On January 19, 2021 the Texas Center for Local Food (TCLF) partnered with the Board of the Texas Organic Farmers and Gardners Association (TOFGA) to present a session on anti-oppression and anti-racism at the TOFGA annual conference. The session was presented by the National Conference on Community and Justice and was very well received by […]
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Virtual Farm Events
December 10, 2020
Business and Financial, Economic Development, Events, Latest News, Teaching & Learning
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Here’s a developing list of resources related to creating virtual farm tours and other farm events. Virtual Farm & Food Experiences webinar. Univ of Vermont and International Workshop on AgriTourism. Visit the latter for more webinars. Sponsored by Yonder, a new agritourism and farm stay platform. Also see the resources from the webinar: Eleanor Leger, […]
How local food economies can – in fact – build our own communities. Local food is economic development video (16m) by Working Landscapes. Excellent example! also see this article in the Journal of Food Systems and Community Development. Related information on meat supply chains.
Best of 2020
December 7, 2020
Business and Financial, Community Development, Economic Development, Money
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This is our list of our bests for 2020.. we begin this blog post on Dec 7 and will add to it as we approach year end.. Best Report: The Food system: Concentration & Its Impacts by a respected group of authors including our own Douglas Constance from Sam Houston State University. Report presentation video. […]
from the Harvard Business Review, Dec 3, 2020 so perhaps we can forgive their ridiculous overuse of undefined acronyms. Accountants changing practices to support sustainability. Seems to me this could create a sea change.. but how long will it take? How standardized will it be. How transparent? Much to do here but seems like the […]
by Kacey Hansen, MPH, Program Manager, UT Dell Medical School, Dept. of Population Health, Division of Community Engagement and Health Equity This is part of a series of posts from participants in the Texas Local Food Anti-Racism training by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ). Together we are creating an anti-racist food system […]
These resources were kindly provided by the SNAP education staff at the Texas Department of Health & Human Services. We are grateful for their work. All farmers markets and direct-marketing farmers must be SNAP certified through USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) before they can accept SNAP at their markets and/or to apply for the […]
Racism. Say it.
November 24, 2020
Community Development, Economic Development, Food Systems, Justice, Latest News
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by Holly Park This is part of a series of posts from participants in the Texas Local Food Anti-Racism training by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ). Together we are creating an anti-racist food system in Texas. Racism. I wrote it. You read it. It is a nasty reality that we live with […]
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the small town of Elgin, Texas, the Texas Center for Local Food (TCLF) teamed up with The Common Market Texas, and Elgin Independent School District (ISD) to distribute Farm Fresh Veggie Boxes to families in this town of 10,000 with a child poverty rate of 19%. With grant […]
This short video from the Kauffman Foundation Mayors Roundtable highlights the importance of cities to local economies. sell your mayor on developing a local food economy and you’ve got your local champion!