From info at lysoncenter.org Fri Jul 1 08:00:09 2022 From: info at lysoncenter.org (Info-Lyson Center) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:40 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] JAFSCD Article Heads-up: SNAP participation; Sustainability outcomes; COVID impacts on farmers; Traditional ag; Food webs book review In-Reply-To: <0.0.B4.DDB.1D88CD08791D7AA.0@drone110.ral.icpbounce.com> References: <0.0.B4.DDB.1D88CD08791D7AA.0@drone110.ral.icpbounce.com> Message-ID: <005f01d88d5b$4545eae0$cfd1c0a0$@lysoncenter.org> View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ July 1, 2022 JAFSCD is published with the support of our annual partners: JAFSCD Website Why do income-eligible Oklahomans participate in SNAP? JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Mckenzie Carvalho, Amy Hagerman, Phil Kenkel, and Dave Shideler (all at Oklahoma State University) Full article The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federally funded and state-administered program working to combat food insecurity. Analyzing local SNAP participation is an important aspect of understanding consumption in food systems and supporting community development. This can help policymakers, SNAP administrators, and outreach education groups in improving program participation by targeting groups susceptible to food insecurity and who have low SNAP usage rates who could benefit from participation. In a new JAFSCD article, " Differences in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Program participation among Oklahoma counties," authors Carvalho (corresponding author), Hagerman, Kenkel, and Shideler present findings from a research study that aimed to better understand why those income-eligible for SNAP participate and how we can better reach those who do not. KEY FINDINGS Key findings from this study include that: * Households with children under 18 and the unemployment rate are associated with increases in SNAP usage among those income-eligible * Limited SNAP-authorized store access and rurality are associated with a decline in SNAP usage RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOOD PRACTICE AND RESEARCH * Expand education to targeted audiences who have lower SNAP usage. * Analyze the effectiveness of outreach efforts to improve SNAP participation. * Partner with city chambers of commerce and county government programs to distribute information on how stores can become authorized SNAP retailers, better advertise stores that accept SNAP benefits, and connect with state food-pantry programs to enhance local outreach where needed. * State lawmakers may want to consider these findings when creating programs to encourage small business growth, job opportunities, and household well-being. * Future research may consider how local SNAP participation changes during an economic downturn and nutrition assistance program usage among tribal nations. ?Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story: Why do income-eligible Oklahomans participate in SNAP? How can we better reach those who do not? Analyzing local SNAP participation can help understand local food systems and support community development. Read the JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.007 ?Suggested tweet: Why do income-eligible Oklahomans participate in #SNAP? How can we better reach those who do not? #foodsystems #communitydevelopment #nutrition #foodsecurity @OKState Read @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.007 Image above: Chickasaw Nation Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) client Rebecca Sherrill selects the items in her monthly food package at Purcell Nutrition Services in Purcell, OK, on November 17, 2016. Chickasaw Nation FDPIR features a grocery store model where clients can select from a variety of frozen, refrigerated, fresh, and shelf-stable foods each month. Photo by Don Hamilton for USDA. JAFSCD is seeking new volunteer reviewers! Help contribute to the peer-reviewed literature on local and regional food systems! Your expertise can inform applied research in the field. Because JAFSCD is an applied journal, farmers, advocates, and other food system stakeholders with interest and expertise are encouraged to serve as reviewers. Please also note that members of the Reviewer Team are welcome to submit manuscripts to JAFSCD. Read details here and then complete the quick application online. What are the sustainability outcomes of the U.S. food system? JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Carissa B. Knox and Shelie A. Miller (both at the University of Michigan) Full article One challenge of studying and working in food systems is a long history of siloed scientific disciplines. Bridging these gaps to bring together fragmented knowledge and build a common understanding is an important step toward successful collaboration and problem-solving. In a new JAFSCD article, " Sustainability outcomes of the United States food system: A systematic review," authors Knox (corresponding author) and Miller present an inventory of sustainability outcomes of the U.S. food system, created using a systematic review of food systems literature. The resulting outcomes, organized into environmental, socio-economic, and health categories, can serve as a holistic basis for interdisciplinary food system work and cooperation across boundaries. KEY FINDINGS * Resulted in 93 sustainability outcomes across the three themes of environmental, socio-economic, and health outcomes * Natural science journal articles included socio-economic outcomes less often than the social science articles discussed environmental outcomes, while interdisciplinary articles consistently represented all three themes * Outcomes like diet-related health impacts and air and water pollution were frequently mentioned, while many socio-economic outcomes were less prevalent RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOOD PRACTICE AND RESEARCH * Use interdisciplinary perspectives and systems lenses when studying or intervening in complex systems; this reduces the possibility of unintended consequences. * Utilize the inventory as the basis for selecting outcomes of interest or developing metrics for evaluating food systems based on specific project goals or study systems. * The authors present an accessible explanation of the diversity of sustainability outcomes in Supplemental Information, which can be used to introduce novices to the food system space or establish a common understanding of outcomes within diverse teams. Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story: What are all the ways that food systems influence sustainability? New research from the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan published in JAFSCD presents a holistic inventory of the sustainability outcomes of the U.S. food system. The article provides an overview of environmental, socio-economic, and health outcomes, and discusses differences in how outcomes are represented in food systems literature. Read for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.010 ?Suggested tweet: What makes a food system sustainable? A new systematic review of the literature identifies 93 environmental, socio-economic, and health outcomes of the U.S. food system. @UMich #foodsystems #sustainability. Read the @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.010 Image above: Figure 4. Sustainability Outcomes Map of the U.S.Food System, from the JAFSCD article. The North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) is a professional association for people working together to strengthen local and regional food systems. NAFSN is a sister program of JAFSCD. See NAFSN's new website to learn about current projects: * Events, including 2 webinar series and "Seasonal Sips & Job Tips" sessions * The upcoming launch of NAFSN student chapters * In collaboration with ComFoodJobs, the only curated jobs board for food systems positions Become a member today! Note that registration rates increase on July 15! COVID-19's impact on Tennessee farmers' social needs JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Marissa McElrone (U of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Jennifer Russomanno (U of Tennessee, Knoxville), and Kathryn Wroth (U of Tennessee at Chattanooga) Full Article The COVID-19 pandemic affected our nation?s food systems in unprecedented ways, from restaurant closures to supply chain disruptions. Farmers were left to discover innovative ways to market and sell their perishable products in the absence of traditional outlets like restaurants and farmers markets. As important anchors to local food systems, the impact of the pandemic on the health of farmers needs to be explored. In a new JAFSCD article, " A pilot study assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on Tennessee farmer social needs and pandemic-related anxiety," McElrone (corresponding author), Russomanno, and Wroth present findings from a pilot study that aimed to explore how COVID-19 influenced the social needs and pandemic-related anxiety of Tennessee-based farmers and the utilization of farmer-specific relief funding during COVID-19. KEY FINDINGS Key findings from this study include that: * There was an increase in positive screens for all measured social needs items from pre- to during COVID-19. Respondents reported increased financial (24.9%), childcare (21.7%), food (20.7%), utility (10.4%), and housing (7.1%) insecurity during the pandemic. * Most respondents reported some level of anxiety related to COVID-19 (mean score 20.0 ? 5.65). * More than half of the respondents indicated they did not apply for any farmer-specific COVID-19 relief funding (54.3%). RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOOD PRACTICE AND RESEARCH Future studies, with larger, more representative samples, should further explore the relationship between farm household social needs and the underutilization of both farmer-specific external relief funding and other social safety net programs during and beyond the pandemic. ?Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story: ? ?? ?? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? How has COVID-19 affected the social needs of farmers? A survey of Tennessee farmers found an increase in needs across the board, from financial and childcare needs to food insecurity. Read the JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.009 ?Suggested tweet: #COVID19 negatively affects #Tennesseefarmer #socialneeds, according to a study by @UTChattanooga and @UTKnoxville researchers. Read the @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.009 Photo above courtesy of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. How traditional agriculture contributes to the global narrative for sustainability ?JAFSCD commentary by Melari Shisha Nongrum (Indian Institute of Public Health, Shillong) and Bethamehi Joy Syiem (National Law School of India University) Full article In a new commentary, authors Melari Shisha Nongrum (corresponding author) and Bethamehi Joy Syiem note that in the field of food systems, the "Indigenous Peoples and their food practices and knowledge systems recently have been recognized as a system that fosters resilient agricultural systems." These food practices include shifting cultivation. The policy narrative regarding shifting cultivation has been historically represented as "harmful and backward." The authors argue that the new narrative of shifting cultivation demonstrates the need to rethink policy relating to shifting cultivation at the local level. They illustrate this in the local context of adaptations of shifting cultivation in Meghalaya, India. They go on to say, "further research on the subject is also much needed to create a strong and credible database on shifting cultivation in the region. But beyond that, increasing education and raising the awareness of representatives in government, officials in positions of authority, and policymakers in the state are the most critical factors to a transformed approach. A change in mindset can only be the product of a gradual change in local narratives around traditional food systems." Read the entire commentary, " How traditional agriculture contributes to the global narrative for sustainability: A case from a community in northeast India." Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story: How can shifting cultivation contribute to #sustainability? #India #shiftingcultivation #indigenous Read the full commentary in @JAFSCD for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.018 Suggested tweet: How can shifting cultivation contribute to #sustainability? #India #shiftingcultivation #indigenous Read the full commentary in @JAFSCD for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.018 Photo above: Jhum farmer dibbling seed in a shifting cultivation field in Aben, India, April 2017; photo by Climate CoLab. Book review: Building Community Food Webs, by Ken Meter Review by Matthew Hoffman (University of Southern Maine) ? Full review This email is sent to you as a notification of newly published content and other JAFSCD news. 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Name: image458218.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 14101 bytes Desc: image458218.jpg URL: From info at lysoncenter.org Tue Jul 12 19:05:49 2022 From: info at lysoncenter.org (Info-Lyson Center) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] JAFSCD Article Heads-up: Housing & food systems; Migrant farmworkers; Native American food sovereignty; Food movement pivots In-Reply-To: <0.0.71.5B.1D89636C3AB684A.0@drone048.ral.icpbounce.com> References: <0.0.71.5B.1D89636C3AB684A.0@drone048.ral.icpbounce.com> Message-ID: <02a401d8965d$158bad70$40a30850$@lysoncenter.org> View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ July 12, 2022 JAFSCD is published with the support of our annual partners: JAFSCD Website Food system activism and the housing crisis JAFSCD commentary by Adam Pine (University of Minnesota Duluth) Full article In a new commentary, " Food system activism and the housing crisis," author Adam Pine notes that "millions of Americans [are] homeless or [spend] over one-third of their income on rent," a condition known as "shelter poverty." The commentary explores four ways the housing and the food system are connected. There is an abundance of housing and food, but there are few affordable options to provide housing and food security to people experiencing poverty. Both systems share a history of racism and coloniality. The federal government and policies affect the implementation of affordable housing and food options. Finally, the ways in which people survive under these unjust conditions in both spheres are stigmatized. Pine goes on to say, "Given the importance of housing and food to identity, these systems must be designed in ways that promote human dignity and empowerment, as opposed to simply bread and temporary shelter." He argues that by addressing the interconnectedness of the food and housing crisis, "we can better understand how to house and shelter our most vulnerable citizens." Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story: >From a new commentary published in JAFSCD: "Given the interconnections between food and housing, it is surprising that efforts to address these pressing social problems are often disconnected, with activists in each sphere using different strategies, alliances, and dis?courses to push for change. This commentary explores the connections between the U.S. housing affordability crisis and the food systems and asks if greater coordination between these two struggles?and the scholars who analyze them?could create better outcomes for all." Read Adam Pine's commentary in JAFSCD for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.021 Suggested tweet: A new commentary looks at connections between the U.S. #housing affordability crisis and its #foodsystems & asks if greater coordination could create better outcomes for all. @UMNDuluth @UMN_Ext_CV Read Adam Pine's @JAFSCD commentary for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.021 Photo credit: The E. D. Robinson Urban Farm at 12th & Brandywine in Willmington, Delaware in 2009; by TC Davis via Flickr under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Latest issue of JAFSCD celebrates new farmers and gardeners The spring issue of JAFSCD is complete and can be read as a single PDF or article-by-article. This is JAFSCD's volume 11, issue 3, and includes the 1,000th article published in JAFSCD! More on that soon. ?? The cover features Dhan Maya Subba, a participant in the New Farms for New Americans? agriculture and education program for refugees. NFNA, a program of the Association of Africans Living in Vermont, helps families who have been resettled in northern New England to access land, continue their agricultural traditions, and grow culturally significant crops. See ? Nepali Bhutanese refugee gardeners and their seed systems: Placemaking and foodways in Vermont? by Guo, Tobin, and Mares. The cover photo was taken by Alisha Laramee, program manager at NFNA, and is used with permission. Safety, services, and human rights remain out of reach for migrant farmworkers JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by C. Susana Caxaj (University of Western Ontario), Amy Cohen (Okanagan College), and Carlos