Publications

Research PublicationsResearch produced by Growing Food Connections team members and affiliates focused on food systems planning and related topics is continually shared through academic and policy-friendly publications. If you would like an electronic copy of a publication listed below, please contact foodsystemsplanning@ap.buffalo.edu. Note that some articles are open access, and you may obtain them simply by clicking on the link. New resources are added on a regular basis.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Policy Briefs

Professional Reports and Plans

Growing Food Connections Student Reports

Books

  1. Raja, Samina., Marcia Caton Campbell, Alexandra Judelsohn, Branden Born, and Alfonso Morales, eds. 2024. Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States: Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building. 1st ed. 2024. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7. [Open Access]
  2. Raja, Samina, Erin Sweeney, Yeeli. Mui, and Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah. 2021. Local government planning for community food systems – Opportunity, innovation and equity in low- and middle-income countries. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb3136en [Open Access]

Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Headrick, Gabby, Abdul, K., Guru, S., DeHonney, A., Moran, A. J., Surkan, P. J., Raja, S., & Mui, Y. (2024). “We Want to Eat and be Healthy just like Everybody Else:” How Social Infrastructures Affect Nutrition Equity in a Racialized Urban Community in the United States. Current developments in nutrition, 8(3), 102106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102106
  2. Frimpong Boamah, Emmanuel, Yin, F., Korosh, Z., Raja, S., Mui, Y., Bohm, M., DeHonney, A., Williams, R., & Ramos-Gerena, C. (2024). Mapping the invisible: Bridging and trusting networks in sustaining the urban food system. Cities, 146, 104750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104750
  3. Brinkley, Catherine, Raj, S., & Raja, S. (2023). Planning for FEWsheds: The Role of Planning in Integrating and Strengthening Food, Energy and Water Systems. Journal of Planning Literature, 38(1), 33-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122221093387
  4. Raja, Samina, Parvaiz, A., Sanders, L., Judelsohn, A., Guru, S., Bhan, M., Osuri, G., Tak, M. Mui, Y., & Frimpong Boamah, E. (2022). Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities: Insights From Urban Growers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of the American Planning Association, 89(2), 183–195. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2022.207237
  5. Mui, Yeeli, Headrick, G., Raja, S., Palmer, A., Ehsani, J., & Pollack, K. P. (2022). Acquisition, mobility and food insecurity: Integrated food systems opportunities across urbanicity levels highlighted by COVID-19. Public Health Nutrition, 25(1), 114-118. doi:10.1017/S1368980021002755
  6. Judelsohn, Alex, Orom, H., Leon, D., & Raja, S. (2020). Refuge in new food environments? The role of urban planning in facilitating food equity for new Americans. Journal of Urban Affairs, 43(6), 872–889. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2019.1705845
  7. Raja Samina. (2020). Planning and pandemics COVID 19 illuminates why urban planners should have listened to food advocates all along. Agriculture and human values, 37(3), 553–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10090-0
  8. Raja, S. (2024). Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Quandaries. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_1
  9. Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A. (2024). Planning [for Urban Agriculture] as Public Nurturance. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_29
  10. Hall, Enjoli, Sherrod, S., Raja, S. (2024). Toward a Restorative Planning Ethic: Race, History, and Food Planning in Albany, Georgia. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_12
  11. Raja, Samina, Raj, S., Ramos-Gerena, C.E. (2024). Municipal Planning Response to Urban Agriculture: Equity is Not Quite on the Table. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_13
  12. Irish, Aiden, Clark, J., Hodgson, K., Raja, S. (2024). The Relational Infrastructure of Food System Policy Development. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_19
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. Brinkley, Catherine, Subhasni Raj, and Megan Morst. 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]
  29. 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]
  30. 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]
  31. 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]
  32. 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.
  33. Clark, Jill K. 2017. “Designing Public Participation: Managing Problem Settings and Social Equity.” Public Administration Review.
  34. 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. 
  35. 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.
  36. 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. 
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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. 
  40. 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)
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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.
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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
  49. 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.
  50. Khojasteh, Maryam, and Samina Raja. 2016. “Agents of Change: The Role of Immigrants in Creating Healthier Food Environments.”  Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.
  51. Clark, Jill, Kristine Dugan, and Jeff Sharp. 2015. “Agrifood System Policy Agenda and Research Domain.”  Journal of Rural Studies 42:112-122.
  52. 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.
  53. 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

