Resource Library

Welcome to the CFN’s Resource Library!

Here you will find:

  • Plans, reports, and webinars from partner organizations, funders, constituent food coalitions & policy councils in the Chesapeake Foodshed
  • Resources that CFN webinar presenters/resource experts share with us
  • Reports, articles, plans, etc. from outside our region that are related to CFN Work Groups, Action Teams, and Priority Areas

 

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Beefing Up Appalachia: Downstream Strategies
Source: Downstream Strategies, Kitchen Table Consultants. and Unlimited Future, Inc.
Issues Addressed: Agricultural Inputs, Business & Econ Development, Food Hub, Institutional Purchasing, Land Access, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Marketing & Sales, Processing & Manufacturing, Procurement, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: Appalachia

Blueprint for a National Food Strategy
Source: Vermont Law School: Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Issues Addressed: Advocacy, Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Anti-Poverty, Business & Econ Development, Conservation, Education & Training, Environment, Food Access, Food Justice, Food Policy, Food Waste, Food Waste Rescue & Recovery, Institutional Purchasing, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Marketing & Sales, Media, Nutrition & Wellness, Procurement, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National

Collective Impact
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Issues Addressed: Education & Training
Geographic Scope: National

Concepts of Community Food Systems: Annotated Bibliography
Source: Virginia Tech
Issues Addressed: Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Anti-Poverty, Education & Training, Environment, Equity & Social Justice, Food Access, Food Justice, Food Policy, Food Waste, Land Access, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Nutrition & Wellness, Procurement, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National, Regional

Diversifying the Agricultural Basket, Risks in Conventional Poultry Growing on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Opportunities from Diversified Local Agriculture,”
Source: Aiden Irish, Fair Farms Maryland, Food and Water Watch, Assateague Coastal Trust, the Center for Progressive Reform and Environmental Integrity Project
Issues Addressed: Environment, Production & Harvesting
Geographic Scope: Maryland

Food Recovery in the District of Columbia: A Legal Guide
Source: Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic
Issues Addressed: Agricultural Inputs, Conservation, Environment, Food Access, Food Waste, Food Waste Rescue & Recovery, Land Conservation, Nutrition & Wellness, Processing & Manufacturing, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: DC Metro Area

GOOD FOOD FOR ALL AN ASSESSMENT OF FOOD SYSTEM EFFORTS IN THE CHESAPEAKE FOODSHED
Source: Arabella Advisors
Issues Addressed: Advocacy, Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Anti-Poverty, Business & Econ Development, Conservation, Education & Training, Environment, Equity & Social Justice, Finance, Fisheries, Food Access, Food Hub, Food Justice, Food Policy, Food Waste, Food Waste Rescue & Recovery, Institutional Purchasing, Labor, Land Access, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Marketing & Sales, Nutrition & Wellness, Processing & Manufacturing, Procurement, Production & Harvesting, Recovery, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: Regional

Good Food For All: Chesapeake Regional Food Systems Assessment Preliminary Findings
Source: Arabella Advisors
Issues Addressed: Aggregation & Distribution, Equity & Social Justice, Processing & Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: Regional

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE? A Report on the Factors that Favor or Hinder the Flow of Local Food in the Chesapeake Bay Region
Source: Commissioned by The Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc. & The Town Creek Foundation
Issues Addressed: Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Business & Econ Development, Environment, Fisheries, Food Access, Food Policy, Land Access, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Processing & Manufacturing, Procurement, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: Appalachia, DC Metro Area, Delaware, Delmarva Penninsula, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Regional, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia

Healthy Food Policy Project
Source: Vermont Law School: Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, USDA
Issues Addressed: Advocacy, Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Anti-Poverty, Business & Econ Development, Conservation, Education & Training, Environment, Equity & Social Justice, Food Access, Food Hub, Food Justice, Food Policy, Food Waste, Food Waste Rescue & Recovery, Institutional Purchasing, Land Access, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Procurement, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National

How Food Policy Councils Are Organized & Operate
Source: Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Issues Addressed: Advocacy, Business & Econ Development, Environment, Equity & Social Justice, Food Access, Food Justice, Food Policy, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Procurement, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National

Managing Maryland’s Growth: Planning for the Food System
Source: Maryland Department of Planning
Issues Addressed: Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Business & Econ Development, Education & Training, Environment, Equity & Social Justice, Institutional Purchasing, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Processing & Manufacturing, Production & Harvesting
Geographic Scope: Maryland

Maryland Food Charter
Source: Institute for Public Health Innovation, Wildflower Consulting, Town Creek Foundation
Issues Addressed: Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Business & Econ Development, Conservation, Education & Training, Environment, Food Access, Food Hub, Food Justice, Food Policy, Food Waste, Food Waste Rescue & Recovery, Institutional Purchasing, Land Access, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Marketing & Sales, Processing & Manufacturing, Procurement, Production & Harvesting
Geographic Scope: Maryland

Maryland Food Hubs – Needs Assessment Meeting
Source: Town Creek Foundation
Issues Addressed: Aggregation & Distribution
Geographic Scope: Maryland

Maryland Grown: Can Maryland Agriculture Support Local?
Source: Chesapeake Foodshed Network
Issues Addressed: Local Sourcing
Geographic Scope: Maryland

Policies Supporting Local Food in the United States
Source: USDA: ERS
Issues Addressed: Advocacy, Agricultural Inputs, Business & Econ Development, Environment, Food Policy, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National

Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation
Source: Bread For the World
Issues Addressed: Equity & Social Justice, Food Access, Food Justice
Geographic Scope: Global

The (New) Good Laws, Good Food Toolkit
Source: Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic and John Hopkins' Center for a Livable Future
Issues Addressed: Advocacy, Aggregation & Distribution, Agricultural Inputs, Business & Econ Development, Conservation, Environment, Finance, Food Access, Food Policy, Land Access, Land Conservation, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Nutrition & Wellness, Processing & Manufacturing, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National, Regional

The Economics of Local Food Systems: A Toolkit to Guide Community Discussions, Assessments and Choices
Source: USDA
Issues Addressed: Advocacy, Business & Econ Development, Education & Training, Finance, Land Planning, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National

The Future of Sustainable Farming and Forestry in Maryland
Source: The Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc.
Issues Addressed: Aggregation & Distribution, Business & Econ Development, Land Access, Land Planning, Local Sourcing, Production & Harvesting, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: Maryland

The Water of Systems Change
Source: FSG: Reimagining Systems Change
Issues Addressed: Education & Training, Fisheries, Supply Chain
Geographic Scope: National

Virginia Farm to Table Plan
Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension
Issues Addressed: Business & Econ Development, Environment, Equity & Social Justice, Food Access, Land Conservation
Geographic Scope: Virginia

Wasted: How America is Losing up to 40% of its Food From Fork to Farm to Landfill
Source: NRDC
Issues Addressed: Conservation, Food Waste Rescue & Recovery
Geographic Scope: National

What is Theory of Change?
Source: Center for Theory of Change
Issues Addressed: Education & Training
Geographic Scope: National

Your Ag Business Venture: Dream, Plan, Implement
Source: Maryland Extension
Issues Addressed: Business & Econ Development, Marketing & Sales
Geographic Scope: Maryland