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State Investments and Innovations in Meat Processing

  • Innovation Briefs, Reports (5+ pages)
  • Resilience Playbook
The COVID-19 pandemic created disrupted supply chains in many industries. Since 2020, it is not uncommon to visit a grocery store and see a lack of meat products. Though many factors contribute to these shortages, processing capacity in large….
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Connecticut Grown for Connecticut Kids

  • Innovation Briefs, Reports (5+ pages)
  • innovation briefs, Resilience Playbook
CT Grown for CT Kids is a statewide grant program run through the Connecticut Department of Agriculture to help establish and further farm-to-school opportunities in CT schools. This grant program was first announced in late October 2021. It is….
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Building a Decentralized Food Supply Chain in Puerto Rico

  • Innovation Briefs, Reports (5+ pages)
  • innovation briefs, Resilience Playbook
Leveraging the Collective Strength and Wisdom of Remote Communities While there are several similarities to food system disruptions across communities, islands like Puerto Rico and its municipality, Culebra are presented with unique impacts and challenges when it comes to….
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Novel methods for an interesting time: Exploring U.S. local food systems’ impacts and initiatives to respond to COVID

  • 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….
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Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program

USDA

  • 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….
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2020 Farmers Market Summary

Farmers Market Coalition

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  • 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….
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