Consumer Covid Crisis Edges Back – A Little

Added: August 15, 2022

There is some initial evidence that some of the initially acute demand and values driven by Covid around food have edged back, at least a little. Emergency conditions that shuttered restaurants and mandated masking and social distance have lessened. ….

Final Report 1.0: Local and Regional Food System Covid-19 Rapid Response

LRFS

Added: March 11, 2022

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs, Other Formats, Reports (5+ pages)

Final Report

USDA-AMS Cooperative Agreement, May 2020 – September 2021 University of Kentucky, Colorado State University, Northeast Regional Center of Rural Development at Pennsylvania State University….

Project Overview 2022 – Local Food Systems Response to Covid

LRFS

Added: January 26, 2022

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs, Other Formats

“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….

Vermont Everyone Eats

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: December 14, 2021

Reports (5+ pages)

Community food access, emergency food, local, restaurants

Impact report for the Vermont Everyone Eats Program….

U.S. Consumer Food Insights During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Added: November 18, 2021

Datasets, Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

CHOICES Data Visualization Series Quarter 4 2021….

Novel methods for an interesting time: Exploring U.S. local food systems’ impacts and initiatives to respond to COVID

Added: November 18, 2021

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs, Reports (5+ pages)

Article, Journal

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 for local and regional food systems (LRFS). The pandemic also brought new and heightened attention….

With heat waves, unpredictable weather, and soil degradation, climate change threatens local farmers

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: November 16, 2021

Blog Articles

adaptation, climate change, farming

City Seed, in New Haven, CT interviewed farmers from the markets and conducted research on the impact of climate change on farmers, particularly on pricing, production, and supply…..

Get Lit Stay Lit

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: November 10, 2021

Webpages

Feed the Second Line in New Orleans is working to develop a coordinated network of solar-panel powered restaurants in New Orleans that can continue to operate during/after hurricanes, becoming the "first responders for [the] community." Locating this solar power….

Monroe County Climate Change Task Force

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: October 28, 2021

Webpages

climate, county government, regional planning, resiliency

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 fourth such county-led effort in Wisconsin and the most rural. It is now a….

Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program

USDA

Added: October 7, 2021

Videos & Webinars, Webpages

USDA

The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program provides grants to specialty crop producers and processors, other select producers, meat and other processors, distributors, and farmers markets to respond to coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers against novel….

2020 Farmers Market Summary

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: August 16, 2021

Other Formats

evaluation, infographic, innovation, metrics, report

In 2020, FMC piloted an annual report to highlight farmers market adaptations and trends in the era of COVID-19. These types of reports can be used to demonstrate a market’s flexibility and highlight its successes stemming from market innovations….

So You Want to Start a Meat Plant? A short primer on what you need to know

Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Added: August 6, 2021

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

meat, meat plan, meat processing, processor

A short description of essential considerations for starting a meat processing plant. Considerations include regulations, financials, feasibility, and business planning…..

Ticketed Entry for Agritourism

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

Added: June 13, 2021

Innovation Briefs

innovation brief, innovation briefs

Agritourism operators developed timed, ticketed entry systems to manage the flow of visitors. These systems were often mediated by online platforms. By restricting visitor capacity, farm operators could better allocate resources to create safe conditions for visitors…..

Reclaiming Innovation in Indigenous Food Systems: Navigating COVID-19 disruptions and enacting post-colonial foodways

Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative

Added: May 23, 2021

Innovation Briefs

innovation briefs

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 sharing best practices. Important areas of work during COVID-19 include targeted efforts to expand livestock….

CSA Ideas Lab: Retaining CSA Members During & After the Pandemic

CSA Innovation Network

Added: May 10, 2021

Videos & Webinars

csa, member retention

In this Ideas Lab Webinar, you will get to see a short video screening and facilitated discussion on CSA member retention. We'll use our collective learned experiences from the past year to share strategies to maintain long-time CSA membership…..

COVID-19 Resource Hub

Resources by Channel

Consumer Covid Crisis Edges Back – A Little

Final Report 1.0: Local and Regional Food System Covid-19 Rapid Response

LRFS

Project Overview 2022 – Local Food Systems Response to Covid

LRFS

Vermont Everyone Eats

Wallace Center at Winrock International

U.S. Consumer Food Insights During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Novel methods for an interesting time: Exploring U.S. local food systems’ impacts and initiatives to respond to COVID

With heat waves, unpredictable weather, and soil degradation, climate change threatens local farmers

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Get Lit Stay Lit

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Monroe County Climate Change Task Force

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program

USDA

2020 Farmers Market Summary

Farmers Market Coalition

So You Want to Start a Meat Plant? A short primer on what you need to know

Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Ticketed Entry for Agritourism

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

Reclaiming Innovation in Indigenous Food Systems: Navigating COVID-19 disruptions and enacting post-colonial foodways

Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative

CSA Ideas Lab: Retaining CSA Members During & After the Pandemic

CSA Innovation Network