scholarly journals New England Food Policy Council Survey Results

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathryn A. Porter ◽  
Catherine M. Ashcraft
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Food Policy Council ◽  
Survey Results

Conducting “Siteless Survey”: Results from Coastal New England

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan E. Kerber
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
New England ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Statistical Validity ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Survey Strategy

Selecting an effective archaeological survey takes careful consideration given the interaction of several variables, such as the survey's goals, nature of the data base, and budget constraints. This article provides justification for a “siteless survey” using evidence from a project on Potowomut Neck in Rhode Island whose objective was not to locate sites but to examine the distribution and density of prehistoric remains to test an hypothesis related to land use patterns. The survey strategy, random walk, was chosen because it possessed the advantages of probabilistic testing, as well as the ease of locating sample units. The results were within the limits of statistical validity and were found unable to reject the hypothesis. “Siteless survey” may be successfully applied in similar contexts where the distribution and density of materials, as opposed to ambiguously defined sites, are sought as evidence of land use patterns, in particular, and human adaptation, in general.

scholarly journals FOOD POLICY COUNCIL AS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR FOOD ISSUES

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Masashi Tachikawa
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Structural Aspect ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
American Experience ◽  
The North ◽  
Food Miles ◽  
Food Policy Council

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the nature of food issue in our society and propose a forum to discuss multi-facet issues of food based on the North American experience, such as food policy council (FPC). Contemporary food system in Japan is full of problems, such as low level self-sufficiency, food loss, problem of food access, large food miles, declining food culture under globalization, and so on. After reviewing these food related issues, the paper refers to the US and Canadian experiences on food policy council as a model to provide a forum for various stakeholders with different or even conflicting interests. Based on observations on the FPCs, such as Knoxville (US) and Toronto (Canada), author emphasized public aspect of food issues and draw attentions to differences in structural aspects of food between North America and Japan. The paper also tries to draw attention to differences between North America and Japan in terms of food issues. In particular, the demographic and geographical differences would exist of a major structural aspect when considering food issue in Japan. 

scholarly journals The Role of Partnerships in U.S. Food Policy Council Policy Activities

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e0122870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L. Clayton ◽  
Shannon Frattaroli ◽  
Anne Palmer ◽  
Keshia M. Pollack
Keyword(s):  
Food Policy ◽  
Food Policy Council

scholarly journals Finding Our Way to Food Democracy: Lessons from US Food Policy Council Governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Bassarab ◽  
Jill K. Clark ◽  
Raychel Santo ◽  
Anne Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Food Policy Council ◽  
Structure Relationship ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Food Democracy

Food policy councils (FPCs) are an embodiment of food democracy, providing a space for community members, professionals, and government to learn together, deliberate, and collectively devise place-based strategies to address complex food systems issues. These collaborative governance networks can be considered a transitional stage in the democratic process, an intermediary institution that coordinates interests not typically present in food policymaking. In practice, FPCs are complex and varied. Due to this variety, it is not entirely clear how the structure, membership, and relationship to government of an FPC influence its policy priorities. This article will examine the relationship between an FPC’s organizational structure, relationship to government, and membership and its policy priorities. Using data from a 2018 survey of FPCs in the United States by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future paired with illustrative cases, we find that an FPC’s relationship to government and membership have more bearing on its policy priorities than the organizational structure. Further, the cases illustrate how membership is determined and deliberation occurs, highlighting the difficulty of including underrepresented voices in the process.

scholarly journals New England food policy councils: An assessment of organizational structure, policy priorities and public participation

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathryn A. Porter ◽  
Catherine M. Ashcraft
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New England ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Food Policy Councils

Food policy councils (FPCs) are an increasingly common mechanism to improve participation in food system decision-making. Including individuals from under-represented groups can foster greater understanding of their needs and experiences with food system barriers and is an important part of food justice. However, engaging under-represented groups in food systems decision-making remains challenging for FPCs. This paper presents the results from a survey of FPCs and networks in New England to: (1) identify FPC policy priorities, (2) characterize FPCs engaged in policy initiatives based on attributes which, based on the literature, may impact effective public participation: geographic scale, organization type, capacity, policy priorities, and membership, and (3) analyze methods for engaging the public in FPC policy initiatives and demographic groups and sectors engaged. Findings indicate only half of New England FPCs work on policy efforts. Many surveyed FPCs engage multiple food system sectors and under-represented groups through a combination of different public participation opportunities. However, results indicate that New England FPCs could benefit from a greater focus on engaging under-represented audiences. FPCs interested in engaging more diverse participants should commit to a focus on food justice, strive for representative membership through intentional recruitment, and offer multiple methods to engage the public throughout policy initiatives.

