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What's Cooking in Your Food System?
A Guide to Community Food Assessment

Authors: Kami Pothukuchi, Hugh Joseph, Andy Fisher, and Hannah Burton.

Editors: Kai Siedenburg and Kami Pothukuchi.

Published by the Community Food Security Coalition in 2002.

What does this 123-page publication include?
  • Overview of potential benefits and outcomes of an assessment
  • Tips for planning and organizing an assessment
  • Guidance on research methods and strategies
  • Methods for promoting community participation
  • Ideas for translating assessment findings into action
  • Case studies of nine Community Food Assessments download this PDF file.
Who should read this Guide?
  • Anyone interested in learning about an innovative tool to understand and influence food issues in their in their community.
  • Anyone planning a Community Food Assessment or considering conducting one.

To preview the table of contents and assessment case studies, download this PDF file.

The full What's Cooking in Your Food System guidebook is available for download on our Publications page.