Food Production and Security

A wide variety of community engagement programs are thriving at Ohio State. Our faculty, staff and students engage with our communities in mutually beneficial partnerships in a vast number of ways. Below you will find examples of some of our outstanding collaborations. Additional topical areas can be found in the menu to the right.

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Can Financial Education Reduce Food Insecurity? Evidence from an Asset-Building Program for Families in Poverty
Care Connect
Farm to School
Follow the Tomato
Fruit and Vegetable Intake Exceeds National Average Among Food Pantry Clients
Growing Hope
HEAL MAPPS
How to Convene a Local Food Council for Positive Impact in Your Community
Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation (InFACT)
Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative
Mapping the Food Environment to Inform Multi-Dimensional Intervention Strategies to Enhance Community Health and Well-Being
Ohio State University Extension
Ohio State University Extension Local Foods Signature Program
Personalized Food and Nutritional Metabolomics for Health Discovery Theme
Reducing Barriers to Entry for the Direct Sales of Local Foods in Ohio
Simple Suppers: Healthy Meals, Healthy Families
Testing Efficacy of a Theory-Based Nutrition Education Recreation and Fitness Program Aimed at Preventing Unhealthy Weight Gain in Disadvantaged Children during Summer Months