{"id":1716,"date":"2011-12-02T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T20:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?page_id=1716"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:06:57","slug":"food-systems-and-food-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/manual\/food-systems-and-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Systems and Food Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1745 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/12\/MGM13.jpg\" alt=\"Three volunteers working in garden; photo by Edwin Remsberg\" width=\"510\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/12\/MGM13.jpg 510w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/12\/MGM13-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/12\/MGM13-105x26.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/12\/MGM13-317x78.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/12\/MGM13-423x104.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,510px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Selected Readings and Content<\/h3>\n<p><strong>UMaine Extension Bulletins &amp; Factsheets<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/04\/Five-Steps-to-Food-Safe-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Gardening.doc\">Five Steps to Food Safe Fruit and Vegetable Gardening (Word)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Food for ME: Citizen Action for Community Food Recovery\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"A Donor\u2019s Guide to Vegetable Harvest\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/4303e\/\">A Donor\u2019s Guide to Vegetable Harvest<\/a>, Bulletin #4303<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A Food Pantry Wish List\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/4304e\/\">A Food Pantry Wish List<\/a>, Bulletin #4304<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Food for Your Community: Gleaning and Sharing\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/4301e\/\">Food for Your Community: Gleaning and Sharing<\/a>, Bulletin #4301<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Food Safety for Food Pantry Donations\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/4302e\/\">Food Safety for Food-Pantry Donations<\/a>, Bulletin #4302<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steps to Organizing Your Community Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/4300e\/\">Steps to Organizing Your Community Garden<\/a>, Bulletin #4300<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/04\/Five-Steps-to-Food-Safe-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Gardening.doc\">Storing Fresh Garden Produce (Word)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UMaine Extension Videos<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How Farmer's Markets Can Donate Food to Maine Harvest for Hunger\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HFZp6LtPpMs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: How Farmers\u2019 Markets Can Donate Food to Maine Harvest for Hunger (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Donate Food to Maine Harvest for Hunger\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uV5LrSdkR5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: How to Donate Food to Maine Harvest for Hunger (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NUOMgXiIOIM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: Maine Harvest for Hunger (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Yq_g2HmNdFA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: Maine Harvest for Hunger: IDEXX Adopt a Garden Program (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3YNSiQUgNLo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: Maine Harvest for Hunger: Yarmouth Community Gardens (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FjJ-Y0BgsFc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: Maine Harvest for Hunger: York County (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/shegIHpP3QA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: What is Maine Harvest for Hunger? (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Maine Harvest for Hunger\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/harvest-for-hunger\/\">Maine Harvest for Hunger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsfb.org\/hunger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Shepard Food Bank Hunger in Maine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/programs\/hunger-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Maine Hunger Dialogue Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Maine Policy Review<\/em>, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu\/mpr\/vol20\/iss1\/13\/\">Getting What We Pay For\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu\/mpr\/vol20\/iss1\/21\/\">Hunger in Maine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mainefoodatlas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maine Food Atlas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainefoodcouncils.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maine Food Councils<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatmainefoods.org\/group\/mainenetworkofcommunityfoodcouncils\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maine Network of Community Food Councils<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Food Systems Tools<\/strong>, courtesy of the Nourish Initiative, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nourishlife.org\/teach\/food-system-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.nourishlife.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nourish Food System Map Description:<\/p>\n<p>The map below shows the connections of the food system and the systems that affect it. Biological, economic, health, political, and social systems all affect the supply and demand of food.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nourishlife.org\/pdf\/Nourish_Food_System_Map_18x24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the Nourish Food System Map, 18\u201d x 24\u201d poster (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nourishlife.org\/pdf\/Nourish_Food_System_Map_11x14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the Nourish Food System Map, 11\u2033 x 14\u2033 poster (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nourishlife.org\/pdf\/Nourish_Food_System_Map_8.5x11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the Nourish food system map 8.5\u2033 x 11\u2033 poster (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7134 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web.jpg\" alt=\"Food System Map infographic. Description in text on webpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web.jpg 640w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web-105x84.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web-317x252.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web-423x336.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/Food_System_Map_thumbnail-web-634x504.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Local Food System diagram shown below illustrates a continuous loop that food travels. Farmers grow crops, farm workers harvest the crops, farm workers pack the foods in reusable boxes or bags for transport, farmers move the food by truck r van to a farmers market, restaurant, or local store, farmers, restaurant owners, or local store owners sell food, people buy, prepare and eat the food, communities collect kitchen scraps for composting to add to farm soil, and the cycle begins again when it goes to farmers to prepare soil, plant and tend crops.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nourishlife.org\/pdf\/Food_Systems_Diagrams.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the Food Systems Diagrams (PDF)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7133 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483.png\" alt=\"Local Food System infographic: Growing, Harvesting, Packing, Transporting, Retailing, Eating, Disposing.\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483.png 640w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483-105x79.png 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483-317x239.png 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483-423x319.png 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/LocalFoodSystem-640x483-634x478.png 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected Readings and Content UMaine Extension Bulletins &amp; 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