Local Foods - Farmers Markets and CSAs
Local Foods - Farms and Ranches
Media, Blogroll
Media, Magazines and Publications
Microgrant Recipients
Non-profits, Local Community Partners
Non-profits, National, Food and Agriculture Advocacy
Slow Food Organizations, Other
State and Local Government - Agriculture and Food
US Government - Agriculture and Food
Defining Sustainable Community Food Systems
A sustainable community food system is a collaborative network that integrates sustainable food production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste management in order to enhance the environmental, economic and social health of a particular place. Farmers, consumers and communities partner to create a more locally based, self-reliant food economy. One of the most important aspects of sustainable community food system projects is that they increase resident participation to achieve the following goals:
Real Food Rising is about Food Production, Education, Food Access, Job Training, and Building Bridges between Communities.
Our program grows young leaders while producing food for the Salt Lake Community. Our vision is to do this through growing on a few acres of urban farmland in Salt Lake County with a 30-youth Youth Program and numerous volunteers. Our program teaches not only Real Food Rising youth interns about growing food in sustainable ways, eating healthfully, food insecurity in Utah, and impacting the community through service – but also educates other kids and adults who come to our farm through field trips, tours, and volunteer mornings.
Currently we grow on a 1.5 acre urban farm adjacent to the Jordan River at Neighborhood House. Our program is both farm-focused as well as community-focused with initiatives that engage community members both on the farm and at their homes.
Wasatch Community Gardens is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that has served residents along the Wasatch Front since 1989. We are committed to building community and providing opportunities to learn and grow through gardening. We do so by offering a spectrum of dynamic programs, workshops, and events covering everything from starting your own community garden to starting your own seeds indoors. As interest in urban agriculture grows, we strive to offer a vibrant and evolving network of land, expertise, and education.
Slow Food is a non–profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 by Carlo Petrini to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. It is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.
“The mission of Slow Food is good, clean, and fair food for everyone. Slow Food people are connoisseurs of taste, protectors of food heritage, and champions of local producers.“