Drawing on the Past toward a Food Sovereign Future

2018 ◽  
pp. 117-140
Author(s):  
Monica M. White
Keyword(s):  
White Supremacy ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
City Government ◽  
Collective Agency ◽  
Community Food Security ◽  
Food Policy Council ◽  
Prefigurative Politics ◽  
Security Network

Whereas previous chapters discussed strategies employed by those who stayed in the South, this chapter tells the stories of the descendants of those who migrated north, focusing on Detroit. While far in time and space from the other examples of Black agricultural resistance discussed in this book, contemporary communities in Detroit are similarly turning to agriculture as a strategy of survival and resistance. The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) formed in 2006, setting goals of improving education, food access, and collective buying. DBCFSN is rooted in a pan-African philosophy of pride and solidarity and draws from founders’ experiences in Detroit’s Black Power era and in city government. Central to DBCFSN’s approach to community food sovereignty are antiracist and anticapitalist principles that guide cooperative efforts, political education, and organizing designed to dismantle systems of white supremacy embedded in the food system. DBCFSN’s most well-known projects – the Detroit Food Policy Council, D-Town Farm, and the Ujamaa Food Buying Club – enact the strategies of prefigurative politics, economic autonomy, and commons as praxis to build collective agency and community resilience.

Assessment of Pharmacy Manpower and Services in New England

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 549-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan Robinson ◽  
Natalia Shcherbakova ◽  
Louise Backer
Keyword(s):  
Disease Management ◽  
New England ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Medication Therapy Management ◽  
Medication Therapy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
Barriers To Services ◽  
Management Services

Objectives: This study assessed longitudinal trends in pharmacy staffing and services in the 6 New England states by comparing survey results from 2008 and 2013. Methods: A validated 32-item survey was mailed in 2008 and 2013 to a random sample of 2000 pharmacists. Each sample represented approximately 15% (2008) and 13% (2013) of the active rosters. Results: Response rates were 24% in 2008 and 23% in 2013. In all, 45% of 2013 respondents reported a pharmacist position vacancy in the past 12 months versus 62% in 2008. In all, 12% of 2013 respondents agreed or strongly agreed with a statement regarding pharmacists’ shortage versus 77% in 2008. Disease management services were reported to be offered by 23% of 2013 respondents versus 28% in 2008. Reasons for not offering the services in 2013 included the lack of staffing (61%), expertise (28%), and reimbursement (29%). In 2008, these results were 74%, 33%, and 31%, respectively. Conclusions: The pharmacist shortage within New England was alleviated during 2008 to 2013. Participation of pharmacists in disease management services did not follow staffing trends as fewer pharmacists reported providing services. Key barriers to services provision persist and consideration of how to resolve them (medication therapy management reimbursement and additional education) should be explored.

Assemblage, food justice, and intersectionality in rural Mississippi: the Oktibbeha Food Policy Council

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 381-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Thompson ◽  
Kecia R. Johnson ◽  
Kenya M. Cistrunk ◽  
Ashley Vancil-Leap ◽  
Thomas Nyatta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Policy ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
Food Policy Council

scholarly journals A Decade of Agriculture Graduates’ Employability and Career Pathways

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle Wilkes ◽  
Adrienne Burns
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
College Life ◽  
Career Pathway ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Short Courses ◽  
The University ◽  
Animal Sciences

There is increasing pressure on universities to produce employable graduates. Currently, the University of New England (UNE) has a suite of undergraduate agriculture courses. The project used an evidence based approach which evaluated graduate’s employability based on their choice of course and the relevance of Australian Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) for Agriculture, which underpin UNE’s agriculture courses. The past decade of UNE agriculture graduates (2005-2016) were invited to participate in an online survey. Of the respondents, 95-100% agreed each TLO was relevant to their current employment. The initial industries that graduates were employed in after graduation were agronomy, agribusiness and animal sciences. Of all graduates who are currently employed in industry, three quarters had changed employers, with two thirds moving to another agricultural industry since commencing work. Over half of the respondents had engaged in additional study from short courses to PhDs, with about 20% studying to become vocational, primary or secondary teachers. For many graduates on-campus residential college life was important for developing positive connections in learning, social activities and employment networks which persisted post-graduation. Survey results were used to inform the development of an online career pathway resource for prospective and current students, and information from the TLO survey has been fed back into unit and course reviews.

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