The Root of the Problem
A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat
Hunger
The act of retrieving safe and edible food that would otherwise go to waste
Food Rescue
“Consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production."
Community Supported Agriculture (aka: CSA)
the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food
USDA
(United States Dept of Agriculture)
Actually one of many initiatives that helps provide free or less expensive food options for public school students including breakfast, lunch, milk, meals for summer school programs, and snacks for after-school programs.
Free and Reduced Lunch
The right of peoples to healthy and culturally-appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems
Food Sovereignty
Refers to the way people obtain available food
Food Access
Seek to build capacity and infrastructure to enable individuals and communities to grow, access, and prepare fresh, nutritious foods for themselves in a long-term sustainable manner.
Community Food Security Programs
A problem, not a solution.
Geographic areas where residents’ access to affordable, healthy food options (especially fresh fruits and vegetables) is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient traveling distance
Food Desert
Provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency
a model that allows all students to eat school meals for free. When participation is up, school meal programs have more resources to invest in even higher quality food, including local many local foods.
Universal Free Lunch
to gather (leftover grain or other produce) after a harvest
Gleaning
In a country, region, or local area means that food is physically present because it has been grown, manufactured, imported, or transported there
Food Availability
Activities that meet the needs of citizens in crisis by providing food through food shelves and other mechanisms
Charitable or Emergency food system
Land held publicly or privately that is cultivated and harvested by a group of people
Community Garden
Program is to help low income families with young children
WIC
(Women, Infants, and Children)
Provides income-eligible Vermonters with the opportunity to support their local CSA farmer and receive reliable access to high-quality produce on weekly basis through an innovative cost-share model
Vermont Farm Share Program
A movement - a holistic and structural view of the food system that sees healthy food as a human right and addresses structural barriers to that right.
Food Justice
The way people use food
Food Utilization
A food access strategy, often federally or state funded, to increase the consistency and nutritional quality of meals accessed by vulnerable groups
Supplemental assistance programs
strengthen communities’ capacity to feed themselves by building direct relationships between schools and farms, and by educating children about where food comes from, how to prepare fresh whole foods, and how to make healthy choices
Farm to school programs
An electronic system that allows a recipient to authorize transfer of their government benefits from a federal account to a retailer account to pay for products received
EBT
Electronic Benefit Transfer
A community-based gardening and agriculture program for refugees and immigrants
New Farms for New Americans
International movement bringing together millions of peasants, small and medium size farmers, landless people, rural women and youth, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers from around the world
La Via Campesina
Does not necessarily refer to whether a person can or cannot access food, but rather to whether a person has consistent access to food or not
Food Stability
This program was passed as part of the government's emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the maximum benefit for SNAP recipients was temporarily expanded by an estimated 40%
Families First Act
A business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of primarily local producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy demand.
Regional Food Hubs
A drop site delivery service administered by the Vermont Foodbank that distributes nutrition information and food to eligible participants.
CSFP
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Vermont’s name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( or SNAP)
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The activity of growing plants without permission on land that belongs to someone else or on public land, with the aim of improving the environment or producing vegetables or flowers for people to use or enjoy
Guerilla Gardening