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Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council

Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council

For a healthy, fair, and sustainable local food system.
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In the summer of 1977, a planning professor at the University of Tennessee, Robert L. Wilson, and nine graduate students began to look at Knoxville’s urban food system. Their report “Food Distribution and Consumption in Knoxville: Exploring Food-Related Local Planning Issues” identified areas of Knoxville where food access was limited. Their work help spur the creation of the first Food Policy Council in the world in Knoxville in 1982 and helped encourage the City to look at efforts to promote grocery retailers into areas where access was limited.

Based on that tradition of collaboration between the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and the Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council, several reports on Knoxville’s food system have been produced by faculty, students, and council members in recent years. The Food Policy Council continues to study issues in our communities, holding community meetings and producing policy recommendations for Knoxville City Council, Knox County Commission, and other local food system stakeholders. New reports and tools will be added as available.

Food Distribution and Consumption in Knoxville: Exploring Food-Related Local Planning Issues (1977)
Developing Local Food Policies: One City’s Experiences, Betsy Haughton (1987)

 

Analysis of a Local Food System Policy: Evaluating Implementation and Impact (2000)
East Tennessee Local Food Guide (Nourish Knoxville)
 Food Matters: An Overview of the Local Food System Economy in Knox County (2011)
Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council Spring 2013 Community Research Findings and Recommendations (2013)
 Knoxville Regional Foodshed Assessment (2014)
Community Food Assessment: 5 Points Neighborhood (2015)
Farmers’ markets’ uptake of food assistance programs in East Tennessee, USA (2016)
 Knoxville Regional Food Hub Feasibility Study (2016)
Cities of Farmers: Urban Agriculture Practices and Processes (2016)
Food Security in Knox County – Interactive Map (Matthew Gabb, 2018)
Quick Referral Directory (Compassion Coalition, 2018)
(includes Food Pantries)
State indicator report on fruits and vegetables (CDC, 2018)

2020 Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Report with COVID-19 Response

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