The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) has spent the past two decades developing local food systems to support communities and increase resilience. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how existing structural inequities, primarily along racial lines, are exacerbated. It has also shown the value of community-based food systems work that helps communities network, sharing valuable resources and funding to respond to the ongoing crisis. In this article, we document how CEFS’ community-based food systems initiatives are responding to the pandemic. Some of CEFS programs are community-based, working with food policy councils, offering racial equity trainings, networking schools and early care and education sites, and supporting youth convenings and internships. Others are focused on production and supply chains for meat, seafood, and produce in order to develop stronger local food systems. Through­out the work of all of CEFS’ community-based food systems initiatives in response to the pandemic, we have learned that our past efforts have increased local food systems resilience. We also note the impor­tance of flexible funders who allowed grant dollars to be reallocated to community partners to address urgent needs. We have found that online programming has increased participation and access to resources. Finally, we have been inspired by the creativity, flexibility, and adaptability of our community partners, and we are energized to continue to support them while also offering the resources we have developed to a broader audience.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina Local Food Council has strengthened its role as a cohesive and effective organization during a public-health crisis to share challenges, devise solutions, and build resilience across local food systems in North Carolina. The Council includes representatives from 21 organizations working across the state, as well as three representatives from regional local food councils. The Council’s response to the pandemic addressed three key areas of action: (1) Coordinate responses across multiple sectors; (2) Enhance collaboration across the food supply chain; and (3) Facilitate data collection and public messaging. This paper describes the positive impacts the Council has had across North Carolina on consumers and producers of local food as a result of this collaborative network and long-established relationships across the state. Now, more than ever, the relationships and collaborative efforts of statewide organizations and partners are needed. The Council’s crisis response has been strong because of the long-standing relationships of its members and its ability to share resources quickly, allowing it to work toward coordinated responses. The work of the North Carolina Local Food Council can serve as a model for other states that have state-level local food coun¬cils or want to develop them. In addition, the Council’s work demonstrates how collaborations among statewide partners can foster resilience within local food systems, particularly during a public health crisis.

Los protocolos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre la bioseguridad en la atención sanitaria impulsan la promoción y el mejoramiento de los mismos a nivel mundial mediante el lavado de manos dentro de los establecimientos de salud por parte del personal sanitario, motivo que se encuentra llamado a ser ejemplo y difusor de las técnicas e importancia de un adecuado lavado de manos. Año a año se evidencia un porcentaje elevado de casos de infecciones nosocomiales las cuales serían prevenibles con el cumplimiento estricto de las normas de bioseguridad y los protocolos del departamento de control de infecciones, ya que esto reduce significativamente el número de patógenos potenciales  transmisibles por las manos (fómite). El objetivo del presente trabajo es exponer y/o resaltar la importancia que tiene la aplicación de las normas de bioseguridad sobre el lavado de manos en la prevención y protección del personal de salud durante la pandemia de covid-19. Para el desarrollo de la presente revisión se ejecutó un estudio no experimental de tipo descriptivo, prospectivo, transversal y bibliográfico. El artículo se realizó bajo los principios de ética profesional donde no presento conflictos de intereses. Concluyendo que la constante difusión, vigilancia y control del cumplimiento de los protocolos de bioseguridad es la forma que el personal sanitario puede lograr tomar conciencia sobre la importancia de la aplicación de los principios de Bioseguridad en la prevención y propagación pandémica del covid-19.

How will climate change affect international migration? In this video (Part 2 of 2) Angel Cruz, Ph.D. and Nora Haenn, Ph.D. look at climate change and migration from the standpoint of smallholder farmers in Mexico and, especially, El Salvador. Working fewer than 25 acres of land and with earnings of five or six dollars a day, these farmers grow coffee, jalapeño chile peppers and other food we enjoy. They also grow food for their own families, often on marginal lands. Their precarious circumstances make

How will climate change affect international migration? In this video (Part 1 of 2) Angel Cruz, Ph.D. and Nora Haenn, Ph.D. look at climate change and migration from the standpoint of smallholder farmers in Mexico and, especially, El Salvador. Working fewer than 25 acres of land and with earnings of five or six dollars a day, these farmers grow coffee, jalapeño chile peppers and other food we enjoy. They also grow food for their own families, often on marginal lands. Their precarious circumstances make