Community Food Systems

What is a Community Food System?

If you eat, you are part of it! A community food system is a network of people, infrastructure and relationships that grow, 收获, 过程, 包, 运输, 市场, consume and dispose of food and food-related items.

Our community food system shapes how people get the food they need to stay healthy. It also helps food-related jobs and businesses to thrive. It shapes regional food security and access, agricultural-related economic development and public health.

What’s happening in the Southwest Treasure Valley Community Food System?

的 帕耶特 Valley Food Connection is a group of inspired community members working hard to provide the region with fresh fruits and vegetables from local producers.

Community Food System Assessment Process

用户界面扩展, 帕耶特县 is collaborating with surrounding counties through a participatory 过程 that takes a big picture look at our regional food system including production, 消费, distribution and waste. 的 assessment 过程 includes planning, data and information gathering, actions and implementation.

的 overall goals of the assessment are to:

• Develop an understanding of the 现有的状态 of the local food system in relationship to public health, economic development and quality of life.
• 识别 economic development opportunities related to agricultural production resulting from gaps in the local food system and 市场 venues.
• Document community food system assets (i.e., Distribution and aggregation options, infrastructures, knowledge, etc.) and possible projects in anticipation of applying to state and federal programs designed to strengthen local/regional food systems.

To learn more about the assessment 过程, contact payette@wuhaihs.com or 208-642-6022

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来源 

• 先生,. Center for Environmental Farming Systems
• 威廉姆斯,C.E, What is a Food System? Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food 安全, Oct. 2014 Invited Presentation
• 威尔金斯J. & Eames-Sheavly, M. 2011. Discovering the Food System, Cornell University, Departments of Nutritional Science and Horticulture