Our Seniors Need Your Help!
At our most recent Food Policy Council meeting, we heard from Judith Pelot, with Knoxville-Knox County’s Mobile Meals program. She noted a dire need for volunteer drivers to help deliver meals to some of the…
Local Food Hub Study Released
The sight of blossoming young plants this time of year reminds us that fresh local produce soon will be sprouting up in roadside stands, at farmers markets, and in our own backyards. Those findings were…
Food Matters: Pellissippi State Edible Schoolyard at Pond Gap Elementary
This is the first in a series of feature articles highlighting various key players addressing food access and food system issues here in Knoxville. It was a crisp autumn morning at the edible schoolyard as community volunteers plucked…
Knoxville Regional Foodshed Assessment Released!
As part of the Plan East Tennessee partnership, the Food Policy Council’s own Chad Hellwinckle, along with colleagues at the University of Tennessee’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center recently authored an assessment of the Knoxville Regional…
What If Kids Designed Our Neighborhoods?
Knoxville area kids were recently asked what they’d like their neighborhoods to look like and what they need to make healthy choices. The Eat, Play, Live partnership, with the YMCA and Together! Healthy Knox teamed…
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Pilot Community Food Assessment
In the Spring of 2015, the Knox County Health Department (KCHD) conducted a pilot Community Food Assessment of a neighborhood in the East Knoxville Community. Two of the main objectives of this pilot study were to look at the food environment in a holistic way…
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Recommendations for Urban Agriculture Moving Forward
In July of 2014, the City of Knoxville’s Office of Sustainability began a public participation process to clearly define and allow common…
Find Area Farmer’s Markets, Pick-Your-Own and Sale-On-Site Farms!
Want to know where you can buy local produce? Check…
Do You Live in One of Knox County’s 20 Food Deserts?
Have you heard the term “food desert?” These are areas…
Would You Like to Be a Member Food Policy Council?
The Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council is led by appointees…
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Japanese Delegation of Researchers Visits Knoxville
A delegation of rural sociologists representing various universities and organizations in Japan visited with current and former members of the Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council this past Friday, August 28th at CAC. Professors with the University of Kentucky were hosting the researchers and brought them…
City Seeks Input on Zoning Changes for Urban Gardens
With increased interest in community gardens and locally produced foods, the City of Knoxville is ready to propose changes in the zoning ordinance that will make it easier for individuals and community groups to establish farming on privately held land. Anyone interested in community gardens,…
Knoxville’s Food Week Kickoff!
Knoxville’s Food Week had a productive start on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Pond Gap Elementary’s Edible Schoolyard, a community school garden. The kickoff today at CAC Beardsley Community Farm kept the momentum going with some great talks, proclamations from the city and county mayors, and…
Knoxville’s Food Week!
Please Join Food Policy Council and partner organizations for a week-long observance and celebration of Food Day! October 18-26! Food Day inspires Americans to change their diets and our food policies. Every October 24, thousands of events all around the country bring Americans together to celebrate and…
FPC Spring 2013 Community Research Findings and Recommendations Released
In the Spring of 2013, the Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council completed a research effort targeting two important health/economic issues in Knox County. 1. Food access (insecurity) issues for City and County residents 2. Farm to Fork (economic/food system) development efforts Two tracks of meetings…