for Preparing Community Food Projects Fiscal Year 2011 Applications

Written by Zy Weinberg and Barbara Vauthier* Based on a document developed by Hugh Joseph Sponsored by the Community Food Security Coalition September 2010 For…

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Position Announcement: Senior Policy Director Washington, DC

ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION CFSC is the premiere national organization promoting local food systems and access to healthy food for all persons. Established in 1994, CFSC has…

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Initial Questions for School Food Personnel

Name: Title: School District: Street Address: City: T elephone: E-Mail: 1. Infrastructure Questions State: Fax: Zip: Sample TELEPHONE SURVEY Initial Questions for School Food Personnel…

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Food Liability Insurance

FOOD SAFETY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE EMERGING ISSUES FOR FARMERS AND INSTITUTIONS BY KRISTEN MARKLEY WITH GUIDANCE FROM MARION KALB AND EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE FROM LOREN GUSTAFSON…

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Food Safety and Liability

What if i can’t afford the amount of insurance coverage required by my buyers? hoW do i get help in meeting the food safety requirements…

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LRPreport

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RELATED POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO BENEFIT LIMITED RESOURCE FARMERS A report of the Community Food Security Coalition’s Food Policy Council Program FOOD…

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CFSC Announces Program Stewards and Leadership Organizations and Networks

Six weeks ago, CFSC announced the beginning of a process to transition leadership of our programs and services to trusted partner organizations and step back…

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Dr Oz Diet tips – Beware the Oz effect

Doctor Oz reaches tens of millions of people daily on his popular tv show. Not only is he a huge celebrity, he is very trusted…

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BioHealth Garcinia Cambogia

Choosing a garcinia cambogia product can be quite a challenge if you don’t know what you’re looking for. There are many sellers out there who…

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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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