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America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007—This report from the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics includes ERS statistics on children's food security.
U.S. Action Plan on Food Security—Links
to questions
and answers on food security and the U.S.
Action Plan on Food Security (PDF).
USDA Hunger and Food Security page—Information on USDA's Community Food Projects Competitive Grants fund, with links and information about various community food security resources.
USDA Community Food
Projects Competitive Grants Program—Designed to increase
food security in communities by bringing the whole food system together
to assess strengths, establish linkages, and create systems that
improve the self-reliance of community members over their food needs.
Grants are intended to help eligible private nonprofit entities
that need a one-time infusion of Federal assistance to establish
and carry out multi-purpose community food projects. The site provides
information on project guidelines, summaries of ongoing and completed
projects, and how to apply for funding.
USDA Food and Nutrition
Service Food Security Action Resources—Provide tools to
help communities, advocates, and State and local governments strengthen
partnerships to fight food insecurity and maximize the effectiveness
of USDA's nutrition assistance programs. Resources include The National
Nutrition Safety Net: Tools for Community Food Security, a guide
for helping communities overcome barriers to Federal nutrition assistance
programs; Together We Can, a handbook for combating hunger through
volunteer activities through volunteerism; and A Guide to Measuring
Household Food Security, tools to help assess the extent of food
insecurity and hunger at the local level.
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service Small Farms/School Meals Initiative Guide—The
Small Farms/School Meals Initiative encourages small farmers to sell fresh
fruits and vegetables to local schools for use in their meal programs.
This manual is a step-by-step guide of activities for groups to plan,
conduct, and publicize a professional town hall meeting that encourages
small farmers and local school officials to begin a "farm-to-school"
project.
USDA National Agricultural
Library (NAL) Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA)—Cooperative effort between USDA's
NAL and Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
Provides a State-by-State listing of CSA farms, information on how community
supported agriculture works, and links to specific resources for those
interested in establishing or expanding a CSA program.
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