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22Sep 2020

Know Better, Do Better

September 22, 2020 Susan Beckwith Community Development, Economic Development, Food Systems, Justice, Latest News, Resilience, Teaching & Learning 0 Comment

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. My name is Alejandra Rodriguez Boughton, I’m originally from Monterrey, Mexico, but I’ve called Austin home for the past […]

14Sep 2020

Black farmers’ markets work to “redesign the food system”

September 14, 2020 Susan Beckwith Business and Financial, Buying Food, Community Development, farmers market, Food Systems, Justice, Latest News 0 Comment

From our friends at The Counter, this excellent overview of the history of Black farmers and current actions to dismantle racism in our food system. Farmers market managers take note and count on us at the Texas Center for Local Food to support your shift to a more diverse customer base. “… the recent movement […]

31Aug 2020

Wall St Journal: Farming in the Pandemic

August 31, 2020 Susan Beckwith Business and Financial, Justice, Latest News, Resilience 0 Comment

Informative views from the people doing the work on the ground. Happy to see our friends and colleagues at the Texas Small Farmers and Ranchers CBO represented! And pleased to see the WSJ business community paying attention to small farms as businesses.

28Aug 2020

Racism in our Food Systems

August 28, 2020 Susan Beckwith Community Development, Food Systems, Justice, Teaching & Learning 0 Comment

As our country reckons with our historic systemic and systematic racism, I want to share these links to posts by Chris Newman and Joel Salatin, both farmers in Virginia. I was out a bunch in late 2019 so I missed these at the time they were published. Some of the comments on Instagram are so […]

26Aug 2020

USDA Farmers Market Data Published

August 26, 2020 Susan Beckwith Buying Food, Economic Development, farmers market, Latest News, Money, Selling 0 Comment

Farmer Market Managers Highlights (full report is here) In 2019, Farmers Market Managers operated 8,140 farmers markets. The largest number of markets operated during June through September. The month of July was the highest month of operation, followed closely by August, with 71.9 percent and 71.8 percent, respectively. Twenty-one percent of the markets operated year […]

25Aug 2020

National Good Food Conference

August 25, 2020 Susan Beckwith Latest News 0 Comment

I was honored to represent Texas on the advisory team for the National Good Food conference this year. The conference was in New Orleans March 10-13.. yes in 2020. Those early days of the COVID-19 pandemic hampered us a bit — no hugging 🙁 — but the sessions and keynote panels were so engaging, it […]

18Aug 2020

30 Partners Nationwide Identify Essential Skills and Trainings for Food System Practitioners

August 18, 2020 Susan Beckwith Job Opportunities, Latest News, Teaching & Learning 0 Comment

MEDIA RELEASE August 18, 2020 Contact(s): Sue Beckwith, Texas Center for Local Food, sueb@TexasLocalFood.org 512-496-1244 Courtney Long, program manager, ISU Extension and Outreach Farm, Food and Enterprise Development Program, court7@iastate.edu, 515-460-3227 ELGIN, TEXAS – A growing number of practitioners across the US are working to create and enhance thriving, equitable local and regional food systems. These food system […]

18Aug 2020

Local Food Financing

August 18, 2020 Susan Beckwith Latest News 0 Comment

Whether you’re starting a new farmers market or building shared use commercial kitchen to support your downtown, the Council of Development Finance Agencies’ (CDFI) Food System Finance Initiative has excellent research and webinar series to guide you. Keep in mind that “food initiatives” aren’t always about local farms or Texas agriculture. Lots of “local food” […]

03Aug 2020

August 2-8 National Farmers Market Week

August 3, 2020 Susan Beckwith Latest News 0 Comment

August 2-8 is National Farmers Market Week! Farmers markets are one of the safest places to shop so grab your mask and get on over to your local market this week! The Texas Center for Local Food (TCLF) is honored to be the new statewide partner of the Farmers Market Coalition. When you become a member of […]

01Aug 2020

Videos Highlighting Our Work

August 1, 2020 Susan Beckwith Latest News 0 Comment

We are honored to have our work during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted in an informative pierce by Jenni Lee of Austin KVUE News. Here’s the video on YouTube. Molly Alexander of the Downtown Austin Alliance interviewed Texas Center for Local food director, Sue Beckwith for National Fruits and Vegetables month. Check out this 9m video […]