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231. USDA Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2022-2026 - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) strategic plan for fiscal years 2022-2026, setting strategic goals related to environmental health, access to services, conservation, economic development, housing, infrastructure, and more. Discusses investment and programs for rural and tribal communities throughout.

...economic development · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Housing and homelessness · Infrastructure · Tribal communities...

232. The Economics of Local Food Systems: A Toolkit to Guide Community Discussions, Assessments and Choices - Resources
Date: Mar 2016

Seven research modules guiding food system planning, economic assessment, and analysis of data. Explains that local food production promotes rural economic revitalization and supports built capital invested in rural communities, and notes the importance of recognizing differences in rural and urban food issues.

...Department of Agriculture Economics and the economy · Food security and nutrition · Research methods and resources...

233. Rural Produce Prescription Toolkit: Increasing Access to Healthy Food for Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Provides a framework for how to implement a produce prescription program in a rural community to improve healthy food access. Discusses funding, partnerships, program design, and evaluation with considerations for scalability and sustainability.

...Center for Vulnerable Populations Access · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Networking and collaboration · Sustainability of programs...

234. Utilizing the USDA's National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey to Calculate a Household-Level Food Environment Measure - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Offers the Food Retail Environment Healthfulness Quality measure, a calculation measuring a household's exposure to healthy food retail spaces. Uses the measure to show rural and urban comparisons of distance to healthy food options in addition to demographic analysis.

...03/2024 USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

235. School Pulse Panel: Surveying High-Priority, Education-Related Topics - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2026

Provides interactive data for elementary, middle, high, and combined-grade public schools. Includes topics such as learning recovery, school facilities, staff vacancies, afterschool programs, food services, mental health, school crime and safety, and more. Allows user to view data by region, student demographics, and school location, level, or size.

...Food security and nutrition · Mental health · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness...

236. Child Nutrition Program Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, July 2020 through December 2021 School Meals Operations Study, Year 2 Report (Final) - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Describes trends in Child Nutrition (CN) Program participation during the COVID-19 pandemic, from July 2020 through December 2021. Builds on a previous report that presents data on the number of meals served, operational and financial challenges of state agencies and local program operators, and the use of COVID-19 Child Nutrition nationwide waivers.

...application · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data...

237. 2023 Survey of Rural Families and Summer Meal Service - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Provides feedback from rural families regarding their use of summer meal services based on accessibility, transportation options, and location of meal site. Includes survey data focused on food access, grocery costs, congregate or non-congregate meal preference, factors related to meal pickup preferences, and travel concerns.

...travel concerns. 10/2023 No Kid Hungry Access · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Transportation...

238. A Disaggregated View of Market Concentration in the Food Retail Industry - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines changes in food retailing market concentration at the national, state, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and county levels in the United States from 1990-2019, using data from the National Establishment Time Series dataset. Features statistics with breakdowns by metro, large nonmetro, small nonmetro, and rural areas.

...USDA Economic Research Service Access · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

239. Rural Counties Losing Share of Grocery Stores, Gaining Other Types of Food Retailers - Resources
Date: Dec 2021

Reports on changes in the rural food retail landscape in the 48 contiguous states from 1990 to 2015 using National Establishment Time Series data. Describes the distribution of different types of stores in nonmetro counties, including single-location grocery stores, chain stores, and dollar stores.

...Amber Waves 12/2021 USDA Economic Research Service Access · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data...

240. Rural Counties Losing All Types of Grocery Stores Except National Chains - Resources
Date: Dec 2021

Line chart showing the change in numbers and types of grocery stores in rural counties between 1990 and 2015, representing national chains, regional chains, local chains, and single location retailers.

...location retailers. 12/2021 USDA Economic Research Service Access · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data...