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Research Article: Equitable Food Value Chains through Collaborative Action
Food system practitioners and scholars are increasingly interested in applying collective and place-based efforts to create equitable food systems. How well do such efforts work? A team from the UB Food Lab, led by Dr. Micaela Lipman, explores this question in a paper about Buffalo, NY.
Students and community partners co-produce Growing Toward Equity report to strengthen urban agriculture on Buffalo’s East Side
Students and community partners co-produce a planning report to strengthen equitable urban agriculture in Buffalo, NY
Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture: Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building
"Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture: Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building": A book in honor of Food Systems Planning scholar, teacher, and advocate- Jerome Kaufman; (Jerry) Kaufman (1933-2013). The book explores the potential and pitfalls of planning for urban agriculture, provides case studies from cities across the United States, and documents the state-of-art in municipal planning practice, research, and teaching tied to planning for urban agriculture. Cities featured in the book include Albany (GA), Baltimore, Buffalo, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Cleveland, NYC, Seattle, and others.
Event | Food Equity by Design | April 27, 2022
Dr. Samina Raja will deliver a virtual lecture at the 17th reSHAPING ROCHESTER series. This year the series focuses on what it means for a city to be "ideal," and asks if/how a community could become ideal. Dr. Raja will focus her remarks on the ideal of food equity in cities.
Nominate a Regional Plan that Addresses Food Systems by March 15
Is your community engaging in regional-level planning that impacts food systems in the United States? If so, your plan could be featured in the Growing Food Connections policy database!
Food systems planning experts say it’s time to reflect on local governments’ efforts
BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Wednesday, the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, the world’s only peer-reviewed journal focused specifically on food and farming-related community development, released a special issue on local government engagement in food systems planning.
