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Adding Values to our Food Systems: An Economic Analysis of Community Food Systems
Utah State University. Integrity Systems Cooperative Company.
Provides research on the cost comparison between community and industrial food systems. (1997)

Community Food Security Programs Improve Access (PDF|97 KB)
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Explains how community-based initiatives can complement existing food assistance programs in improving food security. (2001)

Community Food Systems: Toward a Common Language for Building Productive Partnerships (PDF|392 KB)
Cornell University. Cornell Community Nutrition Program.
Discusses need for clear framework to discuss concepts of community food systems, family food decision-making, and food security across various disciplines. (2000)

Community-Based Food Processing Strategies in the Northeast
Community, Food, and Agriculture Program. Cornell University.
Discusses shared-use kitchens as a community-based food processing strategy (1999).

Food Security in the United States: Recommended Readings
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Articles and reports, technical information, survey tools, and research reports related to household food security and community food security.

Food System in Extension and Research
Cornell University. Community Food Systems.
A sustainable agriculture and food systems white paper. (1999)

From Farm to School: Improving Small Farm Viability and School Meals: Project Summary
Cornell University. Community Food Systems.
Report of project to expand opportunities for farmers to sell their goods directly to schools. (2000)

Increasing Food Recovery From Farmers’ Markets: A Preliminary Analysis
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Discusses establishing relationships between farmers' markets and nonprofit food recovery and gleaning organizations to improve nutritional status of low income families. (2000)

Putting a Face on Our Food: How State and Local Food Policies Can Promote New Agriculture (PDF|355 KB)
Drake University. Drake Journal of Agricultural Law.
Discusses role state and local governments play in impacting agriculture and community food systems. (2002)

Wisconsin Foodshed Research Project
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Rural Sociology. Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
Tools and resources for activitists and eaters who are changing the way food is grown, processed, marketed and eaten.

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