This resource is hosted by the Community, Local and Regional Food Systems (CLRFS) Community of Practice. It is designed to provide information and networking opportunities for educators, community-based practitioners, policy makers, farmers/growers, families, and those individuals involved in building equitable, health-promoting, resilient, and economically balanced food systems. As a community of practice, we: 1) create new content; 2) compile and summarize information published by our member organizations; 3) and make it our goal to offer a unique, online meeting place for diverse groups and interests to share information and learn from one another.
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Farm to Table: Building Local and Regional Food Systems (SARE brief)
Discover a wealth of educational materials for farmers, ranchers, ag professionals, community organizers and others who are striving to reconfigure the nation’s food system so more value stays in food-producing communities.
The content on this page is available as a topic brief (PDF download from the SARE website), Building Local and Regional Food Systems.
Food Systems Leadership Development
The Food Systems Leadership Network (a Wallace Center National Community of Practice) connects individuals and staff of non-profit, community-based organizations through its online, interactive platform where members can access a variety of opportunities and services to support professional development and organizational capacity.
http://www.wallacecenter.org/communitybasedfoodsystems/
Connect with colleagues around the country through a network of peer to peer support and professional development.
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
A network of more than 500 organizations in the Northeast, NESAWG provides opportunities for connecting with people throughout the Northeast and across sectors to share resources, identify gaps and partner on innovative projects. Workgroup activity ranges from sharing best practices to collaborating on more involved projects.
Annual conference that provides an opportunity to share and learn about applied food systems projects – focused on but not limited to the Northeastern U.S.