GFC and USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food Economics Toolkit Team – February 14, 2017

On February 14, 2017 Growing Food Connections collaborated with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food Economics Toolkit Team and Community of Opportunity stakeholders, Doña Ana County, Luna County and La Semilla Food Center to bring over forty food system planning community members together to learn how to measure the economic impacts of local food investments. The Toolkit team shared best practices, applied research, data resources and community case studies while also facilitating group learning exercises to help participants brainstorm long term community food system visions and goals. For more information, please visit: https://localfoodeconomics.com/toolkit-new-mexico/

Here you can access the workshop agenda, powerpoint slides, and Developing a Community-Driven Assessment resource:

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Communities of Opportunity (COO) are places with significant potential to strengthen ties between small and medium–sized farms and residents with limited food access (Raja et al, Growing Food Connections through Planning. FAO, In Press.).  In 2015, the GFC team selected eight COOs from across the United States that have since commenced on charting a vision for strengthening their community’s food system.  Through the ongoing partnership with each COO, the Growing Food Connections team is publishing a series of case studies that explore how each COO is overcoming barriers to strengthen their food systems through planning, policy, and partnerships within communities. This case study series, titled Exploring Stories of Opportunity, is informed by extensive research and community-based capacity building efforts in each COO.

Each case study in the series highlights opportunities and challenges for promoting food production and food security, and the ways in which community-led civic organizations and private entrepreneurs have partnered with supportive county, city, and town governments to strengthen food systems. The case studies conclude with ‘Ideas for the Future’, a section on key future policy and implementation efforts that can strengthen each county’s food system.

• Chautauqua County, New York
• Cumberland County, Maine
• Doña Ana County, New Mexico
• Dougherty County, Georgia
• Douglas County, Nebraska
• Luna County, New Mexico
• Polk County, North Carolina
• Wyandotte County, Kansas

The Growing Food Connections Planning and Policy Brief Series highlights promising planning and policy strategies used by local governments across North America to promote agricultural viability and/or healthy food access. Drawing heavily from the Communities of Innovation research, each brief delves into one specific food systems planning or policy issue, explains the significance of the issue and how the issue is connected to other social, economic, and ecological issues within a community, and offers 3 to 5 innovative, planning and policy examples to address the issue. This series will explore a range of food systems issues such as incentivizing access to healthy food, developing local food procurement policies, financing food infrastructure, planning for the food system, and much more. Local government staff, elected and appointed officials, and non-governmental organizations alike will find this series helpful in their efforts to strengthen their community’s food system. New briefs will be added on a regular basis.Many local governments are realizing the importance of local and regional food systems in advancing economic, social, and community health goals.

The steps of Food Aggregation, Processing, and Distribution all have policy, regulatory, programmatic, and funding implications. These steps are vital in diversifying and growing the ways that small and mid-sized farmers and food businesses can reach consumers, filling gaps in the current food distribution system to meet demand for local, sustainably produced products and better allowing local producers to meet the rapidly changing demands of local food markets. Strengthening food distribution networks maximizes the ways in which local and regional food systems can help meet important economic, health, and community goals.

Local, Healthy Food Procurement Policies are policies adopted by local governments that affect what type of food is being purchased, provided, or made available by public agencies. They can be useful tools in promoting both local agricultural viability as well as the availability of healthy food. By adopting a food procurement policy that makes a strong statement for both local and healthy food, a local government can support local food systems, help augment demand for locally produced and healthy food, and help improve the availability of healthy foods.

Across the country, local governments are developing and implementing a wide range of policies, programs, and projects to support Incentivizing the Sale of Healthy and Local Food for their residents. Community members, especially low-income residents and people of color, may face multiple barriers to accessing and purchasing healthy food, from a lack of healthy food retail outlets in their neighborhoods to affordability challenges for fresh foods. Local governments can take action to help overcome these access and economic barriers.

This planning and policy brief provides an overview of the barriers and constraints to Community Food Production for local markets, and the various local government strategies that can be used to ensure that regulatory, economic, and policy climates support and promote food production; create more “farm friendly” environments; and grow the next generation of farmers. Increasing the production of food for local markets, both to meet market demand and to provide the attendant community benefits, should be a key consideration in local governments’ food systems development efforts.

Over the past several decades, many local governments have recognized the threats to their important agricultural lands and have taken steps to protect them. Planners and officials must continue to recognize farmland as a vital local resource in planning and policy documents and develop goals and actions to preserve it. Farmland Protection provides an overview of a range of regulatory and programmatic approaches that can be used to protect farmland from nonfarm development.

Community food systems offer important economic development opportunities for communities. Investing in local and regional food economies can support local businesses, create jobs, and circulate money within the local economy. For community food systems to emerge as a viable part of economic development strategies, planners and local governments must make its case to the economic development community and better integrate food systems into economic development strategies. Increasingly, economic development strategies are being integrated with community development principles that focus on using local resources to build wealth and improve social conditions throughout the community. Doing so brings a greater emphasis to creating new local businesses, retaining and expanding existing businesses, and serving local needs. Community Food Systems and Economic Development describes a wide range of both direct and indirect strategies and actions that local governments have taken in their efforts to support local farmers and food businesses.

