Best Practices Research on Food Enterprise Options for Local Food Value Chain Exploration in Northern Mississippi

Yellow Wood Associates worked with One Voice and NAACP Mississippi to identify best practices for developing a food systems value chain with a focus on four models (Institutional Sales through the Farm to School model; Targeted Distribution of Produce from Minority Farmers; Policies that Connect Farmers and Institutional Buyers; and Community Support Agriculture for Employers and Institutions). The best practices are framed by existing food system conditions on the ground in Mississippi and recommendations for moving forward.