Dig Deeper Home = Dig Deeper Resource Type All Article Document Link PDF Video Goals All Build Increase Integrate Strengthen Actions All Advocate for comprehensive plans inclusive of food and agriculture Build a future generation of farmers across cultures and communities Celebrate agriculture, food cultures, and local food Ensure land security and justice for marginalized groups Facilitate robust marketing and branding for local food businesses Facilitate strong local food and agriculture municipal policy Foster food stability and access through coordinated emergency food response Foster municipal protection and support of local farms Identify and advocate municipal climate action priorities Increase local, Cultural and Halal foods in the schools Increase scratch Cooking in the schools Integrate garden and nutrition education in schools Protect Community Gardens for the future Secure and develop a site for the LA Community Market, the first cooperatively run market and kitchen in Maine Vibrant Sustainable Lewiston Farmers’ Market Publishers All American Farmland Trust Amjambo Africa Bates College Center for Nutrition and Health Impact Change Lab Solutions Chef Ann Foundation City of Auburn City of Lewiston City of Somerville MA Farm and Dairy Farmers Market Coalition Food Bank News Food Corps Grow Pittsburgh Healthy Androscoggin Koszalin University of Technology Maine Credit Union League McKinsey & Company National Library of Medicine Portland State University Sun Journal United Nations Global Climate Promise US Department of Agriculture Reset Lewiston Farmers’ Market Lewiston Island River Master Plan The Cultural Significance of Farmers Markets July 13, 2011 Farmers Market Coalition Farmers Markets as Community Centerpieces August 5, 2013 US Department of Agriculture Maine Federation of Farmers Markets LA Community Market Cooperative Development Institute Food, social justice cornerstones are of Lewiston-Auburn Community Market Amjambo Africa Dorchester Food Co-op Fork Food Lab Good Shepherd Food Bank St. Mary’s Food Pantry Trinity Jubilee Center Food Pantry The Root Cellar Working Together, Pantries Save Nearly 20% on Food February 27, 2020 Food Bank News Androscoggin Food Resource Guide July 10, 2024 Healthy Androscoggin Bee Keeping Ordinance Lewiston City of Lewiston Developing Urban Agriculture Ordinances for Auburn and Lewiston Creating Opportunities for Urban Agriculture in Lewiston/Auburn December 1, 2020 Bates College Somerville Becomes First City in the Commonwealth to unveil Urban Agriculture Ordinance City of Somerville MA Bee Keeping Ordinance Auburn City of Auburn The Diggable City: Making Urban Agriculture a The Diggable City: Making Urban Agriculture a Planning Priority January 1, 2005 Portland State University ‘It tastes like home’: Lewiston elementary students try Somali dish at school February 8, 2023 Sun Journal Auburn Schools Partnership With Local Farmers And Food Full Plates and USDA Announce Seven Grant Recipients July 11, 2024 Maine Credit Union League Halal School Meals Network What is the National School Lunch Program? October 12, 2024 Food Corps Why is Culturally Relevant Food Important March 24, 2021 Healthy Androscoggin Lewiston Public Schools Auburn Public Schools Five Pillars Butchery Isuken Co-Op Maine Marinara Collaborative Garden, nutrition education programs growing at Lewiston schools January 30, 2023 Sun Journal School Gardening and Health and Well-Being of School-Aged Children: A Realist Synthesis February 27, 2023 National Library of Medicine The Case for Food Food Corps Nourishing Futures for Every Student Food Corps St. Mary’s Nutrition Center ‘In’ for 2024: Farm to school and scratch-cooking January 1, 2024 Center for Nutrition and Health Impact The Lunch Box Chef Ann Foundation 15 Benefits of Scratch Cooking in Schools October 14, 2024 Chef Ann Foundation Natural Products & Agriculture Working Group Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program Promoting Food Access and Production and Growing the Agriculture Economy Policies Auburn Comprehensive Plan Lewiston Comprehensive Plan Anchoring Agriculture in the Comprehensive Plan Incorporating Food Systems Language into Comprehensive Plans May 1, 2021 Lewiston Regional Technical Center Caribou Tech Center: Agriculture Program RSC Consulting The value of vocational agriculture April 5, 2019 Farm and Dairy Climate&ME Cities have a key role to play in tackling climate change – here’s why United Nations Global Climate Promise Climate Action from the Ground Up United Nations Global Climate Promise Maine Climate Action A Climate to Thrive Harward Center for Community Partnerships Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments Land Access for Indigenous & African American Farmers in Maine February 1, 2022 Land in Common Somali Bantu Community Association Finding a Home for Liberation Farms: A Land Search Case Study New Roots Cooperative Maine OK Community Garden American Farmland Trust Comments to USDA on Racial Equity August 4, 2021 American Farmland Trust Black farmers in the US: The opportunity for addressing racial disparities in farming November 10, 2021 McKinsey & Company Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization From the Ground Up: Improving Community Health Through Collaboration Lewiston-area garden program a growing trend July 18, 2018 Protecting community gardens for future generations March 26, 2019 Grow Pittsburgh Establishing Protections for Community Gardens November 1, 2009 Change Lab Solutions Ground Rules: A Legal Toolkit for Community Gardens Change Lab Solutions St. Mary’s Community Gardens Taste the Harvest Eat Local Challenge Auburn Farm & Forest Tours LA Metro Chamber The Impact of Local Food Festivals on Rural Areas’ Development January 12, 2023 Koszalin University of Technology