If you would like an electronic copy of a publication or presentation listed below, please contact foodsystemsplanning@ap.buffalo.edu.

Additional resources will be added on a regular basis.

Student Reports

1. Fecik, Kyle, Munsung Koh, Mitch LaRosa, Kelley Mosher, Vaibhavi Prajapati, Samantha Rubino, Brendan Seney, Kai Sun, Erin Sweeney. 2017. Cultivating Prosperity: Leveraging the Food System of Chautauqua County as a Catalyst for Economic Development. Prepared on behalf of the Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Economic Development and Chautauqua County Growing Food Connections Steering Committee. Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo.
2. Davis, Krystal, Gala Korniyenko, Austin Masters, Taylor Plummer, Lauren Reiman, Kim Tansey, Zach Tusinger, Jacqueline Wells, and Caitlin  Zibers. 2016. Healthy Food Happy County: Infusing Food into Planning and Policy. Lawrence, KS: Prepared on behalf of Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS, Urban Planning Department, University of Kansas.
3. Attard, Nathan, Travis Gordon, Donguri Jiang, Danielle Liesten, Samantha Neal, Drew Rogers, Sarah Sangiovanni, Shakira Wiltshire, and Siyao Zhuo. 2014. Invest in Fresh: A Plan to Promote Healthy Food Retail in Jamestown, New York. Buffalo, New York: Prepared on behalf of the Chautauqua County Health Network, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo.
4. Bean, Darren, Matthew  Caruso, Morgan  Conti, Shauna  Fitzgibbon, Rebecca  Johnstone, Hongkai  Li, Sicong  Ma, Karen  McMahon, Kelley  Mosher, Brandon  Sagat, David  Schram, Lance  Skidmore, Christopher  Toscano, Kyle  Vliet, Matthew  Waldman, Chetara  Walker, Raymond  Wong, Daniel  Young, and Jennifer  Ziemba. 2014. Buffalo Fresh at the Green Commons: Food Hub Development at 925/927 Washington Street. Buffalo, New York: Prepared on behalf of Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo.

If you would like an electronic copy of a publication or presentation listed below, please contact foodsystemsplanning@ap.buffalo.edu.

Additional resources will be added on a regular basis.

Professional Reports and Plans

1. Freedgood, Julia, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2017. Growing Local: A Community Guide to Planning for Agriculture and Food Systems. Northampton, MA: American Farmland Trust.
2. Raja, Samina, Jessica Hall, Travis Norton, Patrick Gooch, Subhashni Raj, Taylor Hawes, and Jennifer Whittaker. 2014. Growing Together: Ensuring Healthy Food, Strong Farms, and a Prosperous Buffalo Niagara. Buffalo, NY: UB Regional Institute/Urban Design Project and the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab, University of Buffalo.
3. Delgado, Cristina, Travis Norton, and Samina Raja. 2013. Indicators for a Healthy Food and Built Environment in the City of Buffalo. Buffalo, NY: Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab, University at Buffalo.

If you would like an electronic copy of a publication or presentation listed below, please contact foodsystems@ap.buffalo.edu, the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab of University at Buffalo.

Additional resources will be added on a regular basis.

Presentations

2017

1. Raja, Samina. Keynote. “Food Systems as if People Matter (for Policy)” It Takes a Region. Conference of the Northeastern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG). November, 2017. Baltimore, Maryland.
2. Raja, Samina. Invited Lecture. “Planning as if People Eat: Creating Equitable and Healthy Communities.” Planning Future Lecture Series. Georgia Tech. Atlanta, GA. November 03, 2017.
3. Raja, Samina. Invited Speaker. “Community Food Systems Planning: A Strategic Opportunity to Improve Food
   Security, Health and Wellbeing.” Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. June 29, 2017. Rome, Italy.
4. Raja, Samina. Keynote. “Building Food Systems Policy from the Ground Up.” Race in America Lecture Series. Mississippi State University. Mississippi. January 13, 2017.

