NGA Foundation
Article describing pricing challenges that have impacted retailers due to COVID-19 and providing recommendations for how to handle such a situation….
Topic: Communication & Community Engagement
LunchAssist
Tools, checklists, guides, templates, and more to help you during COVID-19 meal services….
James Beard Foundation
Around the country, governors and public officials are issuing health and safety guidelines to prod local businesses to open back up….
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
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 around local food. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonflower Seeds, in Silk Hope, North Carolina, continued caring for children of paramedics, police and other essential workers. Thanks to years of partnership building with local farmers, the…
James Beard Foundation
We are building a list of resources for the industry, along with articles and examples of how the industry is responding to this unprecedented event….
James Beard Foundation
Open for Good is the James Beard Foundation’s campaign to help independent restaurants survive this crisis, rebuild better, and thrive for the long term. Open for Good programs provide critical resources to help independent restaurants build the capacity to come back stronger, more equitable, more sustainable, and more resilient….
National Coop Grocers
Civil eats article on co-op resilience stories….
The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice
Colleges and universities across the United States and around the world are scrambling to keep their students, faculty, and staff healthy, safe, and educated during the COVID-19 pandemic. As experts on the daily crises that derail #RealCollege students and prevent them from completing their degrees our team at the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice offers the following considerations and resources to support your work….
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
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 survey findings and respondent comments about experiences with two programs during the early weeks of the pandemic: the National School Lunch Program (school meals) and food pantries….
Farm to Institution New England
The dining landscape changed dramatically due to COVID-19. To-go containers, plexiglass, and safe distancing signs have replaced the once familiar scene of hot trays, buffet bars, and students in close comradery. And now, as colleges further revise plans to reopen, dining operations continue to adapt. In FINE's most recent blog, we discuss the changes in campus dining and what lays ahead as colleges continue to grapple with the coronavirus….
WSU Bread Lab
Website from Artisan Grain Collaborative, which highlights and explains their introduction of “Neighbor Loaves”, an initiative to secure the local grain chain during the pandemic….
Farmers Market Coalition
As farmers markets serve an essential role in local and community-based food systems, the Farmers Market Coalition acted quickly in the early stages of the pandemic to begin collecting and providing market leaders with the tools and resources they would need to operate safely and efficiently during this crisis….
NAFDMA Agritourism Association
NAFDMA – The International Agritourism Association hosted a member roundtable discussion to offer resource sharing, idea generation, and practical solutions as the industry tackled the effects of COVID-19 on the agritourism industry. This was the very first discussion held at the beginning of the crisis as many businesses were forced to shut down, or navigate the world of being considered an "essential food business" and work to ensure their customer and employee safety. This…
NAFDMA Agritourism Association
NAFDMA members held a member roundtable discussion on the effects of COVID-19 on Agritourism and mitigation strategies – Roundtable Video May 21, 2020…
NAFDMA Agritourism Association
NAFDMA – The International Agritourism Association recently hosted another member roundtable discussion to offer resource sharing, idea generation, and practical solutions for the upcoming Fall season. Roundtable took place on August 4, 2020….