…eat for better health. This means increasing the availability of healthy food close by, by working to provide food sources within “food deserts”; and improving local residents’ ability to afford…
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Mobile markets make local food accessible
…food delivery service. GFN purchased local produce from 26 different farms and got it to folks experiencing food insecurity — 260,000 pounds to date, delivered as tens of thousands of food…
PraacticalAAC Blog Post by Jeanne Tuthill
Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
$100,000 Urban Agenda Grant Awarded to Enhance Food Security and Community Leadership in Hampshire County
…boasts a thriving local food economy with over 700 farms generating more than $46 million annually. However, disparities in healthy food access and workforce participation persist. The Food Policy Leaders…
Program Implementation
Home E Search query for: blog blog tag local food Implementing Community Programs We help partners launch programs and projects that emerge as community priorities. Scroll down to see examples…
Community Planning
Home E Search query for: blog blog tag local food Community Planning: Working with Stakeholders We work with stakeholders who share our goals to identify policy, systems, and environmental change…
Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council
…a systemic lack of access to healthy food. The goal of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, funded by a state grant, is to give people that are experiencing food…
Donate to Hampshire County Food Policy Council Fund
Home E Search query for: blog blog tag local food Hampshire County Food Policy Council The Hampshire County Food Policy Council is a network of 50 partners with a shared…
Cooley Dickinson Health Care receives $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Cooley Dickinson Health Care received a $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity and address a systemic lack of access to healthy food. According to a…
For the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC), community leadership is at the heart of their work.
…accessible, with accommodations that include interpretation. Like Food Policy Councils nationwide, the HCFPC will identify and propose innovative solutions to make local food systems more economically and environmentally sustainable and…