Community Food Security Coalition
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The Community Food Security Coalition is a North America
n non-profit made up of 325 member organizations who focus on social and economic justice, the environment, nutrition, sustainable agriculture
, community development, labor, anti-poverty, and anti-hunger initiatives. The coalition is dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to all people at all times.
The organization encourages a system for food sovereignty
grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability. The coalition seeks to further these goals through a comprehensive approach of policy advocacy, education and networking, and technical training.
CFSC works with The California Food and Justice Coalition, supports a national Farm to School and Farm to College network, and advocates for sustainable and equitable national food policies in Washington, DC. Members of the coalition are involved in a number of committees that focus on various aspects of community food security work such as food retail, food and faith, international links, and urban agriculture
. The coalition supports community food projects by advocating for and providing assistance to groups receiving or applying to the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program.
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n non-profit made up of 325 member organizations who focus on social and economic justice, the environment, nutrition, sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment...
, community development, labor, anti-poverty, and anti-hunger initiatives. The coalition is dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to all people at all times.
The organization encourages a system for food sovereignty
Food sovereignty
"Food sovereignty" is a term coined by members of Via Campesina in 1996 to refer to a policy framework advocated by a number of farmers, peasants, pastoralists, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, women, rural youth and environmental organizations, namely the claimed "right" of peoples to define their...
grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability. The coalition seeks to further these goals through a comprehensive approach of policy advocacy, education and networking, and technical training.
CFSC works with The California Food and Justice Coalition, supports a national Farm to School and Farm to College network, and advocates for sustainable and equitable national food policies in Washington, DC. Members of the coalition are involved in a number of committees that focus on various aspects of community food security work such as food retail, food and faith, international links, and urban agriculture
Urban agriculture
Urban agriculture is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in, or around, a village, town or city. Urban agriculture in addition can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agro-forestry and horticulture...
. The coalition supports community food projects by advocating for and providing assistance to groups receiving or applying to the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program.