The Food System: A Stranger to the Planning Field

Publisher: Journal of the American Planning Association

Author(s): Pothukuchi, Kameshwari, Kaufman, Jerome L.

Document Type: Peer-reviewed article

Format: Electronic, Print

Free of cost: No

Description:

This article, widely regarded as a seminal piece of food systems literature and research, helped spark conversations about food within the planning field at the turn of the twenty-first century. After a comprehensive examination of planning literature and a survey of planning agencies, the researchers concluded that the food system was largely ignored by the planning community. As a result, this article helped lay the foundations for planning intervention on the grounds of food as a basic necessity and as a component of interconnected community systems.

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Growing Food Connection Topic: community food connections, community food security

Main Food Topics: food retail, food security, food supply, food system

Sub Food Topics: Affordability, emergency food, food retail, food waste, malnutrition, pollution, travel to food destination

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Geographic Scale: Nation

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Does the resource address the food security needs of underserved populations in rural, suburban, or urban settings? YES