Community-Based Food Systems Resources
Cultivating Thriving Communities & Sustainable Farms
Presentation by Dr. Nancy Creamer, Director, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, NC State University. Presented at the CEFS Community-Based Food Systems Professional Development Program, February 25-26, 2010. Download PDF
Collaborative Evaluations
Presentation by Tes Thraves, Community-Based Food Systems Coordinator at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. Presented at the CEFS Community-Based Food Systems Professional Development Program, February 25-26, 2010. Download PDF
Community Food Security
What’s Cooking in Your Food System? A Guide to Community Food Assessment
Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)
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Food Policy Councils: Lessons Learned
Food First and CFSC
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Community Food Projects in Action
GENERAL RESOURCE: a PowerPoint from CFSC that outlines the benefits of community food system projects and can be adapted to include your local projects. An excellent resource for presentations to groups or city/county councils illustrating why and how your area can benefit from CFS work. Download PDF
Collaboration and Team Building
Communication and Community Team Building for Local Food Systems Projects
A Powerpoint by Warren Miller of Fountainworks, Inc. focused on project planning (with tools for planning), understanding what helps teams be successful, guidance and tools for meetings (both core project team and greater community meetings), and an introduction to evaluation and logic models as tools all in the context of local food systems project development. Download Powerpoint
Participatory Decision-Making
Mary Lou Addor – Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NCSU) and
Laurie Mettam – Center for Environmental Farming Systems (NCSU)
Handout from a presentation at the CEFS Community-Based Food Systems Professional Development Program, February 25-26, 2010. Download PDF
Collaboration and Community Team Building: Working with Community Teams
Presentation by Warren Miller of Fountainworks, Inc.
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Engaging Your Community: A Discussion- Leader’s Role in Public Dispute Resolution and Participatory Decision-Making
Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NCSU)
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Local Food Systems – General Topics
Report on Retailing and Local Food in Orange and Chatham Counties
Presentation by Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill
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Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Project
Presentation by Leslie Hossfeld, Ph.D., Director Public Sociology Program, UNC – Wilmington
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Food Security Begins at Home: Creating Community Food Coalitions
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Come to the Table: How People of Faith Can Relieve Hunger and Sustain Local Farms in North Carolina
Rural Life Committee of the North Carolina Council of Churches
Growing Home: A Guide to Reconnecting Agriculture, Food and Communities
Community, Food and Agriculture Program, Cornell University
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Knowledge Exchange/Evaluation
Whole Measures for Community Food Systems: Value-Based Planning and Evaluation
Community Food Security Coalition
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Community Food Project Evaluation Toolkit
Community Food Security Coalition
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Logic Model – General Examples
Additional Local Food Systems Resources
General
Participatory Process
- Dismantling Racism Resource Book
- Spectrum of Participation
- Facilitator’s Guidebook: Community-Based Food System Assessment and Planning and partner GIS mapping tool, The Community Food System Explorer (These resources provide research-based tools and methods for facilitating community conversations about local food systems and community resources that can support new projects).
Community Gardens
- Cultivating Community – Building Faith-led Community Gardens
Claire Hermann, RAFI-USA - Growing Communities Curriculum: Community Building and Organizational Development through Community Gardening
American Community Gardening Association - Favorite Resources for Community Gardens and Faith Communities
The Come to the Table Project - Plan for PVC Garden Trellis
Guilford County Cooperative Extension - Starter Kits for Raised Bed Communities
Guilford County Cooperative Extension
Youth Focus
- Ten Tips on Gardening with Kids
American Community Gardening Association - DIG Youth Program Reference Fact Sheet
SEEDS
Farmers Markets
- Creative Farmers Market Strategies and Models
Presentation by Roxanne Leopper and Brooke Love, FirstHealth of the Carolinas - Have Market, Will Travel: Market Linkages
Presentation by Freda Butner, RD LDN, NC Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services - Sample Vendor Survey to Assess the Economic Impact of the Farmers Market
Provided by Moore County Farmers Market - Resources Provided by Lenoir County Cooperative Extension:
- 2010 Kinston Lenoir Farmers Market Economic Impact Report (by marketumbrella.org)
- 2010 Onslow Farmers Market Combined Report (by marketumbrella.org)
- Lenoir County Farmers Market Rules
- Lenoir County Farmers Market Vendor Application
- Lenoir County Farmers Market Vendor Inspection
- Lenoir County Farmers Market Non-farm Guidelines
- Marketing – Farmers Market Postcard
- Resources provided by Swain County Cooperative Extension:
Cooperatives and Retail Distribution
- Components of a Local Food System: Cooperatives & Retail Distribution
Presentation by Sandi Kronick, ECO
Multi-farm CSAs
- Workplace CSA: Connecting Local Farms with Local Employers, Appendix
Center for Environmental Farming Systems - Local Harvest: A Multifarm CSA Handbook
Jill Perry and Scott Franzblau, Northeast SARE