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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.

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
A USDA initiative to promote sustainable local and regional food systems that will support small and mid-sized farms and ranches, strengthen rural communities, promote healthy eating, and protect our natural resources.

Community Food Systems
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
This resource list provides information on how establishing community food systems meets daily food and nutrition needs, helps the local economy, supports local farmers, and promotes a sustainable, local food system.

A Primer on Community Food Systems: Linking Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Cornell University. Division of Nutritional Sciences. Discovering the Food System.
Provides a general overview of community food systems as well as the goals, elements, and actions necessary to support and strengthen the system. Also in PDF |133 KB.

FoodRoutes Network
FoodRoutes Network
"National non-profit dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food � the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to our tables." Includes searchable database of materials relating to local food research and promotion.

Food Circles Networking Project
University of Missouri. Food Circles Networking Project.
Missouri-based project includes many general resources including the group�s A Vision of a Localized Food System and reports, charts and presentations that document the consolidation of food and agriculture corporations.

Agriculture, Food and Community Development Program
Cornell University. Community and Rural Development Institute.
Tools and data from a research, teaching and extension program dedicated to strengthening communities and supporting local agriculture.

Bringing Local Food to Local Institutions: A Resource Guide for Farm-to-School and Farm-to-Institution Programs
ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
This publication provides farmers, school administrators and institutional food service planners with contact information and descriptions of existing programs that have made connections between local farmers and local school lunchrooms, college dining halls or cafeterias in other institutions.

Community Food Security Coalition
Community Food Security Coalition.
Non-profit North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems. Guidebooks, news, reports and links.

Community Food Systems Bibliography
University of California at Davis. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
Bibliographic guide to resources pertaining to community food systems research. Originally from Community Food Systems in California: Profiles of 13 Collaborations.

FoodShare
FoodShare.
Canadian organization that focuses on food security and community food system advocacy and education.

Food Miles: Background and Marketing
National Center for Appropriate Technology. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
This publication addresses how food miles are calculated, investigates how food miles affect producers and consumers, and evaluates methods for curbing the energy intensiveness of our food transportation system.

Moving Toward CIVIC Agriculture - Locally-based System Linked to Social and Economic Community Development
American Agricultural Economics Association. Choices.
Issues, analysis and statistics focused on local food systems. Article from the Fall 2000 issue of Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and Resource Issues.

Community Food Security Learning Center
World Hunger Year.
Provides an introduction, program profiles, policy initiatives and ways to get involved with links to Web and print resources, related articles and connections to government programs. A glossary and frequently asked questions cover community supported agriculture, community gardens, farmers' markets, local and regional food systems, farm to cafeteria, community food assessment and food policy councils.

Last Modified: Nov 19, 2009


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