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The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative is a public-private partnership model created in 2004 with the aim of developing supermarkets and fresh food outlets in underserved rural and urban areas.
PolicyLink is a national research and action institute in the United States, which works to advance economic and social equity. PolicyLink advocates for the wider adoption of A Healthy Food Financing Initiative across the US, based on the Pennsylvania model.
This document was developed based on ideas generated at the NYC Food and Climate Summit in December, 2009. The ten ideas featured are intended to set forth a bold and comprehensive agenda that will spark systemic change in New York’s regional food system, building on efforts initiated in borough President Stringer’s 2009 report, “Food in the Public Interest: How Food Holds the Key to Hunger, Health, Jobs and the Environment.” Together, the ideas seek to balance health, economic, and environmental needs, and present legislative next steps that will support a sustainable food system.
A resolution establishing goals, creating a policy framework, and identifying planning, analysis and actions for the purpose of strengthening Seattle’s food system sustainability and security.
This Community Farm Alliance (CFA) report, Bringing Kentucky’s Food and Farm Economy Home, is an attempt to establish where Kentucky agriculture is now, what important changes have taken place over the last 20 years, and a vision of potential economic revitalization for Kentucky’s rural and urban areas.
Access the report here
In 2009, Food First: Institute for Food and Development Policy, published a report on food policy councils across North America. The report, entitled Food Policy Councils: Lessons Learned, is an assessment based on an extensive literature review and testimony from 48 individual interviews with the people most involved in Food Policy Councils across North America. The report dicussses the need and role for food policy councils, highlights the function and structure of various food policy councils as well as their successes and challenges.
You can access the full report here