@article{Koliba:201274,
      recid = {201274},
      author = {Koliba, Christopher and Campbell, Eric and Davis, Heather},
      title = {Regional Food Systems Planning: A Case Study from  Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom},
      journal = {Opportunities for Agriculture},
      address = {2011},
      number = {1776-2016-141641},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {The number of food systems plans being
developed across  the United States and Canada
are growing. These plans have  been undertaken
by states, regions, counties and  municipalities and
share a common focus on advancing the  capacity of
the food system. This paper provides an  overview of
how one rural, three-county region, the  Northeast
Kingdom (NEK) of Vermont, has undertaken a  regional
food system planning and assessment process.  The
project is led by a regional planning commission  and
economic development corporation, Northeastern
Vermont  Development Association (NVDA). Working
with the region’s  leading local food hub organization,
the Center for an  Agricultural Economy (CAE), the
year-long planning process  has led to the creation
of a strategic plan that includes  asset maps; goals,
targets, and measures; a governance  network analysis
for support-system actors; recommended  strategies
and action items; and a proposed  implementation
framework. We compare the NEK planning  process
to other previous efforts and draw some  conclusions
about rural regional food systems planning  more
generally.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/201274},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.201274},
}