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10Dec 2020

Virtual Farm Events

December 10, 2020 Susan Beckwith Business and Financial, Economic Development, Events, Latest News, Teaching & Learning 0 Comment

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, […]

08Dec 2020

What Rural Communities Can Be

December 8, 2020 Susan Beckwith Economic Development 0 Comment

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.

07Dec 2020

Best of 2020

December 7, 2020 Susan Beckwith Business and Financial, Community Development, Economic Development, Money 0 Comment

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. Best Books we […]

07Dec 2020

Changes to Accounting Practices?

December 7, 2020 Susan Beckwith Economic Development, Money 0 Comment

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 […]

02Dec 2020

Anti-racism: Conversations around your table(s)

December 2, 2020 Susan Beckwith Community Development, Food Systems, Justice, Latest News 0 Comment

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 […]

26Nov 2020

Accepting SNAP at your Farmers Market or Farm Stand

November 26, 2020 Susan Beckwith Economic Development, farmers market 0 Comment

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 […]

24Nov 2020

Racism. Say it.

November 24, 2020 Susan Beckwith Community Development, Economic Development, Food Systems, Justice, Latest News 1 Comment

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 […]

16Nov 2020

When Partnerships Matter Most

November 16, 2020 Susan Beckwith Community Development, Farm to School, Institutions, Latest News 0 Comment

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 […]

04Nov 2020

Cities Are Where Things Get Done

November 4, 2020 Susan Beckwith Community Development, Economic Development 0 Comment

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!

16Oct 2020

Resources for Dismantling Racism

October 16, 2020 Susan Beckwith Community Development, Economic Development, Food Systems, Justice 1 Comment

This post is a living list of resources. Please use the comments below to add your resources and we’ll add them into the permanent post as we go. Reading list from GoodReads Training from the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ). Community-Engaged Research Course is a class offered in 2019 as a pilot by […]