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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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,…
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Food Policy AmeriCorps VISTA Opportunity!
Become an AmeriCorps VISTA for PSCC’s new Educational Initiative, Good Food For All! Looking for a cool job that allows you to…
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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“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…
The Nation’s and World’s First Food Policy Council
Did you know that the Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council was the first food policy council in the world? It was created on July 1, 1982! Read more about the background, history and experiences of the Food Policy Council here in the Summary and History of…
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…
Welcome to the NEW Food Policy Council Website
We are just getting started on developing a more robust presence for the Food Policy Council. Please bear with us as we get our new site stood up. In the meantime you can visit our current site at: http://www.cityofknoxville.org/boards/food.asp
