This path was created by Maria Frank. 

Field Guides to Food Main Menu How to Use the Field Guides to Food Introduction page to a series of subpaths offering guidance on how to understand, interact with, and edit this project Urban Farming Learning Module This page is a starting point for the Urban Farming Learning Module Real Food Challenge Module main "How to Make Food Good" Module Based on the "How to Make Food Good" diagram found at http://sefpi.umn.edu/archive/2013/good-food.html Food Access: Linking Geography, Poverty, and Hunger in the U.S. What can maps tell us about food access and how might they be useful in improving access in underserved communities? Food Justice: The People between Farm-to-Fork. Raising consumer awareness of those who fall in between producer to consumer supply chain. FoodWords Glossary FoodShed Technical Instructions on How to Add or Edit Modules/Pathways, Media, Pages, etc. first page of the how to guide pathway of technical instructions on how to use the Scalar book to create pages, upload media and other resources, and pathways or learning modules

Real food is Local and Community-Based.

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Real food is Local and Community-Based.

These foods can be traced to nearby farms and businesses that are locally owned and operated. Sourcing these foods supports the local economy, builds community relations, and offers us fresh, seasonal, more nutritious food.
  1. Privately-traded or cooperatively owned.
  2. Grosses less than 1% of industry leader.
  3. Full autonomy & decision-making power.
  4. Produced, processed, & distributed:
    • within 150 miles or
    • within 250 miles
Producer & 50% of ingredients meet above criteria in multi-source or multi-ingredient products.
The path below provides some examples of organizations, researchers, individuals, and more who are part of the conversation around this topic because they believe that it is important.

Feel free to move through the path in any order, and spend more time on whichever ones interest you.

This page has paths:

  1. Real Food Challenge Module main Maria Frank

Contents of this path:

  1. "Local & Community-Based" criterion for Real Food Challenge: Examples
  2. The Minnesota Project & Farmers' Legal Action Group (metadata)
  3. Facilitating Small Farmers' Access to New Sales Channels in MN (metadata)
  4. Interview with Ryan Batalden (metadata)
  5. Quality of Life on the Agricultural Treadmill (metadata)
  6. Food From Here, For Here: Rekindling the Intimacy of Our Food System (metadata)