Beginning with an idea by Danielle Chynoweth, supervisor for the Cunningham Township Supervisors Office (CTSO), and her team, Solidarity Gardens CU is a coalition…
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There is some initial evidence that some of the initially acute demand and values driven by Covid around food have edged back, at least…
“What would 2020 have looked like if a collaborative network of research, engagement, and outreach across local and regional food system stakeholders, university researchers,…
The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health and social distancing mandates caused unprecedented shifts and disruptions…
After years of extreme weather events in the region and three consecutive years of devastating floods, Monroe County formed the Climate Change Task Force,…
The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program provides grants to specialty crop producers and processors, other select producers, meat and other processors, distributors,…
A short description of essential considerations for starting a meat processing plant. Considerations include regulations, financials, feasibility, and business planning….
Agritourism operators developed timed, ticketed entry systems to manage the flow of visitors. These systems were often mediated by online platforms. By restricting visitor…
Tribal nations collaborate through coordinating entities, such as the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) to develop policy-based innovations while supporting new programming and…
This webinar explores the basic principles of food access and features CSA farmers and support organizations that have developed best practices to connect the…
The first objective of this brief is to establish a more transparent and better understanding of the budgets of farmers market organizations. This document…
Communities with existing farm to school initiatives and multi-agency collaboratives were able to quickly pivot to provide urgently needed food access while re-investing local,…
Farmers Markets were compelled to alter their models in a variety of ways at the onset of the pandemic. They conformed to social distancing…
Farm to school activities support local agriculture, while also providing nutrition and agriculture education. Special events, like Apple Crunch days, offer an opportunity for…
This brief highlights how healthcare facilities implemented and expanded local food initiatives during the pandemic as a means to effectively feed and care for…