2016

1. Clark, Jill. 2016a. “How Democratic is Food Democracy? A Study of Eight U.S. Local Government Food Policy Task Forces.” Agriculture, Food, and Human Values, Toronto, ON, June 23.
2. Clark, Jill. 2016b. “Social Equity and Civic Engagement.” Civic Engagement Innovation Lab, Dublin, OH, April 28.
3. Clark, Jill. 2016c. “Why Ohio State? Why Food Security? Why Now?” Buckeye Summit, Columbus, OH, April 13.
4. Clark, Jill, and Brian Estabrook. 2016a. “Engaging Stakeholders in Local Food System Governance:  Cases from eight US Counties.” Abstract for the American Society for Public Administration annual conference, Seattle, WA, March 19.
5. Clark, Jill, and Brian Estabrook. 2016b. “The Political Engagement Marketplace: Passive gatekeeping and its impact on social equity.” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7.
6. Clark, Jill, Brian Estabrook, and Samina Raja. 2016a. “Engaging Stakeholders in Local Food System Governance:  Cases from eight US Counties.” American Society for Public Administration annual conference, Seattle, WA, March 19.
7. Clark, Jill, Brian Estabrook, and Samina Raja. 2016b. “Local Governance of Food Policy:  A comparison of coalition initiatives across eight US counties.” Abstract for the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference, Chicago, IL, April 7.
8. Clark, Jill, Brian Estabrook, Samina Raja, Julia Freedgood, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2016. “The Political Engagement Marketplace: Passive gatekeeping and its impact on social equity.” Prepared for Democracy Studies Annual Research Meeting, Columbus, OH, February 19.
9. Estabrook, Brian, and Jill Clark. 2016. “Local governance of food policy: The challenge of creating social equity.” Midwest Public Administration Conference, Columbus, OH, June 3.
10. Freedgood, Julia. 2016a. “Growing Food Connections: Cumberland County Food Summit.” Cumberland County Food Policy Summit, Standish, Maine, May 19.
11. Freedgood, Julia. 2016b. “Intention and Innovation towards Healthy, Equitable Food Systems.” Pre-conference workshop at New Partners for Smart Growth Annual National Conference, Portland, OR, February 11.
12. Freedgood, Julia. 2016c. “Local Government Support for Rural Wealth Creation through Food Systems.” New Partners for Smart Growth Annual National Conference, Portland, OR, February 11.
13. Hall, Enjoli. 2016. “Harvesting Justice: Race, History, and Food Systems Planning in Dougherty County, GA.” Agriculture, Food, and Human Values, Toronto, ON, June 23.
14. Holley, Kip, Jill Clark, and Brian Estabrook. 2016. “Inclusive Civic Engagement – A salon.” Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Columbus, OH, June 8.
15. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2016a. “COO Cumberland County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Portland, ME, January 20.
16. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2016b. “COO Dougherty County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Albany, GA, January 13.
17. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2016c. “COO Polk County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Columbus, NC, January 14.
18. Judelsohn, Alexandra, Jennifer Whittaker, Subhashni Raj, and Samina Raja. 2016. “Buffalo and Erie County Food Policy Council Training.” Food Policy Council of Buffalo and Erie County, Buffalo, NY June 10.
19. Leccese, Jeanne. 2016. “Bringing Together Urban Planning and Public Health.” Fox Run Guest Speaker Series, Orchard Park, NY, January 28.
20. Leccese, Jeanne, Julia Freedgood, Cheryal Hills, Helen Schnoes, and Eileen Horn. 2016. “The Food Systems Planning Process: Understanding the ups and downs of the journey.” GFC Communities of Opportunity Webinar Series: Webinar 1, Via webinar, February 11.
21. Leccese, Jeanne, Julia Freedgood, David Rouse, and Tamara Downs Schwei. 2016. “Planning and Policy Techniques to Support Food Systems Planning.” GFC Communities of Opportunity Webinar Series: Webinar 2, Via webinar, June 8.
22. Raja, Samina. 2016a. “Integrating Food into Urban Planning.” United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Expert Group, New York City, NY, June.
23. Raja, Samina. 2016b. “Planning as if people eat.” Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee Series, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, NY, April 11.
24. Raja, Samina. 2016c. “Planning Communities as if People Eat: Linking Community Food Systems and Community Economic Development through Planning.” Workshop at Feast Down East Regional Conference, Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Program, Wilmington, NC, February 2.
25. Raja, Samina. 2016d. “Planning Communities as if People Eat: Linking Community Food Systems and Community Economic Development through Planning.” Feast Down East Regional Conference, Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Program, Wilmington, NC, February 2.
26. Raja, Samina, Jeanne Leccese, Julia Freedgood, Kimberley Hodgson, and Jill Clark. 2016. “Building Local Governments’ Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems: Integrating research and policy.” Project Directors’ Meeting, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Washington, DC February 2.
27. Whittaker, Jennifer. 2016a. “Growing Food Connections Panel on Local Government Planning and Policy Actions to Support the Food System [Panelist include: Jill Clark, Enjoli Hall, Samina Raja, and Jennifer Whittaker].” Agriculture, Food, and Human Values, Toronto, ON, June 23.
28. Whittaker, Jennifer. 2016b. “Opportunities for Connecting Farmers and Underserved Communities in Chautauqua County, NY.” Chautauqua County Growing Food Connections Steering Committee Meeting, Mayville, NY, May 16.
29. Whittaker, Jennifer. 2016c. “Planning Approaches to Preserve Community Gardens.” New York State Community Gardens Working Group Inaugural Meeting, Albany, NY, February 22.
30. Whittaker, Jennifer. 2016d. “Reimagining Rural Food Systems Governance.” Agriculture, Food, and Human Values, Toronto, ON, June 23.

