NEW PUBLICATION: A GUIDE TO COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS

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NEW PUBLICATION: A GUIDE TO COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS

Now available on the Community Food Security Coalition web site:

www.foodsecurity.org

This 20-page Guide features case studies of seven innovative projects funded

by USDA1s Community Food Projects grant program. The projects are notable

for their success in addressing the CFP program goals, which are to:

=85 meet the needs of low-income people by increasing their access to freshe=
r,

more nutritious food supplies;

=85 increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own foo=
d

needs; and=20

=85 promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm, and nutrition issue=
s.

The diverse projects profiled in the Guide to Community Food Projects

include:=20

=85 Several self-sustaining, locally-owned business that support family

farmers and low-income households in Iowa

=85 An emerging regional food production and distribution network that build=
s

self-reliance and wealth for low-income neighborhoods in Rochester, NY

=85 A youth employment program in San Francisco that produces quality organi=
c

food products, economic development, and personal growth

=85 A project to redevelop cultivation and gathering of traditional foods by=
 a

Native American tribe in Southern Arizona

=85 A hog producers1 coop in Missouri that benefits both family farmers and

low-income communities

=85 Fruit and salad bars in 30 Los Angeles County schools that provide

healthful foods and nutrition education to school children

=85 New community gardens that increase food-self reliance in low-income

neighborhoods in New York City

The Guide is attractively designed, with numerous photos of the projects.

It also includes basic information about the CFP program and the Community

Food Security Coalition.

The CFP program was established in 1996, and has awarded $13 million in

grants to 102 projects.  The Request for Proposals for 2002 was released on

January 24, and proposals are due by March 22.  More information is

available from the CFSC web site, including a description of services

provided by CFSC to assist grant applicants.

If you are unable to access the PDF version of the report from the web site,

you can contact the CFSC office to request a hard copy, which will be

available in Spring 2002 (after passage of the Farm Bill).

Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)

P.O. Box 209

Venice, CA 90294

(310) 822-5410

cfsc@foodsecurity.org

http://www.foodsecurity.org

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