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      "Nearly 50 million Americans are considered food insecure according to the United States Department of Agriculture. While many Americans are struggling to gain access to healthful, affordable and culturally acceptable foods, many farmers and ranchers are struggling to remain viable.  With this project, we hope to transform these challenges into opportunities for food producers and communities. We intend to identify innovations in local and regional public policy that strengthen community food systems in order to better support underserved residents and farmers, especially small and mid-sized farmers. The project will build the capacity of local governments and their partners to create, implement and sustain food system plans and policies that simultaneously promote access to healthy, affordable and culturally acceptable food and foster a viable agricultural sector in their communities. "Tags:                agriculture_urbaine            