Good food, strong communities : promoting social justice through local and regional food systems / Steve Ventura and Martin Bailkey, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ventura, Steve, 1955- editor.

Bailkey, Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--United States.

Food supply.

Urban agriculture.

Local foods.

United States.

Local foods--United States.

Urban agriculture--United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 283 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2017]

Summary:

Good Food, Strong Communities shares ideas and stories about efforts to improve food security in large urban areas of the United States by strengthening community food systems. It draws on five years of collaboration between a research team composed of the University of Wisconsin, Growing Power, the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and more than thirty organizations on the front lines of this work. Here, activists and scholars talk about what's working and what still needs to be done to ensure that everyone has access to readily available, affordable, appropriate, and acceptable food. This book helps readers understand how a food system functions and how individual and community initiatives can lessen the problems associated with an industrialized food system. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Connections between Community Food Security and Food System Chance / Steve Ventura Ventura, Steve, Martin Bailkey Bailkey, Martin 7

Food Justice and Food Sovereignty 10

The Sankofa Project, Community Services Unlimited, Los Angeles / Neelam Sharma Sharma, Neelam 14

Collective Impact and Innovation as Agents of Change 16

A Framework for Food Systems 19

The Five As of Food Security / Steve Ventura Ventura, Steve 21

Chapter 2 Land Tenure for Urban Farming: Toward a Scalable Model / Nate Ela Ela, Nate, Greg Rosenberg Rosenberg, Greg 24

The Challenge of Securing Affordable Land for Urban Farming 25

Key Concepts 26

Program Design: Eight Strategic Questions on Landholding for Urban Farms / Nate Ela Ela, Nate, Greg Rosenberg Rosenberg, Greg 31

The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Urban Farming 34

The Role of Land Trusts in Providing and Protecting Affordable Land for Urban Farming 36

The Central Server Model: A Scalable Approach to Urban Farming 39

Case Study: NeighborSpace, Chicago 41

A Land Trust for For-Profit Urban Farms? 45

Might the NeighborSpace Model Be Replicated Elsewhere? 46

Best Practices for Designing Central Server Programs 46

Conclusion 47

Chapter 3 Crowing Urban Food for Urban Communities / Anne Pfeiffer Pfeiffer, Anne 49

Improving Access to Food 50

Social Goals 52

Growing Home, Chicago / April Hanington Hanington, April, Harry Rhodes Rhodes, Harry, Rebekak Silverman Silverman, Rebekak 54

Making Urban Agriculture Work 56

Conclusion 63

Chapter 4 Distribution: Supplying Good Food to Cities / Lindsey Day-Farnsworth Day-Farnsworth, Lindsey 64

Background 64

Challenges Facing Community and Regional Food Distribution 66

Potential Advantages of Regional Values-Based Food Supply Chains 67

Regional Food Freight / Michelle Miller Miller, Michelle 72

Rethinking Equitable Food Distribution 74

Los Angeles Food Policy Council's Healthy Neighborhood Market Network / Oona Mackesey-Green Mackesey-Green, Oona 76

Toward Integrative and Systemic Solutions 80

Community Services Unlimited's Village Market Place / Oona Mackesey-Green Mackesey-Green, Oona 82

The Detroit People's Food Cooperative / Nicodemus Ford Ford, Nicodemus, Malik Yakini Yakini, Malik 84

Conclusion 85

Chapter 5 Food Processing as a Pathway to Community Food Security / Greg Lawless Lawless, Greg 87

Inadequate Fruit and Vegetable Consumption 88

Increasing the Accessibility and Affordability of Locally Grown Fresh Produce 88

Constraints on the Local Supply of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 89

Constraints on the Demand for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 91

Food Processing Strategies in Los Angeles and Wisconsin 93

Comparison of Effects on Supply-and-Demand Constraints 101

Observations on the Potential for Food Processing as a Pathway to Community Food Security 104

Chapter 6 Markets and Food Distribution / Greg Lawless Lawless, Greg, Alfonso Morales Morales, Alfonso 108

