Resources to Strengthen Local Food Systems

Practical tools, trusted partners, and educational materials to support farmers, food businesses, and community members building a more resilient and equitable food system.

THE AG & FOOD LAB

Available Resources

Community Wealth, Local Procurement, and Food Sovereignty:

2021 Evaluation of the Food Pantry Assistance Grant

Prepared for Hunger Free Colorado by Graduate Consultants from the Masters of the Environment Program at CU Boulder

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/84e067787ca842e1a8b4bdcd1eb16790

Local Food Can Save the World

Food systems impact every aspect of our world. But too often, the debate around food focuses only on consumption – e.g. veganism vs. meat-eating – or production – e.g. organic, regenerative. 


While all these lines of argument are important, this short video introduces a holistic way to think about production, distribution AND consumption, and build whole food systems that nourish people and nurture the planet: It's about structures, it's about scale – it's about global versus local.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1c9hfy1rkQ

FrontLine Farming: SNAP Vendor Training for Mile High Farmers

Frontline Farming, Mile High Farming and CO Dept of Human Services provided a SNAP vendor training specifically for Colorado farmers. Learn about the SNAP program with Sarah Mitchell from the Dept of HS. Lonni Byrd from Nourish CO reviews the Double Up Food Bucks program. Kasey Neiss and Fatuma Emmad from Frontline Farming give tips to navigating SNAP as a farmer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4VySbBNg0

Hannah Ritchie: The data behind our biggest environmental problems 

It's not that I don't think these problems are big or that they're urgent, but I can start to see that these problems are solvable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DMJMRkQOVY