Appalachian Foodshed Project

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Web Name: Appalachian Foodshed Project

WebSite: http://appalachianfoodshedproject.org

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Funded through the USDA's Agriculture, Food and Research Initiative (AFRI) grants program. Award Number: 2011-68004-30079 Website Feedback Appalachian Foodshed Project’s (AFP) Regional Report on Community Food Security Our webinars are now available on the AFP YouTube channel. Check it out! If you missed the May 5th webinar presentation on Nourishin Networks: West Virginia Community Food Security Assessment, you can now view the archived recording on our webinar page. If you missed the April 19th webinar presentation on the Western North Carolina Community Food Security Assessment, you can now view the archived recording and download the presentation slides on our webinar page. The southwest Virginia Community Food Security Assessment is now available for download! Visit our Virginia page for more information on the AVFSN convening, the CFSA report, and related media coverage! If you missed the April 8th webinar on the report findings, the archived recording is now available. Check out our new Stories of Community Food Work in Appalachia, an initiative to collect, create, and share stories of activists, educators, farmers, and community professionals in our region. These stories express the diverse experiences of people working for food systems change, and include the voices of practitioners from across western North Carolina, southwest Virginia, and West Virginia. The Western North Carolina Community Food Security Assessment (pdf) was launched on January 29, 2016 at the Western North Carolina Food Secruity Summit. Find out more about the summit and assessment. Check out our summary report from the Central Appalachian Foodshed Conference. This was a partnership of the AFP, the Central Appalachian Network, and the Appalachian Funders Network. You can also access the report (with links to conference sessions) on LocalWiki. The Central Appalachian Foodshed Conference was made possible by a generous grant from the Virginia Cooperative Extension Community Viability endowment fund. If you missed the May 26th webinar on the AFP graduate course, Food Security and Resilient Communities: Food Systems Theory and Praxis, you can view the archived recording and download the syllabus and other resources on our webinar page. On Monday, April 27th, Tracy Kunkler of Social Profit Strategies spoke at a Community Voices event on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA. You can now listen to her presentation, where she talks about her work in complex systems. You can learn more from her podcast with Trustees Without Borders. Find out more information about your county in our new AFP County Profile tool. The data is available for each county in a simple, printable format. Let us know what you think! If you missed the April 16th webinar on the new WV Foodlink tool, you can link to the archived recording on our webinar page. If you missed the March 19th webinar, Engaging Youth in Healthy Corner Stores Work - Direct From the Source with Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!), you can find the archived recording and presentation slides on our webinar page. The Virginia SNAP/EBT Farmers Market Toolkit is now available on the VFMMA site. If you missed the November 20th webinar, you can find the archived recording and presentation slides on our webinar page. If you missed the December 18th webinar, A Framework for Linking Food System Networks: the Experiment in Central Appalachia, the archived link and presentation slides are available on our webinar page. Congratulations to the AFP Enhancement Grant Recipients! Check out the funded projects here (or download the press release). Check out the first draft of our AFP directory. You can also see a map of organizations working to address community food security in the region. If you would like to be included in the directory or map, please email afp@vt.edu. The AFP is on Facebook. View archived webinars. Visit the eXtension Community of Practice on Community, Local and Regional Food Systems. The Appalachian Foodshed Project (AFP) is using a foodshed concept to address issues of community food security in West Virginia and the Appalachian regions of North Carolina and Virginia. AFP aims to facilitate a network of organizations and individuals working to address issues of community development, economic viability, health, nutrition, food access, social justice, and agriculture. By working collaboratively, AFP hopes to build on the human and natural resources in the region to cultivate resilient food systems and vibrant, healthy communities. Similar to the concept of a watershed, a foodshed takes into account everything between where food is produced and where it is consumed. This includes the farms and gardens used to raise food, travel routes used to transport products, processing facilities, distribution (farmers markets, brokers, retailers), and the restaurants, institutions, and homes where we all eat. The Appalachian Foodshed Project’s (AFP) Regional Report on Community Food Security pulls together the key learnings from West Virginia’s, Appalachian North Carolina’s and Virginia’s Community Food Security Assessments. Click here to download the report. NOTE: The table of contents includes hyperlinks so it is easier for you to jump to sections in the report. As many of you know, the AFP has evolved into the Appalachian Foodshed Partnership (AFPartnership) and expanded its regional boundaries to also include Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee partners. For more information about the AFPartnership contact afp@vt.edu. Please read more about the project. A collaboration between NC State, Virginia Tech, West Virginia University, and community stakeholders in Appalachia To join our listserv, email afp@vt.edu Find us on Facebook. Visit our blog for weekly posts on regional issues and topics related to community food security. http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/afpblog Website Feedback Appalachian Foodshed Project 2012

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AFP works to enhance community food security in western NC, southwest VA, and WV. By working collaboratively with stakeholders, community organizations, and service providers, we aim to cultivate resilient food systems and communities in Appalachia.

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