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The People’s Food Movement

Shouldn’t good food access match the needs of the people? Come help us bring “good food” to ALL people in Buffalo at the People’s Food Movement on April 8th.

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2016 Farmland Access Conference

Save the Date! Join Maine Farmland Trust and others for a day of discussions and dialog on farmland transition and access.

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2016 Food Distribution Research Society Annual Conference in New Orleans

Exploring Linkages in Food Market Innovations

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Chesapeake Foodshed Network Webinar: Tools & Strategies to Facilitate Access to Land for the Next Generation of Farmers: A Conversation with Holly Rippon-Butler from the National Young Farmers Coalition

Learn the challenges of land access for young farmers and the tools to help farmers gain access to land that is affordable and equitable.

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Food Systems Exploration Tour

APHA’S Food and Environment Working Group is hosting a day long tour of the Colorado Food Movement.

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Nourishing Networks, West Virginia Community Food Security Assessment

2016

Publication

Food Access, Local and Regional Food Systems, Nutrition

Authors: Bradley Wilson, Joshua Lohne, Cheryl Brown, Jessica Crum,Thomson Gross

This report explores diverse strategies to alleviate hunger and to promote access to healthy food in West Virginia.

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Food Frontiers

2016

Video

Food Access

Authors: Center for a Livable Future

Food Frontiers showcases six projects from around the United States that are increasing access to healthy food in varied ways – from a pioneering farm-to-school project to creative supermarket financing to cooking classes in a doctor’s office and a teen-managed grocery store.

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Understanding the Rise in Rural Child Poverty, 2003-2014

2016

Publication

Equity, Food Access, Food Justice, Food Security

A report documenting the rise in Rural Poverty between 2003-2014, published by the USDA Economic Research Service.

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Fourth Annual Yale Food Systems Symposium: Feeding a growing world – Perspectives in 2016

The 2016 Yale Food Systems Symposium (YFSS) will bring diverse scholars and practitioners to work together in action-oriented sessions that address the complex ecological and socio-economic dynamics of feeding the world, including food production, consumption, climate change, and urbanization.

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New England Food Summit

The New England Food Summits bring together delegates from across New England to strengthen collaboration for regional food system sustainability.

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