Food as a Commons
Food should be a Commons not a Commodity
Food as a Commodity, a Human Right, or a Common Good
Resources – Pioneer Valley
The Pioneer Valley Food Security Plan (2012) – Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Scaling Up Local Food – CISA
The Greenfield Food Study (2013)
Local Food, Local Jobs in the Pioneer Valley Food System (2013) – Mass Workforce Alliance
Resources – Massachusetts
Massachusetts Food Policy Council
Massachusetts Food Action Plan
Resources – New England
A New England Food Vision (2015) – Food Solutions New England
New England Food Policy (2104) – American Farmland Trust
New England Farmers Union Policy Document (2015)
Farm to Plate: Strengthening Vermont’s Food System (2014)
Sedgewick Maine Declares Sovereignty (2011) – Food Freedom
Resources – National and Global
From Farm to Canal Street: Chinatown’s Alternative Food Network in the Global Marketplace (a podcast)
More on the NYC Chinatown Story – An Overview – Valarie Imbruce
Food and Farming Transition (2009) – Post Carbon Institute
Food Inc. and Fresh – National Family Farm Coalition
Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the U.S. (2100) – USDA-ERS
Facts on Direct-to-Consumer Food Marketing (2009) – USDA- Ag Marketing Service
The 25% Shift – Michael Shuman
Food Sovereignty – National Family Farm Coalition
Feeding the World (2016) – Environmental Working Group
Sustainable and Family Farm Agriculture Can Feed the World (2010) – Via Campesina
Is Market Populism Enough or do we need to Change the Rules – Karl North
Organizations
Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture
USDA Economic Research Service
Northeast Sustainable Ag Working Group
National Family Farm Coalition
Teaching Materials
Teaching the Food System – Johns Hopkins
Food for Thought and Action: A Food Sovereignty Curriculum – Grassroots International
Changing the Story 