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The US FARM BILL: Corporate Power & Structural Racialization in the United States Food System

2015

Publication

Equity, Farming, Food Systems, Policy & Advocacy

This report, from the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California Berkeley, provides an in-depth analysis of the US Farm Bill with a particular focus on how Farm Bill policies are shaped by corporate power and how such policies affect the lives of marginalized communities.

Growing Food Connections: Exploring Stories of Innovation

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Food Systems

From the Growing Food Connections Project: the Exploring Stories of Innovation series, a series of short articles that explore how local governments from across the United States are strengthening their community’s food system through planning and policy.

Opening Plenary Panel – NESAWG 2015 Conference

Audio Track

Equity, Food Systems

At NESAWG’s 2015 It Takes a Region Conference, our opening plenary featured a conversation between movement leaders across generations.

Symposium on American Food Resilience: Promoting a Secure Food Supply

Publication

Farming, Food Access, Food Security, Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems, Supply Chains, Sustainable Agriculture

Authors: Gerald Marten, Nurcan Atalan-Helicke (Editors)

In 2015, the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences published the Symposium on American Food Resilience. The 27 articles in the Symposium explore the vulnerability and resilience of food production and distribution from a variety of perspectives, providing a wealth of material that can be mined by researchers, teachers, practitioners, and policy makers for application to their own circumstances.

An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System

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Equity, Food Justice, Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems, Worker Justice, Workforce

Authors: Anel Guel and Rich Pirog, Michigan State University

This annotated bibliography provides current research and outreach on structural racism in the U.S. food system for food system practitioners, researchers, and educators.

Farming Is Public Service: A Case to Add Farmers to the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program

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Farming, Food Systems, Policy & Advocacy

Authors: National Young Farmers Coalition

A 2015 survey from the National Young Farmers Coalition documenting how student loan debt prevents young people from pursuing careers in agriculture.

A Toolkit to Understand the Economic Impacts of Local Food System Initiatives

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Farming, Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems

A Toolkit to Help Your Community Understand the Economic Impacts of Your Local Food System Initiatives, from the eXtension Local and Regional Food Systems Community of Practice

New England Food Policy: Building a Sustainable Food System Webinar Series – Webinar #1

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Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems, NESAWG Publication, Policy & Advocacy

NESAWG, American Farmland Trust, and the Conservation Law Foundation, and the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group conducted a series of 10 webinars delving into policy issues addressed in their report, New England Food Policy: Building a Sustainable Food System, bringing in experts in the field.

Region-sizing the Food System: Recipe from New England

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Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems, NESAWG Publication, Policy & Advocacy

NESAWG’s 2014 It Takes A Region Conference held a plenary on our New England Food System Policy Project, which focuses on fostering better farm and food policies and greater regional collaboration.

Food Systems Brief #1: Measuring the Current Consumption of Locally Grown Foods

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Farming, Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems

From the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, this Food Systems Briefs series summarizes articles published in the Journal.