Browsing by Author "Frohman, Claire"

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Best Practices for Community Food System Projects
(Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement, 2020-09) Simpson, Jacob; Ellett, Jodee; Frohman, Claire
Communities with robust local food systems are more resilient - better able to adapt to change - because they can maintain influence over their resources and reduce their dependence on factors out of their control. This resilience is even more critical in times of crisis, as we've seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indiana Uplands: Local Food, Local Good A 2020 Report
(2020-01-01) Ellett, Jodee; Frohman, Claire; Simpson, Jacob
We teamed up with IU Sustainable Food Systems Science to hold community interest meetings in counties across the Indiana Uplands. In this project, we listened and learned from community members about their food system to identify the needs and ideas for improvement and mapped the regional food system assets including farmers, markets, and businesses and organizations. We then gathered and hosted a regional conference to promote coordination and cooperation across the region for economically energizing food systems projects. This project is allowing IU and community partners throughout the Indiana Uplands to create strategies that will improve the regional food system, fostering social, economic, and environmental sustainability for residents.
Preparing for Cooking Matters
(Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement, 2021-01) Crosby, Claire; Ellett, Jodee; Frohman, Claire; Gendig, Megan; Joseph, Lisa
This toolkit was created by Indy Hunger Network (IHN) to be a supplement to the provided guidelines from Cooking Matters. The toolkit specifically focuses on ways IHN has successfully implemented and expanded the Cooking Matters program. IHN has been a partner with Cooking Matters since 2015. Throughout the time working with Cooking Matters, IHN has found ways to adapt the Cooking Matters program to best fit the needs of the IHN community while still adhering to Cooking Matters’ standards. All entities offering Cooking Matters programming through their organization must be approved by Cooking Matters at a national level before implementing any programming.