Bay Area/San Diego and Imperial Regional Nutrition Network
Food Access/Food Security Forum Resources

Below are notes and articles from the Food Access/Food Security Forum.

1. Steps to a Healthier Santa Clara County - posted 6.23.10
   Steps to a Healthier Santa Clara County is producing the first of BANPAC’s guides to local farmers market that accept EBT in collaboration with members of BANPAC’s Food Security Committee.  Steps will provide a re-usable template for other counties to create a local resource.

2. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - posted 6.23.10
   This summer, when Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients spend $10 of their EBT food benefits at the Divisadero, Fillmore, or Alemany Farmers’ Markets in SF, they will receive an additional $5 for free!  For more information, contact Sarah Nelson: 800.949.FARM, or 415.647.9423.

3. The Inextricable Between Food Insecurity and Diabetes - posted 6.23.10
    The inextricable between food insecurity and diabetes resource available.

4. San Francisco Food Security Task Force > Increased Hunger: A Summary of Food Program Trends Comparing the First Federal Fiscal Quarter of 2007 and 2008 - posted 3.12.09

5. Income Eligibility and Reimbursement for Child Nutrition Programs - posted 7.17.08

6. CA Farmers’ Markets Accepting EBT Cards with Scrip and a Central Wireless Device, Jan. 2008 - posted 4.24.08

7. Morning session notes

8. Participant list - posted 4.25.08

9. BARNN PowerPoint

10. Household Food Access/Food Security in the United States, 2005

11. Food Stamp Office Resource Kit flyer

12. The Availability and Cost of Healthier Food Items

13. Workshop notes:
    BANPAC Food Security Committee Minutes, 6.08.10
    BANPAC Food Security Committee Minutes, 4.28.10
    BANPAC Food Security Committee Minutes - Teleconference, 1.13.10
    BANPAC Food Security Committee Minutes, 10.22.09
    BANPAC Food Security Committee Minutes, 9.16.09
    BANPAC Food Security Committee Minutes, 5.27.09
    BANPAC Food Security Workgroup Minutes, 11.21.08
    BANPAC Food Security Workgroup Minutes, 9.19.08
    BANPAC Food Security Workgroup Minutes, 7.11.08
    BANPAC Food Security Workgroup Minutes, 4.18.08
    BANPAC Food System & Food Security Taskforce Meeting, 3.12.08
    BANPAC Food Systems & Food Security Taskforce Meeting, 2.22.08
    Community Participation in Food Systems Projects
    Creating local food policy
    Sustainable Food Systems and Public Health
    Tools for food banks and food stamp advocates