IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/joafsc/360017.html

IN THIS ISSUE: Reflexive and Inclusive: Reimagining Local Government Engagement in Food Systems

Author

Listed:
  • Raja, Samina
  • Clark, Jill K.
  • Freedgood, Julia
  • Hodgson, Kimberley

Abstract

First paragraphs: Introduction It is time to shift the trajectory of how local gov­ernments engage in communities’ food systems. Local and regional government (LRG) involvement in food systems is essential and welcome, of course. However, recent experiences, as well as what is on the horizon, suggest that practitioners and scholars must reimagine the roles local govern­ments play and how they play them. Failure to reflect and correct course on public policy measures to strengthen community food systems will be judged as short-sighted by historians, much the same way that urban renewal policies are critiqued today. Thus it is critical to ask: How are LRGs engag­ing in the food system, and how are they reflecting on this engagement? How is this engagement advancing or impeding the planning, policy, and creation of inclusive, equitable, and just food sys­tems? How is this progress being monitored and measured? And, more importantly, how should local governments be changing the nature of their engagement to ensure equitable and just outcomes? These are the key questions tackled in this special issue of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD).... See the press release for this article.

Suggested Citation

  • Raja, Samina & Clark, Jill K. & Freedgood, Julia & Hodgson, Kimberley, 2018. "IN THIS ISSUE: Reflexive and Inclusive: Reimagining Local Government Engagement in Food Systems," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 8(B).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:joafsc:360017
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/360017/files/623.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Biehl, Erin & Buzogany, Sarah & Baja, Kristin & Neff, Roni A., 2018. "Planning for a Resilient Urban Food System: A Case Study from Baltimore City, Maryland," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 8(B).
    2. Kameshwari Pothukuchi & Jerome Kaufman, 1999. "Placing the food system on the urban agenda: The role of municipal institutions in food systems planning," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 16(2), pages 213-224, June.
    3. Reece, Jason, 2018. "Seeking Food Justice and a Just City through Local Action in Food Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, and Transformation," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 8(B).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Sara A. L. Smaal & Joost Dessein & Barend J. Wind & Elke Rogge, 2021. "Social justice-oriented narratives in European urban food strategies: Bringing forward redistribution, recognition and representation," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 38(3), pages 709-727, September.
    2. Desjardins, Ellen & Lubczysnki, John & Xuereb, Marc, 2011. "Incorporating Policies for a Healthy Food System into Land Use Planning: The Case of Waterloo Region, Canada," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 2(1).
    3. Kassis, Grâce & Bertrand, Nathalie, 2022. "Institutional changes in farmland governance emerging from a collective land preservation procedure upholding local food projects: Evidence from a French case study," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    4. Alexandra Titz & Sosten S. Chiotha, 2019. "Pathways for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities in Southern and Eastern Africa through Urban Green Infrastructure?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-27, May.
    5. White, James T. & Bunn, Christopher, 2017. "Growing in Glasgow: Innovative practices and emerging policy pathways for urban agriculture," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 334-344.
    6. Pilar González-Torre & Jorge Coque, 2016. "How is a food bank managed? Different profiles in Spain," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 33(1), pages 89-100, March.
    7. Dewaelheyns, Valerie & Lerouge, Frederik & Rogge, Elke & Vranken, Liesbet, 2014. "Garden space: Mapping trade-offs and the adaptive capacity of home food production," Working Papers 187602, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centre for Agricultural and Food Economics.
    8. Melanie Bedore, 2014. "The convening power of food as growth machine politics: A study of food policymaking and partnership formation in Baltimore," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 51(14), pages 2979-2995, November.
    9. Moragues-Faus, Ana & Battersby, Jane, 2021. "Urban food policies for a sustainable and just future: Concepts and tools for a renewed agenda," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    10. Gupta, Clare & Campbell, Dave & Munden-Dixon, Kate & Sowerwine, Jennifer & Capps, Shosha & Feenstra, Gail & Van Soelen Kim, Julia, 2018. "Food Policy Councils and Local Governments: Creating Effective Collaboration for Food Systems Change," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 8(B).
    11. Daniela Poli, 2016. "Rivoluzione alimentare e parchi agricoli multifunzionali nella piana fiorentina," ECONOMIA E SOCIET? REGIONALE, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2016(2), pages 70-91.
    12. Robin Kortright & Sarah Wakefield, 2011. "Edible backyards: a qualitative study of household food growing and its contributions to food security," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 28(1), pages 39-53, February.
    13. Conner, David & Whitehouse, Claire & Serrano-Cortés, Neishaly & Rodriguez-Pérez, Robinson & Cunningham, Naomi & Reynolds, Travis & Daigle, Kerry & Desravins, Valery & Kolodinsky, Jane, 2023. "Food Resilience Toolkit in action," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 13(1).
    14. Lenore Newman & Denver Nixon, 2014. "Farming in an Agriburban Ecovillage Development," SAGE Open, , vol. 4(4), pages 21582440145, December.
    15. Sinan Kordon & Patrick A. Miller & Cermetrius L. Bohannon, 2022. "Attitudes and Perceptions of Community Gardens: Making a Place for Them in Our Neighborhoods," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-25, October.
    16. Nadezda Shcherbakova, 2012. "Globalisation Or Autonomy Of A Big City: Evidence From St. Petersburg," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 6(1), pages 53-70, JUNE.
    17. María José LaRota‐Aguilera & Ana Moragues-Faus, 2025. "Reclaiming Food Insecurity in European Urban Policies: Lessons From Public and Community‐Based Initiatives," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10.
    18. Vara-Sánchez, Isabel & Gallar-Hernández, David & García-García, Lidia & Morán Alonso, Nerea & Moragues-Faus, Ana, 2021. "The co-production of urban food policies: Exploring the emergence of new governance spaces in three Spanish cities," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    19. Beckie, Mary A. & Hanson, Lorelei & Schrader, Deborah, 2013. "Farms or Freeways? Citizen Engagement and Municipal Governance in Edmonton's Food and Agriculture Strategy Development," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 4(1).
    20. Yuanchuan Yang & Yukun Zhang & Si Huang, 2020. "Urban Agriculture Oriented Community Planning and Spatial Modeling in Chinese Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-26, October.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:joafsc:360017. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.