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)
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
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
Go Farm Young People and Heal the Country