Tag: food policy council
Local Food Policy Councils as Community Development Strategy
April 9, 2013
One might say that the local foods movement or “locavorism” is all the rage. We’ve done several posts here on the CED Blog about local food systems as they relate to community economic development. I posted a while ago about the local foods movement as community economic development. Sybil Tate wrot … Read more
New Western NC Food Policy Council Sets the Table for Community Economic Development
October 16, 2012
Food is connecting communities to each other in new ways in western North Carolina. Last spring, Western Carolina University (WCU) held a forum on the causes and consequences of poverty in western North Carolina. The result was the new Western NC Food Policy Council. The overall mission of the Co … Read more