Here are some reports and readings that may be useful to folks who are working to change the food system to a more equitable and environmentally sound system.
Pioneer Valley
The Pioneer Valley Food Security Plan (2012) – Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Scaling Up Local Food – CISA
The Greenfield Food Study (2013)
Local Food, Local Jobs in the Pioneer Valley Food System (2013)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Food Policy Council
Massachusetts Food Action Plan
New England
Food Solutions New England – a Vision
American Farmland Trust – New England
Farm to Plate: Strengthening Vermont’s Food System
Sedgewick Maine Declares Sovereignty (2011) – Food Freedom
National and Global
Chinatown in NYC– Valarie Imbruce
Food and Farming Transition (2009) – Post Carbon Institute
National Family Farm Coalition
Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the U.S. – USDA-ERS
Facts on Direct-to-Consumer Food Marketing (2009) – USDA- Ag Marketing Service
Food Sovereignty – National Family Farm Coalition
Feeding the World (2016) – Environmental Working Group
La Via Campesina on Food Sovereignty
Is Market Populism Enough or do we need to Change the Rules – Karl North
More Organizations
Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture
USDA Economic Research Service
Northeast Sustainable Ag Working Group
National Family Farm Coalition
Food as Commons
Food should be a Commons not a Commodity
Food as a Commodity, a Human Right, or a Common Good
Teaching Materials
Teaching the Food System – Johns Hopkins
Food for Thought and Action: A Food Sovereignty Curriculum – Grassroots International
We can do better (resources looking at the problem)
Food Prices Hurt Regenerative Farms
Destructive Farming is the Issue
A Nation of Farmers – Sharon Astyk
