Fail to Include, Plan to Exclude: Reflections on Local Governments' Readiness for Building Equitable Community Food Systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill K. Clark ◽  
Julia Freedgood ◽  
Aiden Irish ◽  
Kimberley Hodgson ◽  
Samina Raja
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Community Food Systems

Local Government Coordination of Community Food Systems in Distressed Urban Areas

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dona Schneider ◽  
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers ◽  
Joseph Miles Cheang
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Community Food Systems

scholarly journals Exploring Undergraduate Indigenous Students’ Experiences with Institutional and Community Food Systems in a Canadian Urban Setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 252-252
Author(s):  
Hannah Neufeld ◽  
Hannah Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Food Environments ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Community Food Systems ◽  
The University

Abstract Objectives Due to the high prevalence rates of food insecurity among university students and Indigenous Peoples in Canada, a qualitative study was designed to investigate the experiences of self-identified Indigenous students accessing local food environments. Research objectives included: 1) exploring undergraduate Indigenous students' experiences with institutional and community food systems in an urban setting; and 2) examining programs in place or in development on and off-campus that address circumstances of food insecurity and the needs of Indigenous students. Methods Data collection included face-to-face semi-structured interviews with eight students who self-identified as First Nations, Inuit or Métis. A focus group was conducted with four service providers, including stakeholders from institutional and local urban communities. Data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Participants identified several themes that were organized into individual, interpersonal organizational and community levels according to the socio-ecological model. Themes included: food and nutrition knowledge, financial capacity, convenience, social influences, campus food environment, cultural and institutional support. A model was also created to represent the results based on the themes from the focus group data. Focus group participants discussed linkages of social support and connectedness to increase Indigenous student access to food systems beyond the parameters of the university institution. Barriers to local food systems for students were lack of awareness of local resources and stigma associated with emergency food assistance. Conclusions Results suggest that Indigenous students are primarily focused on individual food and interpersonal social environments at the university and have limited awareness and exposure to the services available in the wider community and local food environment. Indigenous students and community members require an increased level of organizational and community awareness to support urban Indigenous food security programming across food environments to sustainably address circumstances of food insecurity experienced by Indigenous university students. Funding Sources The Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, The University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

scholarly journals Vulnerability and adaptive capacity of community food systems in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from Panaillo

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 2049-2079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mya Sherman ◽  
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James Ford ◽  
Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas ◽  
María José Valdivia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Peruvian Amazon ◽  
Community Food Systems

scholarly journals Resilience of Community Food Systems (CFS): Co-Design as a Long-Term Viable Pathway to Face Crises in Neglected Territories?

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 521
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Dias Turetta ◽  
Michelle Bonatti ◽  
Stefan Sieber
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Community Food Systems ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a global crisis, with impacts an ongoing food security and nutrition, exposing the vulnerabilities of our society. However, it can be a time for reflection and an opportunity to propose and stimulate initiatives that are ready to facilitate resilience within the food system. The food to fork must be shortened and diversified where it is viable and feasible, while made affordable for all societal levels. To face these challengers, the community food systems (CFS) approach has a crucial role, since it copes with relevant principles, including the necessities of low-income societies from areas particularly marginalized from mainstream food systems, of which those land areas also can pose as additional insurance just in case of occurrence of whatever crises. Systematizing the components and contributions of CFS can facilitate the advance of strategies to better deal with crises and increase resilience. Therefore, in this paper, through key elements of CFS, we propose a theoretical framework that can be applied by decision makers as a conceptual guide for combating threats to food systems in neglected territories.

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