2015

1. Born, Branden, Megan Horst, Catherine Brinkley, Subhashni Raj, Elizabeth Ortega, and Benjamin Chrisinger. 2015. “Culturing Established Food Systems in a ‘Food Desert’.” Roundtable at 55th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Houston, TX, October 22.
2. Clark, Jill. 2015a. “Food Systems Planning: Do Rural Areas Deserve Special Attention?” Roundtable at 55th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Houston, TX, October 24.
3. Clark, Jill. 2015b. “Food Sytem Policy and Public Values Failure.” Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast through Regional Food Systems Project, Baltimore, MD, December 10.
4. Clark, Jill. 2015c. “From Civic Group to Advocacy Coalition: How a Food Policy Audit Became the Tool for Change.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting Chicago, IL
5. Clark, Jill. 2015d. “Place-based Healthy Food Access Policy.” Prepared for the Grand Rounds, Columbus, OH, December 4.
6. Clark, Jill. 2015e. “Rural Food Systems Planning & Policy: Objectives, institutions, interests, markets and agroecology.” 55th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual conference, Houston, TX, October 24.
7. Clark, Jill, and Samina Raja. 2015. “Growing Food Connections: Integration, Scaling-up and Innovative Governance.” FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Workshop, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Waterloo, Canada, September 10.
8. Estabrook, Brian, Jill Clark, Samina Raja, Julia Freedgood, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2015. “The Process of Food Democracy:  Gatekeeping, Positionality, Priviledge and Power.” 3rd Annual Yale Food Symposium, New Haven, CT, October 30.
9. Freedgood, Julia, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015. “Where we stand with Communities of Opportunity.” Growing Food Connections National Advisory Committee Meeting, Kansas City, MO, September 18.
10. Freishtat, Holly. Invited Speaker. 2015. “Baltimore Food Policy Initiative: A Food Planning Perspective, Workshop on Advancing Food Systems Planning and Policy.” 107 National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, WA, April 18.
11. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2015a. “Communities of Opportunity Social Networking Training.” Webinar. , February 10.
12. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2015b. “Local is Powerful for Food Policy Change.” Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Policy Briefing: Building Power in the Center for an Inclusive Food System, Des Moines, IA.
13. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2015c. “Strengthening community food systems through local public policy.” Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Network Policy Briefing, December.
14. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Jennifer Whittaker. 2015. “COO Chautauqua County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Jamestown, NY, November 16.
15. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, Kimberley Hodgson, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015a. “COO Dona Ana County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Las Cruces, NM, December 15.
16. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, Kimberley Hodgson, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015b. “COO Douglas County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Omaha, NE, September 16.
17. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, Kimberley Hodgson, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015c. “COO Luna County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Deming, NM, December 16.
18. Holley, Kip, Brian Estabrook, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Samina Raja, Kimberley Hodgson, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015d. “COO Wyandotte County Leadership for Responsive and Responsible Change-Making Workshop.” Kansas City, MO, September 17.
19. Karlstrom, Thyra. Invited Speaker. 2015. “Implementing Planning to Strengthen Food Systems, Workshop on Advancing Food Systems Planning and Policy.” 107 National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, WA, April 18.
20. Khojasteh, Maryam. 2015. “Toward a More Sustainable and Healthy Food System: Policy Tools and Strategies to Strengthen Community-based Food Systems.” One Region Forward Citizen Planning School, Spring Session, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY April 18.
21. Leccese, Jeanne. Invited Speaker. 2015. “Framing Urban Food Access and Food Production Challenges, Workshop on Advancing Food Systems Planning and Policy.” 107 National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, WA, April 18.
22. Lerman, Sharon. Invited Speaker. 2015. “Seattle Food Action Plan: Local Innovations, Workshop on Advancing Food Systems Planning and Policy.” 107 National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, WA, April 18.
23. Raj, Subhashni. 2015. “Food Security and Climate Change: Distinct Impacts on Rural Poor in Developed Versus Developing Nations and Implications for Adaptation Efforts.” 2015 Office of Global Health Initiatives Seminar Series – A Sustainable Future: The Effects of Climate Change on Global Health, Buffalo, NY April 21.
24. Raja, Samina. 2015a. “Creating Healthy Neighborhood Environments.” New York State Health Foundation Grantee Meeting, New York City, NY, June 16.
25. Raja, Samina. 2015b. “Food Systems Planning 2.0, Workshop on Advancing Food Systems Planning and Policy [Workshop presenters included Holly Freishtat, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, Sharon Lerman, Thyra Karlstrom, and Jennifer Whittaker].” 107 National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, WA April 18.
26. Raja, Samina. 2015c. “Underinvestment and Over-regulation: The Role of Local Governments in Responding to Problems in the Food System.” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 25.
27. Raja, Samina, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, and Julia Freedgood. 2015. “Growing Food Connections: Using Planning and Policy to Build Local Government Capacity to Improve Agricultural Viability and Food Access in the United States.” Laurier Centre for Sutainable Food Systems International Advisory Committee Meeting Discussion, Webinar March 20.
28. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015a. “COO Chautauqua County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Jamestown, NY April 9.
29. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015b. “COO Cumberland County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Portland, ME April 30.
30. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015c. “COO Dona Ana County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Las Cruces, NM  June 4.
31. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015d. “COO Dougherty County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Albany, GA March 26.
32. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015e. “COO Douglas County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Omaha, NE June 9.
33. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015f. “COO Luna County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Deming, NM June 2.
34. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015g. “COO Polk County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Columbus, NC March 5.
35. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Jeanne Leccese, and Caitlin Marquis. 2015h. “COO Wyandotte County Steering Committee Kick Off Visit.” Kansas City, MO June 11.
36. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Subhashni Raj, Jennifer Whittaker, Enjoli Hall, and Jeanne Leccese. 2015. “Growing Community-University Connections for Food Systems Research and Action.” Faculty and Community Workshop on Food Justice, Buffalo, NY, November 11.
37. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Kimberley Hodgson, Jill Clark, and Jeanne Leccese. 2015. “Participatory Action Research to Build Local Governments’ Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems.” Growing Food Connections National Advisory Committee Meeting, Kansas City, MO, September 18.
38. Raja, Samina, Jeanne Leccese, and Chunyuan Diao. 2015. “Participatory Action Research to Build Local Government Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems.” Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast with Regional Food Systems Conference, Greenbelt, Maryland, December 10.
39. Sherrod, Shirley, Samina Raja, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, Kimberley Hodgson, Subhashni Raj, Jennifer Whittaker, Enjoli Hall, and Jeanne Leccese. 2015. “Just Food, Just Communities.” Community Event on Food Justice, Buffalo, NY, November 10.
40. Whittaker, Jennifer. 2015a. “Food Insecurity in Farm Country: Use of public policy to overcome the rural paradox.” 55th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Houston, TX, October 23.
41. Whittaker, Jennifer. 2015b. “Food Policy Councils: An Overview.” Food Policy Council of Buffalo and Erie County, Buffalo, NY April 28.
42. Whittaker, Jennifer. Invited Speaker. 2015c. “Framing Rural Food Access and Food Production Challenges, Workshop on Advancing Food Systems Planning and Policy.” 107 National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, WA, April 18.

