Resources & Research

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Stranded in Atlanta's Food Deserts

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In a region that prides itself on celebrity chefs and lush farmers markets, half a million people live without access to something as basic as a grocery store.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Hunger and Poverty
Disease

Groundswell: A Guide to Building Food Security in Rural Communities

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Groundswell: A Guide to Building Food Security in Rural Communities is full of information and links to tools and resources.  Get started with tools that will help you to reach out to your community to find out what is needed and by who.  Then get inspired by the section describing programs and services that are being offered in other communities.
Agriculture
Regional and Local
Food Systems

Technical Report on "Making Something out of Nothing": Food Literacy among Youth, Young Pregnant Women and Young Parents who are At Risk for Poor Health

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This document on food skills was developed by a Locally Driven Collaborative Project team. It is the product of 18 months of research at public health departments across Ontario, and was funded by Public Health Ontario. 

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Food Literacy
Food Environments

"Making Something out of Nothing": Food Literacy among Youth, Young Pregnant Women and Young Parents who are At Risk for Poor Health

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This document on food skills was developed by a Locally Driven Collaborative Project team. It is the product of 18 months of research at public health departments across Ontario, and was funded by Public Health Ontario. 

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Food Literacy
Food Environments

Presentation introducing the Provincial and Territorial Guidance Document and its intended uses

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This is a powerpoint presentation, which introduces the Provincial and Territorial Guidance document and its intended uses. It was created and presented 19 February 2014 by Pat Martz, RD, project manager at Public Health and Wellness Branch, Health Services Division, Alberta Health.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Literacy

Provincial and Territorial Guidance Document for the development of Nutrient Criteria for Foods and Beverages in Schools

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This technical document was prepared by the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Group on Nutrition Working Group on Improving the Consistency of School Food and Beverage Criteria (Working Group). This technical document is intended to: guide and support provinces and territories as they develop and revise their guidelines over time; and facilitate the food industry to develop or reformulate food and beverage products that use this nutrient criteria for procurement by jurisdictions school nutrition guidelines and policies.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Literacy

Critical Studies on Food in Italy Summer Program

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Brief description of the program

DURATION: 5-WEEK Full Immersion Summer Program

WHEN: 19 MAY 2014 – 21 JUNE 2014

WHERE: ROME, ITALY

The program is open to all majors, University of Massachusetts Amherst and non-University of Massachusetts Amherst students. The program was launched through the collaboration of Gustolab Institute Center for Food and Culture and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Language Courses provider: Scuola Leonardo da Vinci Rome.  

Food Literacy
Food Environments
International Issues

Municipal Food Policy Entrepreneurs

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Municipal Food Policy Entrepreneurs: A preliminary analysis of how Canadian cities and regional districts are involved in food system change, by Rod MacRae and Kendal Donahue, was published in June 2013 and is a collaboration between the Toronto Food Policy Council, the Vancouver Food Policy Council and the Canadian Agriculture Policy Institute.

Democracy and Movements
Regional and Local
Food Systems

Local Food Systems & Public Policy: A Review of the Literature

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Local Food Systems & Public Policy: A Review of the Literature, published in 2009 is a joint publication of Équiterre & The Centre for Trade Policy and Law at Carleton University. This review of existing knowledge about local food systems is grounded in a food sovereignty lens since, as the Executive Summary states, local food systems are an effective means to achieve food sovereignty. The scope of the review is global, drawing on information from a wide variety of social, political and economic contexts.

Food Sovereignty
Regional and Local
Food Systems

Workforce Multiplier Effect of Local Farms and Food Processors

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The Workforce Multiplier Effect of Local Farms and Food Processors in Northwestern Ontario report, published in Feb 2013, is a collaboration between North Superior Workforce Planning Board, Northwest Training and Adjustment Board, Lake Head University and the Food Security Research Network. The study helped to determine workforce training needs for the region, but also, as the Executive Summary states, "demonstrates the importance of the food production sector in providing both direct and indirect employment in the region".

Labour
Agriculture
Economics