Local Food Incentive Programs Necessary and Highly Effective for Iowa Farm to School and Early Care

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

Farm to School in Iowa was first legislated in 2007, when lawmakers established a program to one, link elementary, secondary, public and non-public schools with Iowa farmers; two, provide schools with fresh and minimally processed Iowa-grown food for inclusion in school meals and snacks; and three, encourage children to develop healthy eating habits and provide them with hands on learning activities. Realizing the need for the early childcare sector to receive the same support…

National & Regional Food Systems Networks

This directory of sector and stakeholder specific local and regional food system networks was created as part of the Local and Regional Food Systems Response to COVIS-19 Resilience Playbook. We recognize that each sub-sector of LRFS has its own distinct operations, challenges, and adaptations, and recognize the value offered by national and regional networks in supporting work across sectors and scales. This directory offers a list of networks who have participated in this project’s…

Consumer Food Survey and Insights

The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated public health mandates, caused unprecedented shifts and disruptions for local and regional food systems (LRFS). Impacts on market channels, driven by significant shifts in consumer behavior, were some of the most visible impacts. For example, local food enterprises such as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) quickly filled localized gaps in food systems caused by global supply chain disruptions. In other sectors – such as restaurants and institutional food service –…

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

LRFS

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

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

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

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 to the structure and resiliency of US food systems, and LRFS appeared to be positioned to significantly increase the scope and scale of their market reach as a result. Researchers from three universities collaborated with…

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

Wallace Center at Winrock International

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….

Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program

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 coronavirus 2019 (COVID–19)….

Ticketed Entry for Agritourism

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

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….

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

CSA Innovation Network

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….

CSA Ideas Lab: Strategies to promote CSA

CSA Innovation Network

In this webinar, Corinna Bench, Founder of MyDigitalFarmer.com and Tricia Phelps, CEO of Taste the Local Difference will guide you through best strategies to build an online presence, hook your audience, and help them sign up for your CSA….

CSA Ideas Lab: Virtual Engagement

CSA Innovation Network

This webinar focuses on how CSA farmers and farmer support organizations are producing new & engaging virtual experiences and learning a lot in the process. Come learn as we discuss the most successful, challenging, and innovative aspects of virtual CSA fairs, farmer field days, fundraising events and farmer-led CSA member events! Speakers include Katie Harvey, Elizabeth Corio, Briana Alfaro, and Lauren Rudersdorf….

CSA Ideas Lab: CSA as a Vehicle for Food Access

CSA Innovation Network

This webinar explores the basic principles of food access and features CSA farmers and support organizations that have developed best practices to connect the CSA model to a broader, more inclusive audience. Speakers include Garrett Ziegler from Michigan State University Extension & West Michigan Growers Group, Mike Edwardson of Plainsong Farm (MI), Liv Froehlich from FairShare CSA Coalition (WI), and Linda Davies of Winter Green Farm (OR)….

Using Budgets to Help Farmers Markets Adapt to COVID-19’s Disruptive Impacts

Farmers Market Coalition

The first objective of this brief is to establish a more transparent and better understanding of the budgets of farmers market organizations. This document includes case studies with budgetary data from the Boulder County Farmers Markets (BCFM) in Colorado and the Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association (PCFMA) in the San Francisco Bay Area. The case studies are intended to help farmers market managers conceptualize the expenditures and revenue streams of markets with different organizational…

PreK & K-12 Schools as Access Points for Local Food

Farm To Institution New England and National Farm To School Network

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, philanthropic, and federal dollars into a local food economy reeling from pandemic disruptions. It is precisely because of community-scale networks and ongoing partnerships (rather than large scale or consolidated efforts) that initiatives highlighted in this brief were able to provide hundreds of thousands of pounds of locally produced, fresh, and…

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Local Food Incentive Programs Necessary and Highly Effective for Iowa Farm to School and Early Care

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

National & Regional Food Systems Networks

Consumer Food Survey and Insights

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

LRFS

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

Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program

USDA

Ticketed Entry for Agritourism

NAFDMA Agritourism Association

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

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: Strategies to promote CSA

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: Virtual Engagement

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: CSA as a Vehicle for Food Access

CSA Innovation Network

Using Budgets to Help Farmers Markets Adapt to COVID-19’s Disruptive Impacts

Farmers Market Coalition

PreK & K-12 Schools as Access Points for Local Food

Farm To Institution New England and National Farm To School Network

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