2014

1. Born, Branden, Jill Clark, Nevin Cohen, Kami Pothukuchi, Subhashni Raj, Samina Raja, and Domenic Vitiello. 2014. “Workshop on the Future of Food Systems Planning.” 54th Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Philadelphia, PA, October 30.
2. Clark, Jill. 2014a. “Building Extension Capactiy to Address Community Food Security through Food Systems.” Community, Local, and Regional Food Systems Extension Community of Practice, Cleveland, OH September 29.
3. Clark, Jill. 2014b. “Food System Planning & the Economy.” Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, Burlington, VT, June 19.
4. Clark, Jill. 2014c. “”Growing Food Connections”.” Food Day October 26.
5. Clark, Jill. 2014d. “Healthy Food Access.” Community Engagement Conference, Columbus, OH September 12.
6. Clark, Jill. 2014e. “Mapping Alternative Agrifood System Policy Research.” Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Seminar Series, Boston, MA, January 29.
7. Clark, Jill. 2014f. “Ohio Food Policy.” Ohio Health Food Financing Summit, Columbus, OH October 2.
8. Clark, Jill. 2014g. “Urban(food)/Rural(farm) Connection.” Legislative Service Commission, Columbus, OH November 18.
9. Clark, Jill. 2014h. “Visualizing the Agri-Food System Policy Research Domain.” 58th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Port Maquarie, Australia, February 6.
10. Clark, Jill, and Neal H. Hooker. 2014. “Food (and Health) Affairs: Policy and Practice.” 2014 Glenn School Leadership Forum, Columbus, OH October 17.
11. Freedgood, Julia, and Jeanne Leccese. 2014. “Growing Food Connections for Sustainable Communities.” New Partners for Smart Growth Annual National Conference, Denver, CO, February 15.
12. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2014a. “Communities of Innovation Panel Presentation.” North Shore Planning for Sustainable Food Systems, North Vancouver, BC November 25.
13. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2014b. “Community-Based Food Systems Planning: Promising Practices from Across North America.” Urban Sustainability Directors Network, Webinar May.
14. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2014c. “Healthy Food Incentives Workshop: Moving the Field Forward.” National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research, Washington, DC, September 22.
15. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2014d. “Lessons From Working with Communities of Innovation.” 106th National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Atlanta, GA April 13.
16. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2014e. “Planning for Agriculture and Food Systems: Communities that are Leading the Way.” Farmland, Food, and Livable Communities Conference of the American Farmland Trust, Lexington, KY October 21.
17. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2014f. “Urban Agriculture Programs and Policies: Promising Practices from Across North America.” 106th National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Atlanta, GA April.
18. Khojasteh, Maryam. 2014. “Agents of Change: Role of Immigrants in Creating Healthier Food Environments.” 54th Annual Conference of the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia, PA October 30.
19. Leccese, Jeanne. 2014a. “Building Local Governments’ Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems.” The 22nd Congress for the New Urbanism, Buffalo, NY, June 6.
20. Leccese, Jeanne. 2014b. “Growing Food Connections: Building Local Governments’ Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems.” Designing a Strong and Healthy New York (DASH-NY) Conference, Rochester, NY, March 24.
21. Leccese, Jeanne. 2014c. “Lessons for Food Policy Councils.” Annual Summer Meeting and Listening Session, Buffalo, NY July 23.
22. Raj, Subhashni. 2014. “It’s Not Just the Food Environment: Lessons from a Pre-Post Study of an Urban Agriculture Program in Buffalo, New York.” 54th Annual Conference of the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia, PA October 30.
23. Raja, Samina. 2014a. “Engaging Citizen Planners in Food Systems.” Citizen Planning School, Buffalo, NY May 17.
24. Raja, Samina. 2014b. “Growing Food Connections: Results of a Survey of Planning Practitioners’ Engagement in Food Systems Planning.” 106th National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Atlanta, GA April 13.
