North Carolina is the 10th hungriest state in the nation. Nearly 1 in 5 children in NC faces hunger on a regular basis. Wake County’s Capital Area Food Network brings together nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, and local government to ensure that all residents have adequate access to healthy food.

Designing Better Local Food Systems (Wake County)

• The Challenge – What is the problem communities are facing?

  • Hunger and Poverty in North Carolina
  • Food Policy Snapshot of Moving Beyond Hunger
  • COVID-19 Calls Out Flaws in the Local Food Supply Chain: Dispatches from around the Carolinas

• The Solution – What is the innovative solution we want to highlight?

  • Wake County Food Security Plan
    • One Year Update Report
    • Food Security Map

• The Players – Who did what to make the innovative solution work in the community?

  • Capital Area Food Network
  • Community Food Lab
  • First in Future: Principal Founder of Community Food Lab Erin White (Podcast)
  • Inter-Faith Food Shuttle
  • Wake County Government

• The Promise – Why do we think this solution holds promise for other communities?

  • A prescription to fight hunger & stay healthy – NC Child COVID-19 Perspective
  • Trends and Best Practices in Food Distribution Systems: A Focus on Food Banks and Partner Agencies
  • Knowledge Sharing for Improved Food Security and Better Nutrition
  • Evidence-Based Strategies to End Childhood Food Insecurity and Hunger in Vermont
  • Voices for food: methodologies for implementing a multi-state community-based intervention in rural, high poverty communities
  • A Community‐Based Intervention Improves Economic, Social and Food Security Outcomes of Refugee Women‐The Healthy Kitchens Experience
  • UC Cooperative Extension Study of California Food Policy Councils

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