Part of the Celebrate Native Health Youth Council network, a nationwide group of health initiatives on American Indian reservations, Bad River Healthy Lifestyles is a program of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. It encourages physical activity and healthier eating by involving local youth and older community members in initiatives that promote native Chippewa traditions, including community gardens and preparation of local, customary foods. www.badriver.com

Site contact: Jill Hartlev

CCE aims to nurture and empower youth and the community through the arts. In 2005, CCE opened a performing arts training center in midtown Kingston, NY that has a 1,300 square foot dance studio, a percussion studio, homework and tutoring center, and a computer music lab. CCE also seeks to improve the health of community members through education about nutrition, physical activity, and healthier lifestyle options. www.cce-kingston.org

Site contact: Evry Mann

Serving an eight-county region in California’s Central Valley, CCROPP is part of RWJF’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities initiative, and is dedicated to creating environments that support healthy eating and active living by improving access to locally grown healthy, affordable foods and physical activity resources. Its community screening—the first of the campaign—took place Nov. 13, 2009. www.ccropp.org

Site contact: Brandie Banks-Bey

CISS provides free shelter and meals to homeless adults regardless of physical or emotional condition, and facilitates their move to self-sufficiency. In partnership with the Des Moines Area Religious Council, an interfaith organization, four VISTA volunteers are currently working to collect data from food pantry clients in order to develop a food access map of the region. www.centraliowashelter.org

Site contact: Stephanie Smith

Columbus Family Table tries to make a healthy lifestyle available for everyone in the community by providing access to a community kitchen with a unique pricing model; mostly local, organic meals are provided to anyone regardless of ability to pay. CFT has future plans for a production farm with participating from a local 4-H group. It is also planning to provide community cooking and gardening classes. www.columbusfamilytable.org

Site contact: Vickie McMullen

CARE builds coalitions and networks of individuals and institutions committed to community health. Its flagship initiative, Community Interventions for Health, is aimed at preventing chronic disease through a focus on healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco cessation among low-income communities in the New Haven area. www.yale.edu/care

Site contact: Jeanette Ickovics

A statewide membership-based organization dedicated to the preservation and prosperity of the small family farm, CFA establishes self-sustaining links between farmers and consumers through farmers markets, mobile markets, farm-to-school projects and policy initiatives supporting local agriculture. Its screening event is being organized in the community of Berea. www.communityfarmalliance.org

Site contact: Erica Dolinky

A local consulting project aimed at community empowerment, environmental sustainability and resilience in Detroit, the G.R.O.W. Collaborative is a group of urban farmers and food-access organizations working to provide nutritious, locally produced food to residents in a city without a single grocery store. www.ecozoicgroup.com

Site contact: Ryan Hertz

With a mission to fight hunger and improve nutrition for disadvantaged city residents, HFC runs programs throughout Hartford aimed at increasing access to healthy, affordable food for all residents. Initiatives include urban farming, the creation of small grocery outlets and grassroots education and organizing. www.hartfordfood.org

Site contact: Martha Page

The partnership is a coalition of organizations and institutions from diverse sectors that have committed to eliminating youth obesity through programs that promote healthy eating and active living in the St. Louis region. One initiative, the formation of a local food policy council, will focus on increasing healthy food access in the North City neighborhood, where rates of diabetes and obesity are among the highest in the area. www.healthyyouthpartnership.org

Site contact: Sara Rasmussen

Located in the South Bronx, HPAC builds collaborative relationships with schools and community based organizations to provide a range of support, resources, and services to residents of the Hunts Point neighborhood, a high-poverty, food insecure area, where rates of obesity and diabetes are among the highest in the city. www.hpac10474.org

Site contact: Allison Topilow

Just Harvest is an anti-hunger, anti-poverty advocacy organization. Through public policy advocacy, community education and outreach, and direct services to low income people, it promotes economic justice and address the root causes of hunger and diet-related health problems. www.justharvest.org

Site contact: Ken Regal

Founded in 1968, Key Project addresses the needs of underserved youth and families in a semi-rural area on the windward side of Oahu, by providing a variety of services, parenting classes, alternative youth programming, and food distribution. It also serves as a community gathering facility where locally relevant social and political issues - including nutrition and food security - are directly addressed. www.keyproject.org

Site contact: John L. Reppun

Supporting research and education efforts in sustainable agriculture and local and community food systems, SARE is partnering with a high school, community center and various churches in the low-income community of Old South Baton Rouge to create and operate farmers markets, community gardens and summer urban agriculture programs for at-risk high school students in an effort to increase access to healthy, affordable food. www.lasare.agcenter.lsu.edu

Site contact: Carl Motsenbocker

The Food in Neighborhoods Committee of the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement, a program of the health department and an RWJF Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities site, is a collaborative group that advocates for increased access to, and distribution of, affordable healthy foods, especially in neighborhoods in the city that are most adversely impacted by poor health. www.foodsecuritypartners.org

Site contact: Marigny Bostock

A newly launched organization, Macon Roots promotes a diverse, sustainable, and local food system for Middle Georgia through supporting garden and nutrition educational programs, creating networking opportunities, and increasing availability of locally grown food for all residents.