25. Raja, Samina. 2014c. “Lessons from the Food for Growth Studio, Roundtable on Teaching Food Systems Across the Disciplines.” Society for Agriculture, Food, and Human Values, Burlington, VT June 19.
26. Raja, Samina. 2014d. “Planning Communities as if People Eat.” Dale Prize Symposium, Pomona, CA February 5.
27. Raja, Samina. 2014e. “Preparing Planners to Engage in Food Systems: Ten Years after the ‘Food for Growth’ Studio.” Agriculture, Food, and Human Values, Burlington, VT June 19.
28. Raja, Samina. 2014f. “Public Health and Community Food Systems: An Opportunity for Planning.” Healthy Environments, Healthy Spaces Symposium Charlottesville, VA March 18.
29. Raja, Samina. 2014g. “Virtual Panel on Housing Environment and Health.” Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Webinar March 14.
30. Raja, Samina, Julia Freedgood, Jeanne Leccese, Kimberley Hodgson, and Jill Clark. 2014. “Research, Planning, and Implementation to Build Local Governments’ Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems: National Advisory Committee Meeting.” Farmland, Food, and Livable Communities Conference of the American Farmland Trust, Lexington, KY October 22.
31. Raja, Samina, Kimberley Hodgson, Julia Freedgood, Jill Clark, and Anna  Ricklin. 2014. “Building Local Government Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems.” 106th National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Atlanta, GA, April 13.
32. Raja, Samina, and Jeanne Leccese. 2014. “Food Systems Planning 1.0, Training Workshop for Growing Food Connections.” Farmland, Food, and Livable Communities Conference of the American Farmland Trust, Lexington, KY October 22.
33. Raja, Samina, Jeanne Leccese, Julia Freedgood, Kimberley Hodgson, and Jill Clark. 2014. “Building Local Governments’ Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems: Progress and Insights.” Project Directors’ Meeting, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Washington, DC September 29.

2013

1. Clark, Jill. 2013a. “The Alternative Agrifood System Policy.” 2013 fall Research Conference Association of Public Policy Seminary Series, Washington, DC, November 7.
2. Clark, Jill. 2013b. “Building Local Government Capacity to Connect Producers and Community Members: The Role of Extension.” Agriculture, Food and Human Values annual meeting, East Lansing, MI, June 21.
3. Clark, Jill. 2013c. “Growing Food Connections.” Canadian Food Studies, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 1-4.
4. Freedgood, Julia, and Jill Clark. 2013. “Building Local Government Capacity to Support Healthier Food Systems.” Yale Food System Symposium, New Haven, CT, October 19.
5. Raja, Samina. 2013a. “Building Capacity of Local Governments to Engage in Food Systems Planning.” 105th National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Chicago, IL April.
6. Raja, Samina. 2013b. “Food Systems Planning in Erie-Niagara Region.” Lessons for One Region Forward Conference [Session presenters included: Himanshu Grover, Bill McKibben, Bartholomew Roberts, and Robert Shibley], University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning, Buffalo, NY May 10.
7. Raja, Samina. 2013c. “Planning for Food Access.” Annual Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Grantee Meeting, Louisville, KY May 31.
8. Raja, Samina. 2013d. “Role of Theory in Guiding Food Systems Planning Research, Panel on Role for Planning Theory in Major Programs and Projects? Some Lessons from Academia and Outside [With Heather Campbell, Bishwapriya Sanyal, and Niraj Verma].” Joint Congress Association of European Schools of Planning and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Dublin, Ireland July.
9. Raja, Samina. 2013e. “Rustbelt Radicalism: A Decade of Food System Planning in Buffalo.” Spring Urban Agriculture Training, Buffalo, NY April 20.
10. Raja, Samina, Ryan McPherson, and Alan Rabidau. 2013. “Food Systems as Green Infrastructure Panel on Innovations in Green Infrastructure from Research.” Environment Planning Agency (EPA) & University at Buffalo Western New York Green Infrastructure Forum, Buffalo, NY March 14.
11. Raja, Samina, Sean Mulligan, Mark Dunlea, and Elizabeth Henderson. 2013. “Food Policy Council Forum.” NOFA-NY Winter Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY January 25.

