A food system assessment (FSA) is an important tool for evaluating a community’s needs and resources for any number of issues related to food. FSAs can be used to understand gaps in food access and availability, opportunities for food production and waste recovery, or support for economic development around food retail. FSAs can also assist with policymaking as they are able to capture the social, political, environmental and economic contexts within which food system activities take place.

Allen County, Kansas

• Allen County GROW Community Food Assessment Report (October 2015)

Crawford County, Kansas

• Eat Well Crawford County Food Systems Assessment and Action Plan (December 2015)

Douglas County, Kansas/Northeast Kansas

• Food Hub Feasibility Study: Northeast Kansas (June 2014)

Harvey County, Kansas

• Food Assessment Summary Harvey County, KS (Fall 2017)
• Food Assessment Summary Harvey County, KS - Interviews (Fall 2017)
• Harvey County System Action Plan Overview 2019-2021 (December 2018)

Hodgeman County, Kansas

• Hodgeman County GROW Community Food Survey (June 2016)

Junction City/Geary County, Kansas

• Junction City & Geary County, KS, Community Food System Assessment (February 2017)

Shawnee County, Kansas

• The Food System in Shawnee County
• Shawnee County Community Food System Assessment (March 2017)

South Hutchinson/Reno County, Kansas

• South Hutchinson-Reno County Food Policy Council, Analysis using the PARTNER Tool (April 2015)

Cheyenne, Decatur, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace Counties, Kansas

• World Café Feedback on a Regional Food System H.E.R.O. Planning Project, Western Prairie Food, Farm & Community Alliance (August 2017)

Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, Mitchell, Ottawa, Republic, Saline, Washington Counties, Kansas

• North Central Kansas Regional Food System Assessment (August 2017)