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Resources from the SAFSF 2006 Maine Forum
Farming on Land and at Sea: Visions for Sustainability

Program

2006 Program

Keynote Presentation

Sustainability and ‘Stuff: ’ Some Observations on a Biobased/ Carbohydrate Economy, Materials, and Other Pressing Issues
Karl R. Rábago

Marine/Fisheries

Websites

Books
Obstacles & Opportunities for Community-Based Fisheries Management in the United States. (2005). Published by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. in Maine. Available online by clicking here.

Articles
The Working Waterfront http://www.workingwaterfront.com/article.asp?storyID=20060417



Policy

NSAAS News Gleanings: Northeast States Association For Agricultural Stewardship
A weekly gathering of news sent via email. To subscribe, send an email to: mkilkelly@csg.org

Northeast Farms to Food: Understanding Our Region's Food System, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, 2002. Update, 2004. Available at www.nesawg.org

Agriculture Policy in the Northeast States: Inventory and Innovation, NESAWG, 2003. Available at www.nesawg.org

The New Power of Regions: A Policy Focus for Rural America -- A Conference Summary, Mark Drabenstott and Katharine H. Sheaff. Available at www.kc.frb.org

Citizen Panel on the Future of Food in New England, University of New Hampshire Office of Sustainability Programs, 2003. Available at www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/fas/futurefood/index.html

"Coming into the Foodshed", Jack Kloppenburg, Jr. et al., Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. 13, No. 3. (Reprint available from NESAWG.)

"That We All Might Eat: Regionally Reliant Food Systems for the 21st Century", Sharon Lezberg and Jack Kloppenburg, Jr., Development 1996:4. (Reprint available from NESAWG.)

"Thinking Regionally, Acting Locally: Emerging Rural Regions in the U.S.", Kendall McDaniel, Center for the Study of Rural America, May 2003. Available at www.kc.frb.org

"A consideration of the Devolution of Federal Agricultural Policy", Craig Gundersen, et al., November 2004. USDA/ERS AER# 836. Available at www.ers.usda.gov

Civic Environmentalism: Alternatives to Regulation in States and Communities
Dewitt John, (October 1993)

American Farmland Trust Resources:
Farming on the Edge: What's Happening to Our Farmland? http://www.farmland.org/resources/fote/default.asp

Strategic Ranchland in the Rocky Mountain West
Available at www.farmland.org

Forests on the Edge
http://www.fs.fed.us/projects/fote/reports/fote-6-9-05.pdf

Overall US Map showing loss of farmland: http://www.farmland.org/resources/fote/states/default.asp



Wellness



Maine Agriculture



Access To Local Markets: Beyond The Farmers' Markets

AG in the Classroom
http://www.aginclassroom.org/

Center for Ecoliteracy - Rethinking School Lunch
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl.html

Community Food Security Coalition - Farm to School Project
http://www.foodsecurity.org/farm_to_school.html

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources farm to school web page:
http://www.mass.gov/agr/markets/Farm_to_school/index.htm

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

Seeds of Solidarity
http://www.seedsofsolidarity.org/communities.html

Tools

Potential Customer evaluation form for use by farmers (by Kelly Erwin)

Articles

Farmers Strive to Meet the Demand for Local Food Products



Worst Case Scenario - Distaster Preparedness

Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundation and Corporations
Published jointly by Council on Foundations and European Foundation Centre November, 2001. Available on-line at: http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/International_Programs/disasterguide.pdf

Related to Post-Hurricanes:
The Gulf Coast Ecological Health and Community Renewal Fund www.rockpa.org/gulfcoastfund

"In the Wake of the Storm: Environment, Disaster and Race After Katrina"
Special report by the Russell Sage Foundation, May 15, 2006 http://www.russellsage.org/news/katrinabulletin2

"The School of Big Storms: The High Cost of Compromising Our Natural Defenses and the Benefits of Protecting Them"
Joint report by the Gulf Restoration Network and the Sierra Club http://www.healthygulf.org/school_of_big_storms.pdf

The Funders for Equitable Gulf Coast Rebuilding
www.ega.org/fegcr

"We Want to be at the Table: Helping Environmental Groups Rebuild After Katrina"
A report compiled by the Environmental Support Center, the Institute for Conservation Leadership and the River Network http://www.icl.org/news/index.php?id=10

"An Unnatural Disaster: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina" prepared by the Center for Progressive Reform http://www.progressivereform.org/Unnatural_Disaster_512.pdf



Biofuels - The Bio-Based Future Vision: Way More Than Just Ethanol and Biodiesel!

25x'25 Vision: By 2025, America's farms, forests and ranches will provide 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States, while continuing to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed and fiber. http://www.25x25.org/ and http://www.agenergy.info/index.aspx?mid=38652

After Oil - American Prospect 2006 http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=Green+Economy

The Bio-based Energy Analysis Group, BEAG, was established in 2004 by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Experiment Station. The purpose of BEAG is to provide decision makers in Government and Industry with the most up-to-date economic and environmental analysis of the bio-based industry at the state, region, and national levels. Focus includes supply and demand, costs of production, market opportunities, feasibility analyses, and regional and national economic impacts, along with environmental impact analysis. http://beag.ag.utk.edu/

Biodiesel: A Brief Overview
David Ryan, P.E., NCAT Energy Specialist, December 2004 http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/biodiesel.pdf

Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network (BFIN)
The Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network (BFIN) is a gateway to a wealth of biomass feedstock information resources from the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and other research organizations.
http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/main.aspx

Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Energy in the 21st Century.
Biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel can significantly reduce global dependence on oil, according to a new report by the Worldwatch Institute, released in collaboration with the German Agencies for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and Renewable Resources (FNR). Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Energy in the 21st Century, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), is a comprehensive assessment of the opportunities and risks associated with the large-scale international development of biofuels.
http://www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/445

Climate Change and Northeast Agriculture www.climateandfarming.org
This site provides a unique and comprehensive set of resource materials to help farmers make practical and profitable responses to climate changes. Subjects include: Greenhouse Gases & Climate Change; Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture; and Energy, Greenhouse Gases & Farming.

The Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Crop Production on U.S. Agriculture
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Marie E. Walsh, Hosein Shapouri, and Stephen P. Slinsky. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Economist, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. Agricultural Economic Report No. 816. In response to energy security concerns, alternative energy programs such as biomass systems are being developed to provide energy in the 21st century. Though a number of scenarios were examined to study the impact of bioenergy crop production on the agricultural sector, two cropland scenarios are presented in this report. http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/papers/misc/eco_impacts.html

Energy Fact Sheets & Reports The Minnesota Project http://www.mnproject.org/pub-energy.html

Farming and Soil Carbon: A Partial Solution to the Global Warming Problem
http://www.mnproject.org/publications/Farming-Carbon%20web_3-31-06.pdf

Green Procurement Review: Good Environmental Stories for North America
May, 2003, Five Winds International http://www.fivewinds.com/publications/publications.cfm?pid=56

Iowa BioEconomy Working Group
The BioEconomy Working Group (BWG), organized in August 2003, is a consortium of individuals and groups who have an interest in developing economically, environmentally and socially sustainable biobased businesses in Iowa. Funding is provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Iowa Energy Center, Cargill Dow and the United States Department of Energy. The BWG is a part of the Value Chains Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (VCPSA). VCPSA is a project of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Iowa State University Extension, the Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture and the ISU College of Agriculture. The Partnership's activities include research and development grants and other projects carried out by three working groups. http://www.valuechains.org/bewg/homepage.html

The Office of Energy Policy and New Uses (OEPNU) assists the Secretary of Agriculture in developing and coordinating Departmental energy policy, programs, and strategies. http://www.usda.gov/oce/energy/



Maine Streaming Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems: Coordination and Collaboration

Regional or Statewide Funder Collaboratives:
The Roots of Change (ROC) Fund is a foundation collaborative supporting work to catalyze the transition to a healthier food system and a healthier environment in California. The ROC Fund aims to increase the human and financial resources devoted to this issue, strengthen this emerging field, and support work toward systemic progress. The goal of the ROC Fund is to transform California food systems by identifying and providing funding for high-leverage opportunities to support the transition to sustainable food systems. http://www.rocfund.org/

The New England Food System Funders (NEFSF) is an informal group of grantmakers who are slowly creating a learning network to support more localized, sustainable food systems that shorten the distance from field to fork, strengthen local economies, promote ecological health and provide for the nutritional and social needs of community members. NEFSF participants have come together three times in the last two years. NEFSF includes a mix of international, national, state and regional grant makers from both the public and private sectors. This diverse group had never before gathered together. The group has met three times over the course of the two years. At its third meeting, NEFSF participants finalized the following vision/values statement: NEFSF values collaborative efforts to care for the natural resources and people involved at all levels of the food web in New York and New England. NEFSF participants communicate through a list serve, share descriptions of their funding strategies and sample grants, and are in the process of developing a strategy for moving forward. To learn more about NEFSF contact: Kolu Zigbi of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation at kolu@igc.org, or Nate Berry, of the Sandy River Foundation, at nwberry@srcfoundation.org

Illinois Food and Community Funders Group
Four foundations and the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development have drafted a memorandum of understanding, a budget and a plan to work together to promote the availability of healthy, sustainably grown food in Chicago and Illinois. The Foundations involved include the Chicago Community Trust, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (Chicago), The Lumpkin Faimily Foundation (Mattoon), and The Liberty Prairie Foundation (Grayslake). The Foundations are presently talking with additional potential partners before activating their plan, they hope, in the fall. For more information contact: Bruce Karmazin, Executive Director, The Lumpkin Family Foundation; Bruce.Karmazin@consolidated.com

The Chesapeake Bay Funders' Network (CBFN) provides opportunities for grantmakers to network and to exchange information about protecting and restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The CBFN has collaborated on various issues through acting as a learning network, formal and informal grant alignment and pooled funding programs addressing pressing Chesapeake Bay issues, such as Agriculture best management practices and policies. The CBFN Agriculture Initiative seeks to strengthen the economic sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay farming community, threatened by land development, while simultaneously addressing the serious and continuing deterioration in Bay water quality through a pooled fund and project management structure that targets, initially, two areas: (1) improving management of excess manure by advancing promising technologies and developing new markets and (2) enhancing technical assistance to farmers using innovative approaches that help them efficiently and effectively implement conservation best management practices.

Others

Harvest Fund
http://www.maineinitiatives.org/harvestfund.aspx

Cooperative Funds of New England
http://www.cooperativefund.org/

Local Donor Collaboration: Lessons from Baltimore and Beyond Alice C. Buhl, 2004, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, www.abagmd.org

Moving Ideas and Money: Issues and Opportunities in Funder Funding Collaboration
Ralph Hamilton, 2002, Funders'Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.
www.fundersnetwork.org