2012

1. Raja, Samina. 2012a. “Planning and Building Communities as if People Eat: Lessons from and for ‘Covert’ Planning.” Spring Urban Agriculture Training, Buffalo, NY March 9.
2. Raja, Samina. 2012b. “Rejuvenating Rustbelt Cities: Food Systems Planning in Buffalo, New York.” 104th National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association, Los Angeles, CA April 15.

If you would like an electronic copy of a publication or presentation listed below, please contact foodsystemsplanning@ap.buffalo.edu. Resources are added on a regular basis.

Articles and Book Chapters

1. Biehl, Erin, Sarah Buzogany, Kristin Baja, and Roni A. Neff. “Planning for a resilient urban food system: A case study from Baltimore City, Maryland.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 39-53.
2. Freudenberg, Nicholas, Craig Willingham, and Nevin Cohen. 2018. “The role of metrics in food policy: Lessons from a decade of experience in New York City.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 191-209.
3. Gilbert, Jessica L., Alexandra E. Schnidel, and Sarah A. Robert. 2018. “Just transitions in a public school food system: The case of Buffalo, New York.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 95-113.
4. Gold, Abby, and Noelle Harden. 2018. “Navigating borders: The evolution of the Cass Clay Food Partners.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 29-38.
5. Gupta, Clare, Dave Campbell, Kate Munden-Dixon, Jennifer Sowerwine, Shosha Capps, Gail Feenstra, and Julia Van Soelen Kim. 2018. “Food policy councils and local governments: Creating effective collaboration for food systems change.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 11-28.
6. Haines, Anna L. 2018. “What does zoning have to do with local food systems?” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 175-190.
7. Lavallée-Picard, Virginie. 2018. “Growing in the city: Expanding opportunities for urban food production in Victoria, Canada.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 157-173.
8. Mui, Yeeli, Maryam Khojasteh, Kimberley Hodgson, and Samina Raja. 2018. “Rejoining the planning and public health fields: Leveraging comprehensive plans to strengthen food systems in an urban versus rural jurisdiction.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 73-93.
9. Mulligan, Kate, Lauren E. Baker, Sarah Elton, and Donald C. Cole. 2018. “Toronto municipal staff and policy-makers’ views on urban agriculture and health: A qualitative study.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 133-156.
10. Otten, Jennifer J., Sara Diedrich, Katherine Getts, and Christine Benson. 2018. “Commercial and anti-hunger sector views on local government strategies for helping to manage food waste.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 55-72.
11. Raja, Samina, Jill K. Clark, Julia Freedgood, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2018. “Reflexive and inclusive: Reimagining local government engagement in food systems.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 1–10.
12. Reece, Jason. 2018. “Seeking food justice and a just city through local action in food systems: Opportunities, challenges, and transformation.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 211-215.
13. Robert, Naomi, and Kent Mullinix. 2018. “Municipal policy enabling regional food systems in British Columbia, Canada: Assessing focal areas and gaps.” Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Suppl. 2), 115-132.
14. Raja, Samina, Jennifer Whittaker, Enjoli Hall, Kimberley Hodgson, Maryam Khojasteh, and Jeanne Leccese. 2018. “Growing Food Connections through Planning: Lessons from the United States.” In Integrating Food into Urban Planning. United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and University College London (UCL) Press.
15. Raja, Samina, and Jennifer Whittaker. 2018. “Community Food Infrastructure: A Vital Consideration for Planning Healthy Communities.” In Healthy Environments, Healing Spaces: Current Practices and Future Directions in Health, City Planning, and Design, edited by Timothy Beatley, Reuben Rainey and Carla Jones. University of Virginia Press.
16. Brinkley, Catherine, Subhashni Raj, and Megan Horst. 2017. “Culturing Food Deserts: Recognizing the Power of Community-Based Solutions.” Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):328-342. [Open access]
17. Bohm, Martha. 2017. “Urban Agriculture In and On Buildings in North America: The Unfulfilled Potential to Benefit Marginalized Communities.” Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):343-363. [Open access]
18. Burga, Fernando H., and Claire Stoscheck. 2017. “Does the Minnesota Food Access Planning Guide Address Food Justice and Equity? A Content Analysis of Policy Language.” Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):376-389.  [Open access]
19. Battersby, Jane. 2017. “Food System Transformation in the Absence of Food System Planning: The Case of Supermarket and Shopping Mall Retail Expansion in Cape Town, South Africa.”Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):417-430.  [Open access]
