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This is a helpful literature review including a good overview of Quebec initiatives.

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Local_Food_Systems_and_Public_Policy_-_A_Review_of_the_Literature.pdf

Outline of an ongoing initiative involving community food security activists across Canada in developing food policy. A project of Food Secure Canada/Securite Alimentaire Canada (2 pages).
 

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PeoplesFoodPolicyProject.rtf

By Colin Hines. International Institute for Environment and Development (iied), London, 2003 (79 pages).

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GlobaltoLocal_Hines.pdf

Six-page article by Frances Moore Lappe written for YES! Magazine's special Spring 2009 issue "Food for Everyone". The city that ended hunger is Belo Horizonte, the 4th largest city in Brazil. How'd they do it?? Read on...

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Cooperatively owned and operated commercial kitchen in the Cowichan Valley of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Offers business start-up and marketing advantages to small-scale local food processors.
 

Organization based in Boston and rural Massachusetts, dedicated to building a sustainable food system by developing youth leadership and skills, engaging communities in thinking critically about the food system, and speaking out for change. The hallmark of this organization is its focus on identifying and transforming a new generation of leaders by placing teens in unusually responsible roles, with deeply meaningful work.
 

California-based organization dedicated to the development of ecologically-based food systems through educational events, conferences, regional trainings and alliance-building.

Organization dedicated to developing and strengthening Missoula County's food system, promoting sustainable agriculture, building regional self-reliance, and assuring all citizens equal access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food. CFAC grew out of a Community Food Assessment conducted by faculty and students at the University of Montana in 2003. Coalition is supported by Missoula City Council and the Board of Missoula County Commissioners.
 

Kitchen Gardeners International is a 501c3 nonprofit founded in Maine, USA with friends from around the world. Our mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities to achieve greater levels of food self-reliance through the promotion of kitchen gardening, home-cooking, and sustainable local food systems.