Local Food and Agriculture Resource Guide

Local and regional food and agriculture initiatives are growing throughout New York State as communities identify creative ways to tap the rich community and economic development opportunities agriculture and the food industry provide. This publication highlights the depth and breadth of programs that engage faculty, staff, and students in local food and agriculture, including research, education, and outreach. You will find more than two dozen Cornell University-based programs which provide research-based information and student engagement on subjects related to local food production and processing, supply-chain development, and local food insecurity.

Socioeconomic Trends, Planning, and Budgeting in Rural Counties' Towns and Small Cities of New York State
By Paul Eberts and Colleagues
      
The Structural Ecology and Population Health of Upstate New York Analysis and Applications
By Frank W. Young, Cornell University 
   
The Social Ecology of Villages in Western New York
By Frank W. Young, Cornell University 
   
Catalyzing Change: Profiles of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators from Greene, Tompkins, and Erie Counties, New York
Edited by Scott J. Peters, Daniel J. O’Connell, Theodore R. Alter, and Allison L. H. Jack

Counting Caring: Attending to the Human in an Age of Public Management
By Margo Hittleman, Cornell Cooperative Extension

“Brain Drain – Really?” In Fact, Upstate Rural and Suburban Counties Overall Have a “Brain Gain”
Paul R. Eberts, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University

Rural Populations: Issues and Concerns for Returning Veterans (September 2006)

The American Community Survey: Challenges and Opportunities (May 2004)

The Future of American Agriculture and the Land Grant University: Toward a Sustainable, Healthful, and Entrepreneurial Food System (April 2003)

Low Income Student Transiency and its Effects on Schools and School Districts in Upstate New York: The Perspective of School District Administrators (August 2002)

What Does a School Mean to a Community? Assessing the Social and Economic Benefits of Schools to Rural Villages in New York