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Community & Regional Food Systems Action ToolKIT

This toolkit provides resources for planning, implementing, and evaluating community food system activities to promote health, environment, equity, & economic vitality. It emphasizes justice and fairness, strong communities, vibrant farms, and healthy people. Explore the toolkit to support local, sustainable, and economically viable food systems.

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Community & Regional Food Systems Action ToolKIT

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  1. Community & Regional Food Systems Action ToolKIT Lindsey Day Farnsworth ldfarnsworth@wisc.edu Samuel Pratschsamuel.pratsch@ces.uwex.edu April 21, 2015

  2. ToolKIT OVERVIEW • What’s the purpose? • This toolkit is a compilation of action-oriented resources to help practitioners and their community partners and local governments plan, implement, and/or evaluate a variety of community food system activities and explore how they are connected. • What’s the intended audience? • Extension county educators and state specialists • Community-based organizations • Funders • Local governments

  3. Linking theory & Action The way we approach food systems activities shapes the health,environmental,social,andeconomicoutcomes of our food system.

  4. UW-Madison Community & Regional Food Systems Project Framework Enabling Environment: Agriculture and Food Policy, Economics, Public Health System, Natural Environment, Community & Culture Source: UW-Madison Community and Regional Food Systems Project V.5 working draft, www.community-food.org

  5. Activities & Context Enabling Environment: Agriculture and Food Policy, Economics, Public Health System, Natural Environment, Community & Culture Values Land access & Suitability Agricultural Production Resource & Waste Recovery Distribution & Aggregation Food System Supply Chain Food Processing Consumption Preparation: Consumer & Institutional Marketing

  6. Community Food System Framework Values Justice & Fairness Activities & Context Enabling Environment: Agriculture and Food Policy, Economics, Public Health System, Natural Environment, Community & Culture Vibrant farms & gardens Justice & Fairness Land access & Suitability Agricultural Production Sustainable ecosystems Thriving Local Economies Resource & Waste Recovery Distribution & Aggregation Food System Supply Chain Food Processing Consumption Strong communities Preparation: Consumer & Institutional Marketing Sustainable ecosystems Healthy People Cooperation

  7. Whole Measures for Community Food Systems • Healthy People • Provides healthy food for all • Ensures health & wellbeing of all Connects people & land • Sustainable Ecosystems • Sustains a healthy environment • Promotes an ecological ethic • Enhances biodiversity • Sustainable Local Economies • Build local wealth • Builds long-term economic vitality • Develops infrastructure that supports community & enviro health • Systems thinking & collaboration • Emphasis on root causes • Interdisciplinary strategies • Coordinated, multi-level approaches • Justice & Fairness • Provides food for all • Reveals & uproots injustice • institutions support food justice • Strong Communities • Community-driven & builds equity • Builds trust and reciprocity • Civic leadership & political empowerment • Vibrant Farms & Gardens • Supports local, sustainable & economically viable family farms • Protects farmers & farmworkers • Respects farm animals

  8. ToolKIT Content OVERVIEW • How is this different than other food system resources? • Action-oriented • Linked to/rooted in the CRFS framework • Connection to Program Development and Evaluation • Not just another another food systems resource page: • UW-Extension CFS Team website • Cornell University • University of Minnesota Extension • E-Extension Community, Local & Regional Food System CoP • Johns Hopkins University • Food Policy Resources Food System Curriculum

  9. Program Development and Evaluation

  10. Example of Planning Use of Toolkit • Plan and develop a new food-related program or project using the Whole Measures values to define intended outcomes Outcomes • Short Medium Long • A thriving community food system that provides safe food and a built environment that enables all people to attain complete physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual well-being and positive growth Policy and decision makers increase knowledge and awareness of how community infrastructure impacts health Policy and decision makers finance and incentivize the creation of community infrastructure Community infrastructure that supports access to and availability of healthy food and physical activity opportunities

  11. Example of action Use of Toolkit Identify resources and strategies to support new or existing projects

  12. Searching for a resource

  13. Searching for the resource Toolkit Seeking resources and strategies to support new or existing projects?

  14. SAMPLE TOOLKIT CONTENT Healthy People • Access to Healthy Food Survey University of Washington Center for Public Health & Nutrition • Healthy Food Access Mapping ToolPolicyLink& Healthy Food Access Portal Sustainable Ecosystems • Guide to Small Batch Composting Urban Garden Center • Sustainable Business Develop. Guide MN Institute for Sustainable Ag & SARE Sustainable Local Economies • Guide to Food Innovation Districts MSU & NW MI Council of Governments • Cost-Benefit Analysis ToolAFRI CRFS Project Systems thinking & collaboration • In development Justice & Fairness • National Equity Atlas PolicyLink • Equity & Empowerment lens Multnomah County, Oregon Strong Communities • Federal Grants Program Guide for Sustainable Farms & Communities Michael Fields & USDA • Organizational Capacity & StructureUniversity of Minnesota Extension Vibrant Farms & Gardens • National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service ATTRA • Build a Low-cost Cooler/Pack Shed FairShare & The Farley Center for Peace & Justice

  15. Example of Learning Use of toolkit

  16. Reporting Uses of CRFS Toolkit • Demonstrate the impact of your community food system work by using Whole Measures to align the evaluation of your programs with the Cooperative Extensions Recording Results Systems

  17. Next steps and timeline • April 2015 • Revise concept of toolkit based on feedback • May 2015 – July 2015 • Finalize website design function and graphics • Finalize content • Integration of concept, website, and content • August 2015 – September 2015 • Pilot the toolkit • November • Launch

  18. Discussion questions • Are there gaps in resources or information? • How do you envision using this resource? • Is anything confusing about the toolkit? • What do you need to be able to use this resource? • One-on-one training • Modifications to website content • Workshops • Other? • Would you be interested in piloting the toolkit?

  19. Questions & recommendations? Please contact us! Lindsey Day Farnsworth ldfarnsworth@wisc.edu Samuel Pratschsamuel.pratsch@ces.uwex.edu

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