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Farmers Market Promotion Program 2016 Report

2016

Publication

Marketing, Retail, Supply Chains

Authors: USDA

This report is a summary of FMPP grant activities since 2006 and highlights select data and a few exemplary projects funded during fiscal years (FY) 2008 to 2015.

Five Borough Food Flow

2016

Publication

Food Hubs, Supply Chains

2016 New York City Food Distribution & Resiliency Study Results

GETTING IT THERE: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF NEW ENGLAND FOOD DISTRIBUTORS IN PROVIDING LOCAL FOOD TO INSTITUTIONS

2016

Publication

Farm to Institution, Supply Chains

Authors: Nessa Richman

“Getting it There: The Role of New England Food Distributors in Providing Local Food to Institutions” presents in-depth findings and makes specific, data-based recommendations for food distributors – including food hubs – as well as government officials, funders and institutions.

Journal of Agriculture, Food System & Community Development: Labor in the Food System from Farm to Table

2016

Publication

Food Systems, Supply Chains, Worker Justice, Workforce

The Winter 2015-16 Issue of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development – Special Topic: Labor in the Food System

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.

Counting Values: Food Hub Financial Benchmarking Study

Publication

Farming, Food Hubs, Local and Regional Food Systems, Metrics, Supply Chains

Authors: Farm Credit East, Wallace Center at Winrock International, Morse Marketing Connections and Farm Credit Council,

Are food hubs able to support themselves with their operations? What management decisions make the most financial difference? This 2015 report, coordinated by the NGFN Food Hub Collaboration presents a set of financial and operational performance benchmarks to measure and analyze food hubs. By attempting to establish a basis for comparing results across food hubs, a business sector that is both new and multipurpose, this study sheds light on food hubs as business enterprises. Determining such metrics is an important step in the local and regional food sector’s evolution.

Trend in U.S. Local and Regional Food Systems: Report to Congress

Publication

Conservation, Farm to Institution, Farming, Food Hubs, Food Safety, Local and Regional Food Systems, Policy & Advocacy, Supply Chains

Authors: Sarah A. Low, Aaron Adalja, Elizabeth Beaulieu, Nigel Key, Steve Martinez, Alex Melton, Agnes Perez, Katherine Ralston, Hayden Stewart, Shellye Suttles, and Stephen Vogel, of USDA Economic Research Service; Becca B.R. Jablonski, of Colorado State Univ

This U.S. Department of Agriculture Report provides an overview of local and regional food systems across several dimensions.

Farm to Institution New England: Building A Network

Publication

Farm to Institution, Farming, Local and Regional Food Systems, Processes & Practices, Supply Chains

Authors: Melissa Deas, Consensus Building Institute

This report was developed to tell the story of Farm to Institution New England (FINE) and to better understand how network organizations can be an effective means for change.

Northeast Farms to Food: Understanding Our Region’s Food System

Publication

Farming, Food Access, Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems, NESAWG Publication, Policy & Advocacy, Supply Chains

Authors: NESAWG, the University of New Hampshire Office of Sustainability, Northeast Midwest Institute, New Hampshire Center for a Food Secure Future

Northeast Farms to Food (NEFTF), published in 2002 and updated in 2004 and 2006, provides a comprehensive look at the Northeast food and farming system from production through processing and distribution to consumption and diet. It includes over 100 charts and graphs, “farm and food facts,” explanatory text and a chapter on findings and recommendations.

2020 It Takes a Region Call for Proposals

2020

Publication

Aquaculture, Climate Change, Conservation, Dairy, Development, Education, Energy, Equity, Farm to Institution, Farming, Fisheries & Seafood, Food Access, Food Hubs, Food Justice, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Systems, Forestry, Fracking, Funding/Financing/Lending, Inputs, Land Use, Livestock, Local and Regional Food Systems, Mapping, Marketing, Media, Metrics, NESAWG Publication, Nutrition, Policy & Advocacy, Processes & Practices, Processing, Production, Retail, Special Populations, Supply Chains, Sustainable Agriculture, Waste Recovery, Worker Justice, Workforce

2020 It Takes a Region Call for Proposals