Kansas FOOD SECURITY resources

Your Guide to Kansas Food Resources, produced by the Kansas Hunger Reduction Network
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Also see the Kansas SRS website at:
http://www.srskansas.org/ISD/ees/food_main.htm

Hunger in the Heartland, Hunger and Food Insecurity in Kansas, 1995-2000
- a report from the Kansas Health Institute
http://www.khi.org/resources/Other/51-0401HungerHeartland.pdf (881K pdf file)

Kansas Food Bank, Wichita, Kansas
http://www.ksfoodbank.org

Let’s Help, Topeka, Kansas
http://www.letshelpinc.org

Harvesters Community Food Network
http://www.harvesters.org

Apply for Food Stamp Benefits
http://www.srskansas.org/ISD/ees/food_stamps.htm
 

National FOOD SECURITY resources

America’s Second Harvest -  - A national network of food banks and food rescue organizations, distributing food to those in need
http://www.secondharvest.org/

Food Research and Action Center - Working to reduce hunger and food insecurity through improving public policy and public-private partnerships
http://www.frac.org/

Community Food Security Coalition - Numerous publications and resources for promoting community food security
http://www.foodsecurity.org/

USDA Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit - A guide to measuring food security in your community
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/efan02013/

Community Food Security Resource Kit: How to Find Money, Technical Assistance, and Other Help to Fight Hunger, and Strengthen Local Food Systems, from United States Department of Agriculture
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps6620/resoukit.htm

Food and Health

Kansas Nutrition Network
http://www.kansasnutritionnetwork.org

Kansas State Department of Education, Child Nutrition and Wellness Programs
http://www.ksde.org/kneat/HomePage/kneathome.htm

Kansas Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System
– Kansas data on obesity, dietary and physical activity behaviors
http://www.kdheks.gov/brfss/index.html

Cultivating Common Ground: Linking Health and Sustainable Agriculture
-  a report from Prevention Institute
www.preventioninstitute.org/pdf/Cultivating_Common_Ground_112204.pdf

Farm to Cafeteria

National Farm to School Program
http://www.farmtoschool.org

USDA’s Healthy School Meals Resource System: Farm to School / School Garden information
http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov/Resource/farmtoschool.htm

Small Farms/ School Meals Initiative: a step-by-step guide on how to bring small farms and local schools together, from USDA
www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/Downloadable/small.pdf

Oklahoma Farm to School Report
http://www.kerrcenter.com/ofpc/farmtoschool.htm

SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS RESOURCES FOR GROWERS

The following resources are Projects of the Kansas Rural Center.  Learn more about them here.

• Heartland Sustainable Agriculture Network
  Coordinator: Mary Fund, ksrc@rainbowtel.net or 785-873-3431
• Family Farm Business Planning
  Project team member: Jerry Jost, jerrytjost@gmail.com
• Salina Community Food System Project
  Coordinator: Kirk Cusick, whisperingctnwd@aol.com
• Guided Exploration of Value Added Enterprises Project
  Coordinator: Dan Nagengast, dan@kansasruralcenter.org
  Farmer Coordinators: Karen and John Pendleton, karenp@pendletons.com
• Grow Your Farmers’ Market Project
  Coordinator: Mercedes Taylor-Puckett, localfoods@earthlink.net or 785-840-6202
  Website: http://ksfarmersmarkets.org/
     - Visit the website for a comprehensive list of farmers' markets around the state.
  You can download a publication written by the Kansas Rural Center on "Starting a Seasonal Open-Air Market in Kansas" at http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/hort2/s140.pdf  (678K file)
• Horticultural Production Systems - High Tunnels
  Coordinator: Ted Carey, tcarey@oznet.ksu.edu 
  Dan Nagengast, dan@kansasruralcenter.org
  An active web site is maintained at www.hightunnels.org

KANSAS ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES

Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops
KCSAAC has an extensive listing of sustainable ag links www.kansassustainableag.org 

Kansas Department of Agriculture Pesticide and Fertilizer Program - Sensitive Crops Page
http://www.ksda.gov/pesticides_fertilizer/cid/519

Kansas State University Research and Extension
http://www.ksre.ksu.edu

Kansas businesses based on sustainable farming practices

Great Plains Herb Growers
http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/ksherbs/great_plains_herb_growers.htm 

Growing for Market newsletter for market gardeners. Based in Lawrence, KS.
http://www.growingformarket.com

Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/kglc

Kansas Meat Goat Association
www.kmga.net

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES

Ag Marketing Resource Center
http://www.agmrc.org/ 

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
http://www.attra.org/

Food Routes Network
http://www.foodroutes.org 

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/

Missouri Alternatives Center
http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/

North Central Region for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension
http://www.sare.org/ncrsare/