Community Food Security Coalition
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www.foodsecurity.org
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The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3),
North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable,
local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable,
nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all
times.
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Food Share
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www.foodshare.net
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A non-profit based in Toronto, FoodShare works on food issues from
“field to table.” They focus on the entire system from
the growing, processing and distribution of food to its purchasing,
cooking and consumption.
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Community Alliance with Family Farmers (Davis)
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www.caff.org
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The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is building a movement
of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that
cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social
justice.
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California Institute for Rural Studies (Davis)
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www.cirsinc.org
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Our mission is to work toward a rural California that is socially
just, economically viable, and environmentally balanced. Each of
these elements is integral to the larger goal of sustainable development.
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USDA's Food Security Briefing Room
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www.ers.usda.gov/
briefing/Foodsecurity
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Good overview of Community Food Security, including
a recommed reading list, history of the food security movement and
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The Center on Hunger and Poverty
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www.centeronhunger.org
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The Center is an outgrowth of the Harvard-based Physician Task
Force on Hunger in America which, during the 1980s, made field visits
across the nation and released studies on the extent and causes
of hunger in the nation, leading to Congressional resolve to address
the growing problem at that time.
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Bread for the World
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www.bread.org
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Bread for the World's 46,000 members contact their senators and
representatives about legislation that affects hungry people in
the United States and worldwide. We do not provide direct relief
or development assistance. Rather, we focus on using the power we
have as citizens in a democracy to support policies that address
the root causes of hunger and poverty.
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America's Second Harvest
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www.foodchain.org
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www.secondharvest.org
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America's Second Harvest is the nation's largest domestic hunger
relief organization. Through a network of over 200 food banks and
food-rescue programs, we provide emergency food assistance to more
than 23 million hungry Americans each year, eight million of whom
are children.
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World Hunger Year (WHY): Solutions to Hunger and Poverty
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www.worldhungeryear.org
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WHY attacks the root causes of hunger and poverty by promoting
effective and innovative community-based solutions that create self-reliance,
economic justice and food security.
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Food Circles Networking Project:
Department of Rural Sociology
University of Missouri-Columbia
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www.foodcircles.missouri.edu/vision.htm
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The goal of a Food Circle is to develop a community-based, sustainable
food system by reshaping the relationships that surround food.
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The Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
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www.frac.org/html/ctech/
ctech_index.html
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The Campaign to End Childhood Hunger is a movement of people from
all walks of life and vocations whose common mission is ending hunger
among our children.
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