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| Preface Maura
McDermott |
i |
| Introduction Maura
McDermott |
v |
| |
How to Read This Report's
County Snapshots Wylie
Harris |
x |
|
1 |
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Good Food for Good Health: Combating Poor Nutrition and
Obesity with Locally Grown Foods Doug Walton |
1 |
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A Strong and Healthy Oklahoma: State and Private Employee
Health and Wellness Initiatives
Wylie Harris
|
7 |
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Public Policy Priorities:
Nutrition and Health
|
8 |
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A Going and Growing Market in Muskogee
Doug Walton
|
9 |
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Who Shops at Oklahoma Farmers' Markets?
|
12 |
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Snapshot: Muskogee County |
14 |
| Chapter Two: Food Insecurity |
15 |
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Feeling Hungry: Food Insecurity in Oklahoma
Maura McDermott
|
15 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Food Insecurity
|
19 |
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Hands Together for Community Food Security: Community Gardens
Wylie Harris
|
20 |
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Snapshot: Oklahoma County |
24 |
| Chapter Three: Children's Health
and Food Education |
25 |
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A Garden to Grow on: The Leach School Garden
Doug Walton
|
25 |
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Snapshot: Delaware County
|
27 |
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Curing Our Kids: Better Food for Better Health
Doug Walton & Maura McDermott
|
28 |
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Melons Carry Seeds of Change: Oklahoma's Farm to School
Program
Wylie Harris
|
32 |
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Public Policy Priorities:
|
36 |
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Children's Health and Food Education
Stop the Supersizing of Oklahoma's Student Body: Integris CEO and the Fit Kids
Coalition Lead the
Way to Healthier Choices for Kids
Shauna Lawyer Struby |
37 |
| Chapter Four: The Cost of Good
Food |
41 |
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Getting What You Pay for: Affording Healthy Food
Wylie Harris
|
41 |
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The Teacher Only Sets the Table: The Community Nutrition
Education Program
Wylie Harris
|
45 |
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Meeting the Food Stamp Challenge with Local Foods: Slow
Food for Low and Moderate Income People Robert Waldrop
|
49 |
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Public Policy Priorities: The Cost of Good Food
|
51 |
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Fresh and Affordable: A Comparison of Farmers' Market and
Grocery Store Prices
Emily Oakley & Mike Appel |
52 |
Chapter Five: Access to Good Food
|
55 |
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You Can't Get There from Here: Community Food Security in
Oklahoma's Food Deserts Wylie Harris
|
55 |
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Coupons Worth Clipping
Doug Walton |
59 |
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Northeast Oklahoma City's "Grocery Gap"
Shaun Chavis
|
61 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Access to Good Food |
62 |
Chapter Six: Direct Marketing
|
65 |
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Direct From the Source: Direct Market Produce from the Crows'
Farm
Wylie Harris
|
65 |
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Who Sells at Oklahoma Farmers' Markets?
|
67 |
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Farm Direct: Direct Sales' Potential for Increasing Community
Food Security
Wylie Harris
|
69 |
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Local-plicity: The Large Economic Multiplier Effects of
Small Farms Wylie Harris
|
72 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Direct Marketing |
74 |
Chapter Seven: State of the State's
Farms
|
75 |
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Changing with the Times: Oklahoma Farms in Transition
Wylie Harris
|
75 |
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CSA in Oklahoma: Linking Farms and Communities, City and
Country
Wylie Harris
|
78 |
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Snapshot: Creek County
|
81 |
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It's Not Quite the Middle of Nowhere: CSA Goes Country
Wylie Harris
|
82 |
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Snapshot: Comanche County
|
85 |
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Green Grass and Murray Greys: Beaver Creek Farms' Direct
Wylie Harris
|
86 |
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Public Policy Priorities: State of the State's Farms |
88 |
Chapter Eight: Food Imports and
Exports
|
89 |
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Eating Cooperatively and Locally: The Oklahoma Food Co-op
Wylie Harris
|
89 |
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Town and Country: Kim Barker's Grassfed Beef and Lamb
Wylie Harris
|
93 |
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Balancing Trade for a Balanced Diet: Oklahoma's Farm Exports
and Food Imports
Wylie Harris
|
94 |
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Growing What We Eat?
Mary Penick & Maura McDermott
|
96 |
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Importing Oklahoma's State Meal
Wylie Harris
|
97 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Food Imports and Exports |
98 |
Chapter Nine: Farm Diversification
|
99 |
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From Horn of Plenty to Plenty of Horns: Crop and Livestock
Diversity on Oklahoma Farms
Wylie Harris & Mary Penick
|
99 |
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Land of Opportunity:
Steve Upson's Vision for Oklahoma Farms
Wylie Harris
|
103 |
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Snapshot: Carter County
|
107 |
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Just Right in the Middle:
Sam's Sweet Onions as a Model for Diversification
Wylie Harris
|
108 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Farm Diversification
|
112 |
Chapter Ten: Local Marketing
|
113 |
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Local Food, Local Prosperity:
Local Farm Sales and Community Food Security
Wylie Harris
|
113 |
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A Cool Peach of an Idea: Regrowing a Local Specialty
at Peach Crest Farm
Wylie Harris
|
116 |
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The Buyer's-Eye View
Wylie Harris
|
117 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Local Marketing |
120 |
Chapter Eleven: Making Something
New:
Adding Value to Oklahoma's Crops
|
121 |
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LOVAs for LIFE:
Value Added Processing and Community Food Security
Wylie Harris
|
121 |
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Adding Value to the Country:
Oklahoma's Rural Food Processors
Wylie Harris
|
124 |
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Snapshot: Cleveland County
|
125 |
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Snapshot: Kiowa County
|
127 |
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Snapshot: Kingfisher County
|
129 |
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Public Policy Priorities:
Locally-Owned Value-Added (LOVA) Processing |
132 |
Chapter Twelve: Something Different:
Food Labels
|
133 |
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Demand for Health: Community Food Security Surfs
the Wave of Value Added Food Labeling
Wylie Harris
|
133 |
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Spirit in the Dust:
Organic Wheat and Natural Beef at John's Farm
Wylie Harris
|
137 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Food Labels
|
140 |
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Snapshot: Major County
|
141 |
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SPARC-ing Change on the Plains:
Soil, Health, and Sustainable Wheat
Wylie Harris |
142 |
Chapter Thirteen: Saving Farmland:
Urban Sprawl and Family Farms
|
145 |
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Farmland Preservation in Oklahoma
Mary Penick & Wylie Harris
|
145 |
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Farming the Family Way: Conrad Farms
Mary Penick
|
149 |
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Snapshot: Tulsa County
|
151 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Saving Farmland:
Urban Sprawl and Family Farms |
152 |
Chapter Fourteen: Keeping It Closer
to Home:
Food Miles and Regional Markets
|
153 |
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Food Miles: The Long Road to Community Food Security
Wylie Harris
|
153 |
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How Far Can Food Miles Carry Community Food Security:
The Case of Braum's Dairy Wylie Harris
|
155 |
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Public Policy Priorities: Keeping It Closer to Home:
Food Miles and Regional Markets
|
157 |
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Concentration in the Food System
Wylie Harris
|
158 |
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Snapshot: Grady County
|
159 |
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Farming and the Environment: The Local Food Connection
Maura McDermott
|
160 |
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On the Menu: A Taste of Oklahoma
Maura McDermott |
161 |
| Appendix
A |
162 |
| Resources |
163 |
| Frequently
Asked Questions |
168 |
| Endnotes |
173 |
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