Colindres (Consultant) Full article Across-sectional survey conducted with migrant agricultural workers in British Columbia documented migrant workers? knowledge, attitudes, and experiences with front-facing services in the COVID-19 context. Given the complexity of issues faced by this group, participants were asked questions related to their comfort level, trust, and use of healthcare, social, and legal services. Taken together with prior research, these findings suggest that although there may be improvements in access to some services, farmworkers remain significantly at risk of intimidation, assault, and exclusion. They also lack confidence that they will receive adequate, respectful, and effective services to meet their needs. KEY FINDINGS In the paper, " More of the same? Migrant agricultural workers? health, safety, and legal rights in the COVID-19 context," authors Caxaj (corresponding author), Cohen, and Colindres found that one in four migrant agricultural workers surveyed experienced intimidation in the workplace, and less than half had received occupational health and safety training. All study participants (n=143) disagreed with the statement ?I know what steps I need to take to start a claim that I am entitled to make.? Almost all (95.8%) disagreed that they would receive the same quality of health care as Canadians. Other issues, such as exclusion and discrimination in the wider community, confidentiality in health services, and confidence in government authorities, strongly pointed to a high level of disenfranchisement and vulnerability faced by this group. In comparison to prior research carried out by the research team, the findings also documented increased access to certain resources, with participants reporting greater access to transportation and translation, as well as general knowledge of and ability to access support organizations. Data collected for this survey coincide with the roll-out of a support model specifically for migrant agricultural workers ( documented elsewhere). These findings, when considered together with prior research with this population, suggest consistency of prevalence across several concerning indicators, including: * Incidents of assault (14% reported being assaulted by a workplace supervisor) * Societal exclusion (76.9% disagreed that they felt included in Canadian society) * A lack of faith in Canadian reporting mechanisms (roughly 4 in 10 respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed that reporting problems to Canadian authorities would contribute to greater protection) * A lack of faith in representation by their country of origin (80.4% disagreed that consular representatives would take their concerns seriously) * Limited confidence that healthcare providers had awareness of the links between their health and employment status (75.5% disagreed that healthcare providers understood that health issues could affect their employment) * Lack of confidence in their basic rights to confidentiality in the health care system (52.5% disagreed that their information would not be shared without their consent) * Significant barriers in receiving occupational health and safety training (only 43.4% reported receiving training) and a high degree of inconsistency among those who had received training (length of training varying greatly) * An overwhelming number of individuals lacking knowledge to start a legal claim (100% disagreeing that they would know how to start a claim or make a report relevant to their rights or entitlements) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND RESEARCH * Greater regional and provincial commitments to fund targeted services for migrant agricultural workers that address the unique barriers they face; * Increased government support for initiatives that support workers in accessing and navigating services; and * Policy solutions that address the precarity that workers face because of their temporary legal status such as open work permits and immediate access to permanent residency. Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story: More of the same? New research finds that migrant agricultural workers continue to face high levels of workplace intimidation and assault and exclusion from the wider community. With limited knowledge of legal services, little faith that government officials will help, and little confidence in the healthcare system, this group faces an uphill battle when seeking help. Caxaj and colleagues suggest that the government needs to invest in sustained supports for this group to access and navigate existing services, as well as provide long-term support for new initiatives that would improve protections for this group. The study authors also argue that the effectiveness of help offered will be contingent on the level of status and citizenship that is afforded to this group. Read the entire @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.020? Suggested tweet: #Migrantworkers are essential to #Canadian #agriculture, but are they safe? Per a survey by @Susana_Caxaj et al., 27% reported intimidation & 14% workplace assault; <50% got #safetytraining. #SAWP #Status4All Read @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.020 Image above: Migrant workers wait at a bus stop. Photo by Elise Hjalmarson. Farms Under Threat 2040: State-Specific Webinars The disappearance of American farm and ranch lands threatens our rural communities and agricultural economy, jeopardizes future food security, and increases vulnerability to extreme weather. But states can safeguard more farmland through better land-use planning and more farmland protection tools. Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future, a new report from American Farmland Trust, maps three alternative futures out to the year 2040. Join AFT?s upcoming state-by-state webinars for highlights of the findings and what they mean for the future of agriculture in your state. Find your state and register Pandemic challenges serve as opportunities for Native American food production and sovereignty JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Megan Mucioki (The Pennsylvania State University), Elizabeth Hoover, Jennifer Sowerwine (both at University of California Berkeley), Intertribal Agriculture Council, Keir Johnson-Reyes, Latashia Redhouse, and Dan Cornelius (all with the Intertribal Agriculture Council) Full Article The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled deep and systemic weaknesses and gross inequalities in U.S. food and farming systems, compounding the effects of an already unjust food and agricultural system. The experiences and responses of Native American producers, tribal governments, and tribal-led organizations to the COVID-19 crisis are little understood. In a new JAFSCD article, " Native American agriculture and food systems: Challenges and opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic," Keir Johnson-Reyes, Latashia Redhouse, and Dan Cornelius, from the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), Megan Mucioki, from The Pennsylvania State University, and Elizabeth Hoover and Jennifer Sowerwine, from the University of California, Berkeley, present findings from a series of IAC led surveys, administered to an extensive network of Tribal contacts who are from many of the 574 Federally Recognized Tribes throughout the United States, to better understand both the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Native American farmers and food systems as well as tribal-identified needs and priorities. Feel free to contact corresponding author Megan Mucioki. KEY FINDINGS * Over 85% of Native American producers have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; 53.69% experienced a complete or partial closure of their business due to the pandemic. * Livestock producers experienced a dramatic decrease in product demand and price, with some reporting up to a 50% reduction in price per pound for cattle?yet consumer prices for beef went up. * Tribal communities are experiencing food system stress: hunger was exacerbated in 38% of communities and 50% had an unmet demand for social support programs. * The two areas of support most desired by Native producers included increased financing/funding (63%) and marketing support (50%), stressing the sustained need for better economic support and access to markets. * Communities mobilized efforts to provide for their own, centering traditional foodways and self-sufficiency. Tribal-led, -owned, and -operated food systems have been pivotal to support community resilience during this period of crisis with even greater potential that was untapped. FOOD SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AND BY NATIVE PRODUCERS AND COMMUNITIES * More direct marketing opportunities and support for marketing and branding and trade shows. * A greater number of and sustained financing and funding options for Native American farmers. * Decentralized meat processing and regulatory flexibility for meat processing. * Better broadband access in Tribal communities and help developing an online presence or platform. * Workshops related to market development, food safety, COVID-19 response, transportation logistics, and information on USDA emergency relief programs. * More support from NRCS, particularly for young and beginning farmers. * Opportunities to become certified organic. * Support for Tribal-led food system assessment. ?Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story Indigenous farmers and farms are multiplying during a time of overall agricultural decline in the U.S. Do you know what Indigenous farmers need to support continued growth and self-governed food systems during times of stress and beyond? The Intertribal Agriculture Council and researchers from University of California, Berkeley, and The Pennsylvania State University present the experiences of Indigenous producers and communities during spring and summer 2020 of the pandemic, highlighting opportunities for Indigenous food system investment. Read the entire JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.013 ?Suggested tweet:? ? @IACupdate & university partners share #pandemic experiences of #Indigenous #farmers & communities for opportunities during #stress & beyond. #NativeAmericanagriculture #resilient #sovereign #foodsystems Read @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.013 Photo above: Traditional Corn Event, Ganondagan Seneca Nation; photo from the Intertribal Agriculture Council and used with permission. JAFSCD Welcomes Summer Editorial Assistant Lisa Quainoo is a rising sophomore at Cornell University majoring in Global and Public Health Sciences and minoring in Africana Studies and Inequity Studies. She is involved in the Health Education and Awareness Raising Team, Ghanaians@Cornell, and the undergraduate student chapter of the Cornell Center for Health Equity. As an editorial assistant for JAFSCD, Lisa is excited to learn more about equitable food systems and establish herself in the world of research and publishing. She hopes to one day use her experience in research and her passion for health equity to research community-centered solutions to Black maternal mortality. Lisa is copy-editing articles, promoting them on social media, helping with the JAFSCD Article Heads-up mailings, and more. We're so glad to have her on board this summer! Food movement pivots during COVID and highlights vulnerabilities ?JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Dr. Kristen Lowitt (Queen's University), Dr. Joyce Slater (University of Manitoba), Zoe Davidson (Queen's