USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
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This innovation brief focuses on states’ use of COVID-19 pandemic-era investments to develop new programs to aid and support local and regional food systems…..
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Drivers of Local and Regional Consumer Purchases in 2023Consumer Food Insights – August 2024
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Changes in Expenditures at Local Food Market Channels in Different Sized CommunitiesConsumer Food Insights – June 2024
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Consumer Food Insights 3.0Survey Overview – May 2024
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Consumer Food Insights 3.0 WebinarWatch Recording
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The Local And Regional Food Systems Resilience PlaybookA Primer for Food System Leaders on Local and Regional Food Systems Strengths and Vulnerabilities in Times of Disruption
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Final Report: Local and Regional Food System Covid-19 Rapid Response1.0 Final Report
“What would 2020 have looked like if a collaborative network of research, engagement, and outreach across local and regional food system stakeholders, university researchers, and USDA leadership had been in place?” This is the question the Local and Regional Food System (LRFS) Recovery and Resilience project asks as the team reflects upon and examines the lessons, impacts, and successes of the first phase of the LRFS Response to COVID-19 project and frames its future mission. The project focuses on translating lessons learned from local food systems stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic and simultaneous social crisis into a specific, long-term collaborative strategy for fostering recovery, and equitable approaches to LRFS resilience.
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Consumer Food Insights Series 3.0 Webinar
How Did Consumers Respond and What May Persist?
April 25, 2024
10 AM Mountain Time (12 PM Eastern Time)
Does your city, region, or state have its own food systems map, or are you considering creating one? When developing a food system map, having a clear idea of what data to include, and the processes for maintaining it is a vital first step. In this webinar, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service and Colorado State University’s Food Systems Institute will explore and showcase a new data resource available to you to help make some of these essential early decisions.
The new resource, located at https://localfoodeconomics.com/data includes more than 300 indicators developed by representatives of dozens of local and regional food systems organizations through an equity lens. These indicators cover topics including labor, community resources, nutrition security and food access, business development and infrastructure, and local food sales. Hear from members of the team that created and maintain this resource, and join in a discussion around how we can collectively support local, regional, and state food systems data and mapping efforts.
Latest Resources
Lauren Clay, PhD, MPH
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In a post-disaster setting, food security is about much more than whether households have enough money for food. There are disruptions to the environment that create physical, social, and economic barriers to food accessibility; supply chain and nutrition assistance….
Resilience Playbook Project Team
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This guide outlines the different sectors within a local or regional food system and provides insights into the types of impacts and adaptations observed within those sectors during times of disruption. It also highlights innovations and adaptations taken that….
National Farm to School Network
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Beginning with an idea by Danielle Chynoweth, supervisor for the Cunningham Township Supervisors Office (CTSO), and her team, Solidarity Gardens CU is a coalition of community partnerships and volunteers, that has demonstrated that the soil found in the Midwest….
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
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Farm to School in Iowa was first legislated in 2007, when lawmakers established a program to one, link elementary, secondary, public and non-public schools with Iowa farmers; two, provide schools with fresh and minimally processed Iowa-grown food for inclusion….
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Choctaw Fresh Produce (CFP) is a native-led, organic farming project centrally located in Mississippi’s Neshoba County. Since 2012, CFP has challenged food inaccessibility and strengthened food sovereignty for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians…..
