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Building Local Food Networks: A Toolkit for Organizers
"After many years of successfully forging market connections amongst farmers, ranchers and food buyers in the Pacific Northwest, Ecotrust is excited to make its toolkit available to organizers who are striving to build local food networks and robust regional food economies in their own communities." Read more... |
Community Food Security Coalition
"The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times. We seek to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability. CFSC has over 200 member organizations - join us!" Read more... |
Eastern Oregon Locavores"A Google Group to share ideas and resources and connect with neighbors to puzzle out the ways to increase the portion of our diets that are resourced locally. Everyone is an organizer, a planner and a coordinator. We act independently, but towards a common goal. " Read more... |
Farmers Market Management Resource CenterSections include: Getting Started, Funding Sources, Regulations & Food, Safety, Pricing, Promoting the Market, Tracking the Market's Success, Low-Income Customers, Direct Marketing Organizations, General Resources Read more... |
Farm to School"Farm to School programs are popping up all over the U.S. These programs connect schools with local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing health and nutrition education opportunities that will last a lifetime, and supporting local small farmers.." Read more... |
Food Alliance"Food Alliance is a nonprofit organization that certifies farms, ranches and food handlers for sustainable agricultural and business practices. By choosing Food Alliance-certified products, consumers and commercial food buyers can be assured they are supporting environmental stewardship, safe and fair working conditions, and humane treatment of animals." Read more... |
Food for Oregon"Food for Oregon, a database of local and regional community food resources in our state. Our aim is to increase Oregonians' food security by improving access to local, sustainable food resources.Food for Oregon is a collaboration of Oregon State University Extension Service and Oregon Food Bank." Read more... |
Friends of Family Farmers"Friends of Family Farmers is building a strong and united voice for Oregon's independent family farmers, food advocates, and concerned citizens who are working to foster an approach to agriculture that respects the land, treats animals humanely, sustains local communities, and provides a viable livelihood for family farmers." Read more... |
LocallyGrown.Net"LocallyGrown.net provides a simple system for farmers' markets to move from the traditional booths and tables "flea market" system to a fully coordinated on-line ordering system. Like at traditional farmers' markets, growers can fully display all of their goods and set their own prices. And like at traditional farmers' markets, customers can browse through the products and buy from all or just one of the growers. With LocallyGrown.net markets, customers usually get two full days to shop, the growers usually don't harvest until after the order has been placed, and the customer can come to one location and have everything waiting to be picked up." Read more... |
Local Harvest"LocalHarvest is America's #1 organic and local food website. We maintain a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. Our search engine helps people find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with small farms in their local area. Our online store helps small farms develop markets for some of their products beyond their local area." Read more... |
LOTRA - Local Trade Alliance"LOTRA is a mission-driven organization whose long-term objective is to revive America's local communities with thriving businesses and numerous job opportunities while benefiting the environment. We achieve our mission by promoting local trade and providing food retailers and vendors with unique solutions to market local products to consumers." Read more... |
Oregon Farmers' Market Association"OFMA welcomes the participation of farmers' markets, farmers, customers, and other market supporters. For markets, OFMA provides many market benefits to assist in growing successful markets. For farmers and market supporters, OFMA encourage their support of the larger vision of sustaining Oregon agriculture for future generations." Read more... |
Oregon Food Bank / Community Connection"Community Connections of Northeast Oregon is the regional food bank serving all of Union, Wallowa, Baker and Grant counties in Eastern Oregon." Read more... |
Oregon Food Bank / Community Food Programs"Community food programs increase food security for individuals and communities throughout Oregon and Clark County, Wash." Read more... |
Slow Food U.S.A"Slow Food USA seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. We inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market forces so that they ensure equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat. " Read more... |
State and Local Food Policy Councils"Food Policy Councils convene citizens and government officials for the purpose of providing a comprehensive examination of a state or local food system. This unique, non-partisan form of civic engagement brings together a diverse array of food system stakeholders to develop food and agriculture policy recommendations." Read more... |
The Victory Garden"During World War I and World War II, the United States government asked its citizens to plant gardens in order to support the war effort. Millions of people planted gardens. In 1943, Americans planted over 20 million Victory Gardens, and the harvest accounted for nearly a third of all the vegetables consumed in the country that year. Emphasis was placed on making gardening a family or community effort -- not a drudgery, but a pastime, and a national duty." Read more... |
USDA Community Food Systems and Civic Agriculture"A community food system is one in which "food production, processing, distribution and consumption are integrated to enhance the environmental, economic, social and nutritional health of a particular place." From Discovering the Food System: A Primer on Community Food Systems, Cornell University." Read more... |
USDA Resources for Local Food Systems"Resources intended for use by Extension professionals working in collaboration with the W.K. Kellogg Food and Fitness funded communities. While not all inclusive, this list includes USDA and Land Grant Institution materials on local sustainable agriculture, food access, community food security, nutrition and health." Read more... |
Wikipedia: Local food"Local food (also regional food or food patriotism) or the local food movement is a "collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies - one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place"[1] and is considered to be a part of the broader sustainability movement. It is part of the concept of local purchasing and local economies, a preference to buy locally produced goods and services. Those who prefer to eat locally grown/produced food sometimes call themselves "localvores" or locavores." Read more... |
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