Rural food and hunger resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/food/ Investigates participation in, and benefits received from, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or food assistance programs, before and after the legislation, for children in low-income households. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR92/ERR92.pdf Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:18:41 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR92/ERR92.pdf HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a funding opportunity for national public or private non-profit organizations to apply for $10 million in cooperative agreements to help communities decrease smoking and obesity, increase physical activity and improve nutrition. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13238 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:04:37 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13238 Daily Yonder article tells of a renowned family physician has taken aim at starch propaganda, says it's time to reinvent the dinner plate. http://www.dailyyonder.com/four-food-groups/2010/03/04/2623 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:03:01 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/four-food-groups/2010/03/04/2623 Bowling Green OH April 8, 2010 -- National Association of Local Boards of Health http://www.nalboh.org/Ned_E_Baker_Lecture.htm Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:26:45 CST http://www.nalboh.org/Ned_E_Baker_Lecture.htm The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces funding of approximately $5 million in competitive grant funds for fiscal year (FY) 2010 to increase domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4056.htm Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:37:58 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4056.htm A web-based mapping tool which will enable researchers, policy makers, and the public to find information on a range of factors that affect access to healthy, affordable food, and will allow users to map the data by county. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/foodatlas/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:09:53 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/foodatlas/ USDA officials today highlighted one of its newest web-based mapping tool, Your Food Environment Atlas, which will enable researchers, policy makers, and the public to find information on a range of factors that affect access to healthy, affordable food, and will allow users to map the data by county. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13169 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:24:55 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13169 Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon to highlight the Obama Administration's priorities for the re-authorization of the Child Nutrition Act and to advocate for the rapid passage of a strong re-authorization bill to reduce hunger and improve the health and nutrition of our nation's children. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13155 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:41:23 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13155 The Obama Administration today released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural communities across America. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13131 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:39:22 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13131 Daily Yonder article shows a map where you can find the fifty rural counties with the most fast food places per person along with other food and exercise related maps. http://www.dailyyonder.com/most-fast-food-person-and-other-food-facts/2010/02/12/2586 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:50:57 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/most-fast-food-person-and-other-food-facts/2010/02/12/2586 Reports on the issue of hunger amongst people living in both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan America. Includes information on food insecurity, food assistance programs, health status, household income, poverty levels, and demographics. Key findings, the executive summary and full report can be accessed via this webpage. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger/hunger-in-america-2010/hunger-report-2010.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:10:46 CST http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger/hunger-in-america-2010/hunger-report-2010.aspx Specifically looks at participation data of rural households in four federal programs: the National School Lunch Program; the School Breakfast Program; the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program; and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. -- Carsey Institute http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB_Wauchop_Nutrition.pdf Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:24:36 CST http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB_Wauchop_Nutrition.pdf Details participation rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, showing, overall, 66 percent of all eligible people and 56 percent of the eligible working poor participated in SNAP in 2007. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/Nutrition/FNS07rates.pdf Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:50:35 CST http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/Nutrition/FNS07rates.pdf Funding to improve the lives of individuals and build strong communities. -- Ameriprise Financial http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2284 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:35:26 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2284 Uses school-level data from the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment-III to calculate statistical differences between the fat content of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunches served by schools with different policies (e.g., menu planning) and characteristics like region and size of the community and school. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR87/ERR87.pdf Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:04:10 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR87/ERR87.pdf An issue brief highlighting a range of policy opportunities that health care leaders can act upon to begin to shift the food system in service of health. -- Kaiser Permanente http://www.kpihp.org/publications/docs/5917_Focus5a_Guide_v6.pdf Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:34:49 CST http://www.kpihp.org/publications/docs/5917_Focus5a_Guide_v6.pdf Discusses the economic downturn in 2008 that has brought an increase in the number of Americans who report difficulty meeting their food needs. The number and percentage of U.S. households classified as food insecure has reached the highest level recorded since Federal monitoring of food insecurity began in 1995. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/December09/PDF/FoodInsecurity.pdf Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:31:04 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/December09/PDF/FoodInsecurity.pdf Analyzes the rates of food security in the United States -- whether or not a household had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members -- and finds that 14.6 percent of all American households (and a greater percentage of rural households) were "food insecure." -- U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR83/ERR83.pdf Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:04:34 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR83/ERR83.pdf Provides information on fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption, policy, and environmental support within each state. Addresses issues associated with nutritionally underserved areas. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/downloads/StateIndicatorReport2009.pdf Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:28:46 CST http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/downloads/StateIndicatorReport2009.pdf Describes the prevalence and severity of food insecurity in households with children as of 2007, the trends since 1999, and characteristics of households affected by food insecurity. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB56/EIB56.pdf Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:28:46 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB56/EIB56.pdf Addresses issues involved in starting a farmers market on federal property, including: security, insurance needs, parking, and the use of utilities and amenities. -- U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5079490&acct=wdmgeninfo Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:33:16 CST http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5079490&acct=wdmgeninfo A directory of local community action agencies (CAAs) developed by VirtualCAP.org that provides contact information by either state or agency name. -- Virginia Community Action Partnership http://www.virtualcap.org/caalisting.cfm Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:17:12 CST http://www.virtualcap.org/caalisting.cfm Strives to see that all children have access to healthy school meals and nutrition education. http://www.schoolnutrition.org/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:02:57 CST http://www.schoolnutrition.org/ Uses preliminary data from the Food and Nutrition Service to examine trends in the programs through fiscal 2008. Describes the five largest food assistance programsSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the National School Lunch Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the School Breakfast Program. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB6-6/EIB6-6.pdf Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:02:08 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB6-6/EIB6-6.pdf Provides contacts for state community services programs funded through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (DOE/WAP). -- National Association for State Community Services Programs http://www.nascsp.org/StateContacts.aspx Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:29:09 CST http://www.nascsp.org/StateContacts.aspx Provides 2007 participation rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP helps low-income individuals purchase food so that they can obtain a nutritious diet. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/redirect_pubsdb.asp?strSite=http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/Published/SNAP/FILES/Participation/Trends2000-2007.pdf Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:05:40 CST http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/redirect_pubsdb.asp?strSite=http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/Published/SNAP/FILES/Participation/Trends2000-2007.pdf Describes the issue of limited access to nutritious food in poor and/or rural areas and the measures in place to counteract it. Results stem from a study on the relationship between access to full-service grocery stores and the instance of poor nutrition, obesity, and other diet-related diseases. -- U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/AP/AP036/AP036.pdf Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:09:20 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/AP/AP036/AP036.pdf Offers links to materials in languages other than English. Materials are designed for partners, advocates, and the public to distribute to consumers who may be eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program. -- U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/translations.htm Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:48:35 CST http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/translations.htm Discusses the prevalence of low-income people, minorities, and rural residents suffering the highest rates of preventable, diet-related diseases that are linked to insufficient consumption of healthful foods. -- Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity http://yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/reports/RuddReportAccesstoHealthyFoods2008.pdf Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:09:14 CST http://yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/reports/RuddReportAccesstoHealthyFoods2008.pdf Designed to guide state leaders in completing their food stamp nutrition education plan. Document highlights 2009 changes in policy and procedure. -- U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodstamp/guidance/Final_2009_Guidance.pdf Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:40:31 CST http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodstamp/guidance/Final_2009_Guidance.pdf