Historical Considerations 109

Some Economic Context: The Supply of Marketplaces and Marketing 110

The Supply of Healthy Food 111

Networks and Collaborative Marketing Partnerships Drive Food Hub Development in Cedar Rapids / Jason Grimm Grimm, Jason 114

Assistance with Markets and Marketing from Local Extension Offices / Greg Lawless Lawless, Greg 119

Summary 121

Chapter 7 The Consumer: Passion, Knowledge, and Skills / Monica Theis Theis, Monica 125

Background 126

Cooking Literacy 127

Designing Education Programs for Cooking Literacy 128

The Food Pantry at Middleton Outreach Ministry 129

Field to Foodbank: A Program of Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin / Oona Mackesey-Green Mackesey-Green, Oona 132

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department 135

Conclusion 140

Chapter 8 It All Starts with the Soil / Steve Ventura Ventura, Steve 141

The Composting Environment: Capacities and Constraints 144

Home-Scale Composting / Steve Ventura Ventura, Steve 148

Composting Dollars and Sense 153

Community and Cultural Relations 154

Chapter 9 Uprooting Racism, Planting Justice in Detroit / Jeffrey Lewis Lewis, Jeffrey, Nicodemus Ford Ford, Nicodemus, Samuel Pratsch Pratsch, Samuel 157

Detroit's Struggle for Justice 158

Striving for Food Justice through Antiracism Work 159

Theory of Change 160

Training in Dismantling Racism 161

Saturday Gatherings 162

Caucuses 163

Initiatives and Solution-Oriented Activism 166

Summary 169

Chapter 10 Achieving Community Food Security through Collective Impact / Greg Lawless Lawless, Greg, Stephanie Calloway Calloway, Stephanie, Angela Allen Allen, Angela 170

Understanding Collective Impact 170

The Milwaukee Food Council's Collective Impact Initiative 175

Reflections on the Collective Impact Initiative 183

Chapter 11 Education and Food System Change / Desiré Smith Smith, Desiré, Steve Ventura Ventura, Steve 186

Community Groundworks Orchards Project: A Different Kind of Common Core / Shelly Strom Strom, Shelly 188

People: The Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence 190

Chapter 12 Community and Regional Food Systems Policy and Planning / Lindsey Day-Farnsworth Day-Farnsworth, Lindsey, Margaret Krome Krome, Margaret 201

How Is Federal Food Policy Created? 202

How Does Food Policy Vary across Jurisdictional Levels? 206

Mechanisms for Developing Community and Regional Food Systems Policy 212

Dudley Grows: Community-Based Neighborhood Food System Planning at a Glance / Lindsey Day-Farnsworth Day-Farnsworth, Lindsey 213

The Good Food Purchasing Program: Institutionalizing Good Food Values through Policy, Partnerships, and Supply Chain Innovation / Colleen McKinney McKinney, Colleen 219

Milwaukee's Local Food Policy Audit: Adapting Urban and Regional Audit Models to Promote Food Equity at the Metro Regional Scale / Marcia Caton Campbell Campbell, Marcia Caton 222

From the Grassroots to the Farm Bill: The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's Process for Gathering Local-Level Input / Margaret Krome Krome, Margaret 225

Conclusion 226

Chapter 13 Cultural Dissonance: Reframing Institutional Power / Erika Allen Allen, Erika, Rodger Cooley Cooley, Rodger, Laurell Sims Sims, Laurell 228

Narrative Ownership as a Power-Shifting Strategy for Community-Based Food System Practitioners 228

Funder and Coalition Insights into Social Equity and Justice 232

Acknowledging Privilege and Power Dynamics in Creating Equitable Community Partnerships 235

Chapter 14 Innovations and Successes / Steve Ventura Ventura, Steve 239

Vibrant Farms and Gardens 239

Justice and Fairness 242

Strong Communities 243

Thriving Local Economies 244

The Multiplier Effect / Steve Ventura Ventura, Steve 246

Sustainable Ecosystems 247

Healthy People 250

System Thinking and Collaboration 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781609385439

1609385438

OCLC:

973732929