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Community food security (CFS) is said to exist when all people at all times have access to food that is affordable, nutritious and culturally appropriate. According to the nationwide Community Food Security Coalition, the CFS movement seeks “to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability.”

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Reports & Other Documents

The story of phosphorus: Global food security and food for thought

D. Cordell, et al. Global Environ Change, 2009.

Millions Fed: Proven successes in agricultural development

International Food Policy Research Institute, November 2009.

Community Food Security in United States Cities: A Survey of the Relevant Scientific Literature

S.A. Haering and S.B. Syed. Center for a Livable Future, Fall 2009.

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State Implementation of the New WIC Produce Package: Opportunities and Barriers for WIC Clients to Use Their Benefits at Farmers' Markets

A. Fisher and N. Tessman, June 2009.

Building Community Food Security: Lessons Learned from Community Food Projects, 1999-2003

K. Pothukuchi, October 2007.

Defining Community Food Security

University of Florida IFAS Extension, May 2007.

Healthy Food Healthy Communities: A Decade of Community Food Projects in Action

Community Food Security Coalition, March 2007.

Peak Oil and Community Food Security

Energy Bulletin, July 2006.

Community Food Security in Connecticut: An Evaluation and Ranking of 169 Towns

Connecticut Food Policy Council, University of Connecticut and Hartfood Food System, September 2005.

Community Food Systems Handbooks

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, June 2005.

Building the Bridge: Linking Food Banking and Community Food Security

Community Food Security Coalition, February 2005.

Community Food Security: Promoting Food Security and Building Healthy Food Systems

M. Winne, 2005.

Ending Hunger in Our Community: Food Security Through Food Assistance

The Center for Public Policy Priorities, March 2004.

Weaving the Food Web: Community Food Security in California

Community Food Security Coalition, 2002.

Community Food Security Resource Kit

USDA, July 2000.

Community Food Security: A Guide to Concept, Design, and Implementation

Community Food Security Coalition, 2000.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Evidence-based strategies to build community food security

C. McCullum, et al. J Am Diet Assoc, February 2005.

Mechanisms of Power Within a Community-Based Food Security Planning Process

C. McCullum, et al. Health Educ Behav, April 2004.

Community Food Assessment: A First Step in Planning for Community Food Security

K. Pothukuchi. J Plann Educ Res, 2004.

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Relevant Organizations

World Hunger Year

Food Security Learning Center

Community Food Security Coalition

Farm to School

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Additional Tools & Resources

BC Food Security Gateway (British Columbia)

Bits & Bytes

Online community food security library from Canada.

Community Food Systems

USDA National Agricultural Library.

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