Research & Reports
This page features timely research and reports focused on food justice, race and equity, agriculture, fisheries, and related food system issues.
Website Accessibility with Heather Nelson
Monday, 08 May 2023
A Food Solutions New England Conversation (Click anywhere in the box below to play audio) Food Solutions New England · Website Accessibility with Heather Nelson | Food Solutions New England
- Published in Communications & Narrative, Research and Reports
NEW: Viewpoint: The case for a six-dimensional food security framework
Wednesday, 09 February 2022
JenniferClappaWilliam G.MoseleybBarbaraBurlingamecPaolaTermined Highlights Understandings of food security have continually evolved over time and it is time for an update. Agency and sustainability should be formally recognized as dimensions of food
New Research: An analysis of the transformative potential of major food system report recommendations
Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Highlights Adjusting food systems will be inadequate to mitigate the threats humanity face. Effective leverage points address underlying root causes and drivers of issues. To overcome policy inertia, recommendations must
From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste
Thursday, 02 December 2021
Over one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce it and creating a myriad of environmental impacts. Food waste is
- Published in Climate & Resilience, Research and Reports
NEW REPORT: Bigger Is Not Better: The High Cost of Agribusiness Consolidation
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
This report explores the injustices caused by decades of agricultural consolidation, including a history of how the sector consolidated; an examination of the scale of the problem; the specific impact
Achieving Food System Resilience Requires Challenging Dominant Land Property Regimes
Saturday, 18 September 2021
Adam Calo1*, Annie McKee1, Coline Perrin2, Pierre Gasselin2, Steven McGreevy3, Sarah Ruth Sippel4, Annette Aurélie Desmarais5, Kirsteen Shields6, Adrien Baysse-Lainé7, André Magnan8, Naomi Beingessner9 and Mai Kobayashi3 1Social Economic and
Participatory State and Regional Food System Plans and Charters in the U.S.: A Summary of Trends and National Directory
Thursday, 16 September 2021
New resource – cross-posted from our friends at MSU Center for Regional Food Systems. Completed in August of 2021, this report offers a snapshot of national trends and a directory
- Published in Regional Food Policy Coordination, Research and Reports
Evaluating the Untapped Potential of U.S. Conservation Investments to Improve Soil and Environmental Health
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
From Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Andrea Basche1*, Katherine Tully2, Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos3, Julian Reyes4, Laura Lengnick5, Tabitha Brown6, Jennifer M. Moore6, Rachel E. Schattman7, Lana Koepke Johnson1 and Gabrielle
New Research: “Beyond backyard chickens: A framework for understanding municipal urban agriculture policies in the United States”
Monday, 11 January 2021
From the Food Policy Network listserv. We are excited to share a newly published open-access article that catalogues policies related to urban agriculture across the 40 most populous cities in
New addition to U.S. food hub longitudinal data now available
Monday, 04 January 2021
MSU Center for Regional Food Systems and the Wallace Center at Winrock International are pleased to announce that a report on the results of the 2019 National Food Hub Survey
- Published in Economy & Business, General, Networks & Network Weaving, Research and Reports
The economic impact of agriculture in the Northeast
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Farm Credit East releases report analyzing economic impact of agriculture, fishing, forest products PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2020 by Morning Ag Clips. ENFIELD, Conn. — The agriculture, commercial fishing and
- Published in Economy & Business, New England Food Vision, Research and Reports
COVID-19 responses: Food policy councils are “stepping in, stepping up, and stepping back”
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Published November 2, 2020 in the Journal Ag, Food Systems & Community Development ABSTRACT In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, food policy councils (FPCs) have emerged as a critical
Delivering More Than Food: Understanding and Operationalizing Racial Equity in Food Hubs
Thursday, 17 September 2020
August 20, 2020 – Author: Sarah Rodman-Alvarez, Roxana Rodriguez, Rich Pirog, John Fisk, Kimberly Carr, Phil Warsaw, Noel Bielaczyc, and Terri Barker Racism underlies the U.S. food system. To withstand,
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