POW Number: 1.F.

POW Title: The Forces of Change - Improving Public Understanding of the Food, Fiber, and Forest Products System

Available Educational Resources

Resources for Edible Connections: Changing the way we talk about food, farm, and community: A Food Communication Forum Planner’s Handbook with an accompanying videotape.

Northeast Network Public Issues Education Materials:

Modules, overviews and issue briefs are available on the following topics:

• The Northeast Food System
• Food Costs
• The International Environment for Food and Farming in the Northeast
• Food, Diet and Health
• Food Safety: A Shared Responsibility
• Our Changing Landscape: Balancing Rural and Urban Needs
• Building Bridges: The Water Policy Debate in Changing Communities

The following videotapes are available to support the modules:

• Food Policy Education - Making Connections
• From Harvest to Home
• Perspectives on nutrition, food safety, and food costs
• Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
• The Changing Rural Landscape: Who Decides?
• Potatoes: More Than Meets the Eye