20. Clark, Jill K., Julia Freedgood, Aiden Irish, Kimberley Hodgson,and Samina Raja. 2017. “Fail to Include, Plan to Exclude: Reflections on Local Governments’ Readiness for Building Equitable Community Food Systems.” Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):315-327.
21. Clark, Jill K. 2017. “Designing Public Participation: Managing Problem Settings and Social Equity.” Public Administration Review.
22. Judelsohn, Alexandra, Heather Orom, Kim Isok, Aye Bay Na Sa, Hijab Khan, Rosie Devito, Roberto O. Diaz Del Carpio, and Samina Raja. 2017. “Planning the City of Good (and New) Neighbours: Refugees’ Experiences of the Food Environment in Buffalo, NY.”Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):402-416. 
23. Meenar, Mahbubur R. 2017. “Assessing the Spatial Connection Between Urban Agriculture and Equity.” Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):364-375.
24. Nunes, Richard. 2017. “Rethinking Justice in City-Regional Food Systems Planning.” Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems.Built Environment 43 (3):447-459. 
25. Raja, Samina, Kevin Morgan, and Enjoli Hall. 2017. “Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems.” Editorial. Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):309-314.
26. Soma, Tammara. 2017. “Wasted Infrastructures: Urbanization, Distancing and Food Waste in Bogor, Indonesia.”Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):431-446.
27. Vasile, Maria, and Jessica Duncan. 2017. “‘We want to be part of the broader project’Family Farmers and Local Food Governance in Porto Alegre, Brazil.” Special Issue on Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment 43 (3):390-401. 
28. Whittaker, Jennifer, Samina Raja, Jill Clark, and Sarah Sangiovanni. 2017. “Planning for Food Systems: Community University Partnerships for Food Systems Transformation.”  Metropolitan Universities. 28 (1)
29. Khojasteh, Maryam, and Samina Raja. 2017. “Agents of Change: The Role of Immigrants in Creating Healthier Food Environments.”  Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 12 (3):299-327
30. Raj, Subhashni, Samina Raja, and Bree-Ana Dukes. 2017. “Beneficial but Constrained: Impact of urban agriculture on consumption of fruits and vegetables among youth.”  Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition.  12 (3): 406-428
31. Raja, Samina, Subhashni Raj, and Bartholomew Roberts. 2017 “The US Experience in Planning for Community Food Systems: An Era of Advocacy, Awareness, and (Some) Learning.” In Nourishing Communities: Sustainable food system transformation through theory, practice and policy, edited by A. Blay-Palmer, I. Knezevic, C. Levkoe, P. Mount and E. Nelson. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. Pages 59-74.
32. Clark, Jill, Caitlin Marquis, and Samina Raja. 2017. “The Local Food Policy Audit: Spanning the Civic-Political Agrifood Divide.” In Nourishing Communities: The Local Food Policy Audi: Spanning the Civic-Political Agrifood Divide, edited by I. Knezevic, A. Blay-Palmer, C. Levkoe, P. Mount, E. Nelson. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. Pages 131-146
33. Marquis, Caitlin, and Jill Clark. 2016.“Turning Deficit into Democracy: The Value of Food Policy Audits in Assessing and Transforming Local Food Systems.” In From Farm-to-Fork: Growing Sustainable Food Systems for the 21st Century. Akron, OH: University of Akron
34. Chen, Xiang, and Jill Clark. 2016. “Measuring Space-Time Access to Food Retailers: A Case of Temporal Access Disparity in Franklin County, Ohio.”  Professional Geographer68 (2):175-188.
35. Raj, Subhashni. 2016. “Growing Food Connections.” In Growing Livelihoods: Local Food Systems and Community Development, edited by Rhonda Phillips and Chris Wharton. Taylor and Francis. Pages 7-9.
36. Clark, Jill, Molly Bean Smith, Samina Raja, Scott Loveridge, Julia Freedgood, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2016. “Cooperative Extension and Food System Change – Goals, Strategies and Resources.”  Agriculture & Human Values. 2016:1-16. doi:10.1007/s10460-016-9715-2
37. Raja, Samina, Chunyuan Diao, Jennifer Whittaker, Marcia Caton Campbell, and Martin Bailkey. 2016. “Community-Led Urban Agriculture Policy Making: A View from the United States.” RUAF Magazine. ,31:18-24.
38. Khojasteh, Maryam, and Samina Raja. 2016. “Agents of Change: The Role of Immigrants in Creating Healthier Food Environments.”  Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.
39. Clark, Jill, Kristine Dugan, and Jeff Sharp. 2015. “Agrifood System Policy Agenda and Research Domain.”  Journal of Rural Studies 42:112-122.
40. Raja, Samina, Diane Picard, Solhyon Baek, and Cristina Delgado. 2014. “Rustbelt Radicalism: A Decade of Food Systems Planning in Buffalo, New York.”  Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development4 (4):173-189.
41. Young, Kimberley, and Jill Clark. 2014. “Examination of the Strategy, Instruments and Measurements Used to Evaluate a Healthy Corner Store Intervention.”  Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition9 (4):449-470