Our goal is to be a resource to a wide range of audiences impacted by and intersecting with food systems and food policy. In this section of our site, you will find reports, articles, info graphics, and commentary--both from our center and the many other institutions and organizations working in food policy. Sharing insight is a core ethos of our center because we believe that only by working together can we achieve an equitable and sustainable global food systems that advanced human health while protecting the planet.
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Strengthening Gleaning Incentives for North Carolina Farmers
Farmers have few options when a produce crop doesn’t sell, or the harvesting cost means there won’t be a profit. The Duke World Food Policy Center (WFPC) and the Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) hosted a stakeholder workshop to explore strategies for encouraging North Carolina farmers to donate such crops through gleaning. The workshop, held on Feb. 9 in the Research Triangle Park, was supported by The Duke Endowment. Participants included farmers, extension agents, food bank representatives, philanthropic foundations, and researchers.
Equitable Food Oriented Development Case Study: El Departamento de la Comida, Puerto Rico
This case study of El Departamento de la Comida (El Depa) highlights the assets of the people and the land in Puerto Rico. It speaks to the power of connection, of relationship, and of adaptability. It names both what it is and what can be through localized food systems, led by and accountable to the people they serve. El Depa works to build food sovereignty, local resilience, and to improve nutrition and food access through innovative, community-responsive, market-focused strategies. El Depa’s work over multiple years embodies Equitable Food-Oriented Development as defined by the EFOD Collaborative.
Food Systems Conceptual Framework: Companion Guide on Conflict, Fragility, and Violence
This is a companion guide to USAID’s food system conceptual framework. It aims to provide guidance on how to think about food systems in the context of fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV). Key questions it attempts to answer include: How can key food system drivers generate FCV? How do different types of violence lead to different outcomes for food systems? What are the implications for food system investments in FCV contexts?
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Empowering Eaters Summit: Panel – Consumer/Retail Challenges and Making it Happen
Panel discussion – Consumer/Retail Challenges to a Sustainable Food System. Presented at the Empowering Eaters: Access, Affordability, Healthy Choices, and Food is Medicine Summit in…
Empowering Eaters Summit: Panel – Food as Medicine
Panel Discussion on Food as Medicine. Presented at the Empowering Eaters: Access, Affordability, Healthy Choices, and Food is Medicine Summit in Support of a National…
Empowering Eaters Summit: Panel – Food Security Means Environmental Sustainability
Panel Discussion – Food Security Means Environmental Sustainability. Presented at the Empowering Eaters: Access, Affordability, Healthy Choices, and Food is Medicine Summit in Support of…
Rooted in Relationship: Power & Privilege in Food Systems Conference
This webinar was recorded on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The webinar focused on how white dominant cultural narratives play out in food insecurity and food access in the United States? The webinar framed ways in which whiteness impacts the food system, based in an historical context of structural racism. We also presented examples of how whiteness fuels power, decision-making, and investment in food systems.
Examining Whiteness in Food Systems Webinar
This event explored how we can move from charitable interventions to a justice-based approach to food systems reform and community development. The Rooted in Relationship event focused on how to shift power and work in support of (not on behalf of) community-rooted organizations working on the health and economic viability of historically marginalized communities. This conference was held on April 21, 2022 at Duke University.