COVID-19 and the Institutional Food System: Open Forum 04-14-20

Farm to Institution New England

Added: July 20, 2020

Videos & Webinars

Over the past few weeks, our food system has undergone incredible disruption from the COVID-19 virus. We have seen things bend and break; and we have seen things rise and adapt. In this third forum, we continue the dialogue,….

Preschool’s Farm & Food Partnerships Keep Kids Eating Local

Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Added: September 10, 2020

Blog Articles

farm to institution, partnerships, procurement

NC Farm to Early Care and Education, a Center for Environmental Farming Systems initiative, works with Sonflower Seeds Christian Preschool and Learning Center LLC and other early childhood facilities to purchase local food and provide children with experiential learning….

Resource Sheet from Member Roundtable – October 6, 2020

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

Added: October 8, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

Resource sheet from member roundtable discussing mid-fall season accommodations to Covid19 response…..

Food Access Through School Meals and Food Pantries During COVID-19: Early Findings from Vermont

Farryl Bertmann University of Vermont, Emily H. Belarmino University of Vermont, Thomas Wentworth University of Vermont, Erin Biehl Johns Hopkins University, Roni Neff Johns Hopkins University

Added: August 27, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

To understand how food systems and security are impacted during this pandemic, an online survey was launched in Vermont from March 29 – April 12, 2020 (less than a week after the “Stay Home/Stay Safe” order). This brief summarizes….

Food Systems Mapping 101: Tools and Skills

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: July 9, 2020

Videos & Webinars

adaptations, Mapping, tools

Mapping can be a great tool for understanding what’s happening in the food system in your community, region, state, or the whole nation. However, there are lots of tools to choose from when making a map. Next up in….

Farmers Market-Tested Sales Platforms for Shopper Pre-Orders

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: July 24, 2020

Videos & Webinars

This webinar focused on market-level platforms (either a sales platform or through listing vendor sites on the market website) that allow shoppers to place pre-orders to then be picked up at either a drive-through or walk-through market where vendors….

Local Food in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

National Farm to School Network

Added: July 7, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

farm to school, school food

This fact sheet outlines some of the promising practices that school nutrition providers, early care and education centers, community partners, and state agencies have seen during COVID-19 while supporting local farmers and producers in accessing markets, and helping families….

Western Washington home bakers aim to end hunger, one loaf at a time

WSU Bread Lab

Added: October 14, 2020

Webpages

Seattle Times article about about finding purpose through bread baking/donations during COVID…..

Farmers Markets Are Essential—And So Are the Policy Relationships They Hold

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: August 21, 2020

Blog Articles

No matter how you look at it, 2020 has been a challenging and uncertain year to be in the farmers market business. The impacts of COVID-19 were felt hard and fast by farmers markets in the initial phase of….

New Meat Plant Office Hours: Financing Focus

Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Added: August 4, 2020

Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

capital, financing, funding, grants, loans

Watch our informal bi-weekly office hours where we take questions from the audience of folks wanting to start new meat processing facilities. Our special guest for this call was Ted LeBow of Kitchen Table Consultants, an expert in food….

Florida: Food Supply Chain Worker Safety

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture NASDA Foundation

Added: July 20, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

Florida, supply chain, worker safety

The COVID-19 impact quickly revealed the often unconsidered and unseen essential services that agriculture plays in our daily lives. Cultivating, processing, driving, stocking, inspecting and delivering food to our tables requires a critical workforce that we want to keep….

COVID-19 Resources for Farm to School and ECE – Native & Tribal Communities Resources

National Farm to School Network

Added: July 8, 2020

Other Formats

National Farm to School Network is compiling resources related to COVID-19 that will be relevant to the farm to school and farm to early care and education community. This page includes content specific to Native and Tribal Communities. The….

Resources and Ideas – NAFDMA Roundtable on COVID19 May 21, 2020

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

Added: August 6, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

Resources and Ideas from NAFDMA members on adjusting operations to COVID19. Roundtable held on May 21, 2020…..

Telefarming: When push comes to shelve in responding to COVID-19

Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Added: September 10, 2020

Other Formats

farming, field research

The need for social distancing measures drastically changed operations at the Small Farm Unit at CEFS Field Research, Education, and Outreach Facility at Cherry Research Farm in Goldsboro, NC. With more than 5,000 transplants in the greenhouse at the….

Supporting Backyard Victory Gardens

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: July 7, 2020

Videos & Webinars

community gardens, Gardening, online operations

With schools and other community sites closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic, garden-based programming is being adapted to build household food sovereignty and resilience. Hear from Deb Crockett and Beau Gromley from Garden Raised Bounty and Margee Green….

COVID-19 Resource Hub

Resources by Channel

COVID-19 and the Institutional Food System: Open Forum 04-14-20

Farm to Institution New England

Preschool’s Farm & Food Partnerships Keep Kids Eating Local

Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Resource Sheet from Member Roundtable – October 6, 2020

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

Food Access Through School Meals and Food Pantries During COVID-19: Early Findings from Vermont

Farryl Bertmann University of Vermont, Emily H. Belarmino University of Vermont, Thomas Wentworth University of Vermont, Erin Biehl Johns Hopkins University, Roni Neff Johns Hopkins University

Food Systems Mapping 101: Tools and Skills

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Farmers Market-Tested Sales Platforms for Shopper Pre-Orders

Farmers Market Coalition

Local Food in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

National Farm to School Network

Western Washington home bakers aim to end hunger, one loaf at a time

WSU Bread Lab

Farmers Markets Are Essential—And So Are the Policy Relationships They Hold

Farmers Market Coalition

New Meat Plant Office Hours: Financing Focus

Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Florida: Food Supply Chain Worker Safety

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture NASDA Foundation

COVID-19 Resources for Farm to School and ECE – Native & Tribal Communities Resources

National Farm to School Network

Resources and Ideas – NAFDMA Roundtable on COVID19 May 21, 2020

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

Telefarming: When push comes to shelve in responding to COVID-19

Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Supporting Backyard Victory Gardens

Wallace Center at Winrock International