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…
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…
Knoxville Region Foodshed Map Released!
Recently, Plan East Tennessee (PlanET) partnered with the University of Tennessee’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center to produce a Regional Food System Assessment. The final assessment is forthcoming, but as part of the project a Knoxville…
Food Matters in Our Community!
Food Matters in Knoxville and Knox County! Did you know that when you spend $100 at a locally owned business $45 stays in the community? If that same $100 were spent at a national chain…
15% of TN Households Are Food Insecure
Food-insecure households are those that were, at times, unable to acquire adequate food for one or more household members due to insufficient money or other resources for food, over the course of a year. As…
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Do You Live in One of Knox County’s 20 Food Deserts?
Have you heard the term “food desert?” These are areas where access to healthy food is difficult to obtain because of location and income. In 2009, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) began tracking food deserts across the nation. Individuals and families living in…
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Would You Like to Be a Member Food Policy Council?
The Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council is led by appointees from the City of Knoxville and Knox County Mayors. However, we also…
The Nation’s and World’s First Food Policy Council
Did you know that the Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council…
Welcome to the NEW Food Policy Council Website
We are just getting started on developing a more robust…
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“A Place at the Table” Community Screening
UPDATE: Thank you to everyone that made it out for the screening. It was a good crowd and great panel discussion after the film. Many thanks to all involved in pulling off a successful event! If you were unable to make the screening, and have…
Mapping Our Community Gardens
We are beginning to map our food system in Knoxville-Knox County and we need your help! Do you know where a community garden is located? Is there one in your neighborhood? At your school? At your place of worship? Tell us where your community garden…
