WHAT'S NEW!

CFSC's 12th Annual Conference, October 4-8, 2008
Proposals for speakers/workshops are due May 5th (extended from April 30th).

Federal Farm Bill Reauthorization:

• Read current Farm Bill news and Materials
• Community Food Project profiles
• CFSC Legislative Priorities for the 2007 Farm Bill (pdf)
• Farm and Food Policy Project Declaration (pdf)
• Farm to School Procurement Information Package

New publications:

• CFS News, Winter 2008
• Fueling Disaster: A Community Food Security Perspective on Agrofuels
• Building Community Food Security: Lessons Learned from Community Food Projects, 1999-2003
• Food and Agriculture Related Policies and Practices to Benefit Limited Resource Farmers

Positions open:

• Summer Policy Internship (pdf)
• Request for proposals for a Strategic Planning Consultant (pdf)

The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times. We seek 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. CFSC has over 200 member organizations - join us!