Site contact: Mark Vanderhoek

Manna-Food Security Partners has built a coalition of more than 75 local organizations and individuals working to create a more healthy, just and sustainable food system for the Middle Tennes region. Its two major campaigns – Growing Healthy Kids and Re/Storing Nashville – have initiated local youth food access and gardening projects and have worked towards creating full-service grocery stores in low-income neighborhoods where healthy food is lacking. HYPERLINK "http://www.foodsecuritypartners.ogr" www.foodsecuritypartners.or www.foodsecuritypartners.org

Site contact: Miriam Leibowitz

The center is a community-based organization working to educate, organize and mobilize communities to seek social justice through non-violent action. Its GrowMemphis project partners with low-income communities to transform vacant lots into food-production gardens and thriving centers of the communities. www.midsouthpeace.org

Site contact: Josephine Williams

MBK works to enhance the health and well being of the African American community in Jackson through leadership in public and community health practice and partnerships with other community initiatives. To address specifically address the recent major exodus of grocery stores in lower-income neighborhoods in the city, MBK is currently working to start a mobile food market to make healthy food accessibly to low income communities. www.mbk-inc.org

Site contact: Tonitrice Wicks

This coalition of diverse organizations and individuals is committed to enhancing health and economic vitality in New Orleans by improving access to nutritious, locally grown foods for all city residents. www.sph.tulane.edu/PRC/pages [link not working]

Site contact: Johanna Gilligan

A partnership between North Arkansas College and North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, NAPHE is working to become a sustainable network functioning as a central agency for planning, development and implementation of programs designed to improve the health of residents in communities throughout the region. The program was recently awarded a Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to address local healthy food access and childhood obesity. www.northark.edu

Site contact: Dr. Rick Hinterthuer

Serving the residents of Rio Arriba County, RACHC offers health education and planning services and advocates for healthier food availability. It is also spearheading a community food council. www.rio-arriba.org

Site contact: Brian Korzek

A collaborative of local farmers, ranchers, health officials, educators and non-profits, the coalition works to increase awareness of the benefits of local, healthy food and to implement strategies to create sustainable, accessible food systems.

Site contact: Doug Bennett

SLFC works to increase food access to all community members regardless of income. Its first project, the Forsyth Farmers Market began last year as an opportunity to purchase locally grown fresh food, and encourage low-income residents to shop, by offering EBT and allowing farmers to sell at a variety of price points. SLFC also partners with local health departments and civic organizations to foster a more just food system in the Savannah area. www.forsythfarmersmarket.org

Site contact: Teri Schell

A 22-year-old grassroots organization that empowers low income people of color through six areas of strategic organizing, including environmental and food justice campaigns. SWU runs several community gardens and works to increase food security through community-driven action. www.swunion.org

Site contact: Diana Lopez

From seed to table, SFC creates opportunities for individuals to make healthy food choices and participate in the vibrant local food system. Through initiatives that include organic vegetable gardening, building relationships with local farmers and interactive cooking and nutrition classes, SFC seeks to increase access to locally grown food among underserved communities and to improve long-term health and environmental conditions. Its three main programs annually serve more than 35,000 children and adults. www.sustainablefoodcenter.org

Site contact: Susan Leibrock

A project of Urban Ministry, the West End Community Gardens initiative offers gardening, food preparation, and health and wellness classes to residents in the Arlington/West End neighborhood of Birmingham, an economically distressed urban area with a dearth of nutritious food options. www.urban-ministry.com

Site contact: Ama Shambulia

The WHCDO addresses the local lack of food access and high rate of obesity by producing food directly for the community. Its vegetable garden program seeks to involve youth in all aspects of food production and distribution. It also partners with local farmers to offer subsidized produce to area seniors and residents enrolled in the WIC program.

Site contact: Calvin Head

YCAC serves the community of Southwest Seattle, a working class food desert. It offers youth engagement programs and leadership training in issues pertaining to social justice and creative arts development. Part of the King County Food and Fitness Initiative, YCAC works towards environmental and policy change to improve food equity and access and safe spaces for recreation and play. Its Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team (FEEST) includes a weekly organic cooking and dinner program for young people, and a Healthy Corner store Initiative, which works with store owners to offer fresh produce in corner stores. www.youngstownarts.org/

Site contact: Hollis Wong-Wear