Policy Briefs

  1. Dillemuth, Ann and K. Hodgson. 2018. “Championing Food Systems Policy Development and Change in Marquette County, Michigan.” In Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja (Series Editors), Innovation Deep Dive. Growing Food Connections. 11p. Available on-line at:
    growingfoodconnections.org.
  2. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2018. “Growing deep roots in Seattle: embedding food systems planning and policy in municipal government.” In Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja (Series Editors), Innovation Deep Dive. Growing Food Connections. 14p. Available on-line at: growingfoodconnections.org
  3. Entress, Sharon, Alexandra Judelsohn, Brenda Stynes and Samina Raja. 2018. “Refugees and Food Experiences: Insights from Research in Buffalo, NY.” In Translating Research for Policy Series, edited by Samina Raja. Growing Food Connections Project.
  4. Raj, Subhashni and Samina Raja. 2016. “Growing a Local Food Economy for a Healthy Wyandotte.” In Exploring Stories of Opportunity, Edited by Samina Raja and Jeanne Leccese. Growing Food Connections Project.
  5. Whittaker, Jennifer, and Samina Raja. 2016. “Bridging Divides: Opportunity for Connecting Farmers and Underserved Consumers in Chautauqua County, New York.” In Exploring Stories of Opportunity, Edited by Samina Raja and Jeanne Leccese.  Growing Food Connections Project.
  6. Dillemuth, Ann. 2016. “Leading the Way A Legacy of Food Systems Planning and Policy Work in Multnomah County, Oregon.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation. Edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja. Growing Foods Connections Project
  7. Dillemuth, Ann, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2016. “Food Aggregation, Processing, and Distribution.” In Planning and Policy Briefs, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 9. Growing Foods Connections Project
  8. Dillemuth, Ann, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2016. “Incentivizing the Sale of Healthy and Local Food.” In Planning and Policy Briefs, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 8. Growing Food Connections Project.
  9. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016a. “Chautauqua County, NY.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  10. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016b. “Cumberland County, ME.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  11. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016c. “Doña Ana County, NM.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  12. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016d. “Dougherty County, Georgia.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  13. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016e. “Douglas County, Nebraska.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  14. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016f. “Luna County, New Mexico.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  15. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016g. “Polk County, North Carolina.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  16. Freedgood, Julia, Caitlin Marquis, and Jessica Fydenkevez. 2016h. “Wyandotte County, Kansas.” In Profiles of Communities of Opportunity, edited by Julia Freedgood and Doris Mittasch, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  17. Hodgson, Kimberley, and Zsuzsi Fodor. 2016. “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Mayor’s Office and Health Department Lead the Way in Municipal Food Policymaking.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 3. Growing Food Connections Project.
  18. Hodgson, Kimberley, and Kara Martin. 2016. “Building from the Inside Out in Region 5, Minnesota: A Rural Region’s Effort to Build a Resilient Food System.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 4. Growing Food Connections Project.
  19. Hodgson, Kimberley, and Kelley Mosher. 2016. “Private-Public Partnerships: Cornerstone of Food Systems Planning and Policy in Rural Marquette County, Michigan.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 3. Growing Food Connections Project.
  20. Dillemuth, Ann, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2015. “Local, Healthy Food Procurement Policies.” In Planning and Policy Briefs, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 5. Growing Food Connections Project.
  21. Fodor, Zsuzsi, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2015a. “Cleveland, Ohio: A Local Government’s Transition from an Urban Agriculture Focus to a ComprehensiveFood Systems Policy Approach.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 3. Growing Food Connections Project.
  22. Fodor, Zsuzsi, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2015b. “Healthy Food System in the Heartland: Intergovernmental Cooperation in the City of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas Advances Food Policy.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 3. Growing Food Connections Project.
  23. Hodgson, Kimberley. 2015. “Advancing Local Food Policy in a Changing Political Climate: Cabarrus County, NC.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 3. Growing Food Connections Project.
  24. Hodgson, Kimberley, and Zsuzsi Fodor. 2015. “Mayoral Leadership Sparks Lasting Food Systems Policy Change in Minneapolis, Minnesota.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 3. Growing Food Connections Project.
  25. Hodgson, Kimberley, Zsuzsi Fodor, and Maryam Khojasteh. 2015. “Multi-level Governmental Support Paves the Way for Local Food in Chittenden County, Vermont.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 5. Growing Food Connections Project.
  26. Whittaker, Jennifer, and Samina Raja. June 2015. “How Food Policy Emerges: Research Suggests Community-Led Practice Shapes Policy.” In Translating Research for Policy Series, edited by Samina Raja and Jeanne Leccese. Growing Food Connections Project.
  27. Whitton, Elizabeth, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2015a. “Championing Food Systems Policy Change: City of Seattle, WA.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  28. Whitton, Elizabeth, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2015b. “Lessons from an Agricultural Preservation Leader: Lancaster County, PA.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 2. Growing Food Connections Project.
  29. Whitton, Elizabeth, Jeanne Leccese, and Kimberley Hodgson. 2015. “A Food in All Policies Approach in a Post-Industrial City: Baltimore City, MD.” In Exploring Stories of Innovation, edited by Kimberley Hodgson and Samina Raja, 3. Growing Food Connections Project. 

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.

 Student-Produced Reports

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.