University), and Food Matters Manitoba Full article COVID-19 emerged as a pandemic in March 2020, bringing sudden and unprecedented changes to food systems. In a new JAFSCD article, " COVID-19, a changing Canadian food-security landscape, and food movements: Findings from a literature scan," Kristen Lowitt, Joyce Slater, Zoe Davidson, and Food Matters Manitoba ask: how has the food security landscape changed with COVID-19 in Canada? And how can an understanding of these shifts inform a food movement response? This article presents results from a scan of peer-reviewed and grey literature examining the impacts of COVID-19 on the food security landscape in Canada and provides our analysis of what this changing landscape means for food movements working on the ground to enhance food systems sustainability and equity. Contact Kristen Lowitt, corresponding author. KEY FINDINGS * Key trends and shifts are identified in the areas of food security policy, funding, and programming; food security for individuals, households, and vulnerable populations; and food systems. * The authors identify networks, policy advocacy, local food systems, and equity and inclusion as key considerations for food movement organizing in a food security landscape rapidly changing due to the COVID pandemic. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH * Food movements should be supported in developing networks with governments, community agencies, and business in order to build food-security policy supports. * Local food systems should be supported and expanded as alternatives to the dominant food system, as they can be more sustainable in times of crisis such as the COVID pandemic. * Food movements should advocate for policy supports to improve household food security. Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story: How has the pandemic changed Canada?s food system? What does this mean for food movements? Read the full JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.012 Suggested tweet: Food movements pivot during #COVID19 and highlight #vulnerabilities in #Canada?s #foodsystem. @foodmattersmb @queensu @UManitoba Read the full @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.012 Photo above: A farmers market in Winnipeg during the pandemic; photo by Joyce Slater and used with permission. The North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) is a professional association for people working together to strengthen local and regional food systems. NAFSN is a sister program of JAFSCD. See NAFSN's new website to learn about our projects: * Events, including 2 webinar series and "Seasonal Sips & Job Tips" sessions * The upcoming launch of 3 NAFSN student chapters * 984 jobs posted so far this year on the only curated jobs board for food systems positions?updated daily! * 1-on-1 & other networking opportunities and job coaching for members Become a member today! 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View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ July 20, 2022 JAFSCD is published with support from the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, L ibrary Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website Community gardens are the highest and best use of land in the city JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Domenic Vitiello (University of Pennsylvania) Full article Urban agriculture support systems take different forms and promote diverse priorities in different U.S. cities. Some treat farming and gardening as a public good?public spaces that are valued for their community-building, environmental, public health, and other social benefits. Others have sought to extract more economic and redevelopment gains from urban agriculture. The specific ways cities support urban agriculture?and the outcomes city governments, support organizations, and funders expect from it?have significant impacts and implications for social equity and justice. In a new article from JAFSCD, "? The highest and best use of land in the city?: Valuing urban agriculture in Philadelphia and Chicago,? Domenic Vitiello explores these divergent, often opposing expectations of what urban agriculture can yield, and what it should be. Reflecting on over a decade of research and practice, he traces the evolution of urban agriculture activities, support, and policy in Philadelphia and Chicago since the end of the twentieth century. These histories reflect broader tensions among different approaches to governing, supporting, and practicing agriculture in cities. KEY FINDINGS Philadelphia and Chicago?s urban agriculture policies and support systems started from a similar place in the 1990s, but Chicago increasingly treated community gardening and farming as a public good, while the place of agriculture in Philadelphia remained more contested, unstable, and inequitably distributed and supported around the city. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH Cities that treat urban agriculture as a public good?as public space with secure land tenure?have more efficient, equitable, and sustainable systems of community gardens and farms. Cities that treat urban agriculture as a redevelopment strategy and interim use continue to pit gardeners and farmers against other interests, producing unstable, contested, and inequitable access to land and food production. Suggested Facebook post or Instagram story: Are community gardens really the ?highest and best use? of land in U.S. cities? Some cities promote urban agriculture as a public good, but others seek more economic and redevelopment outcomes from community gardening and farming. In a new article in JAFSCD, Domenic Vitiello explores the tensions between these different approaches, tracing the ways urban agriculture has been valued, supported, and sometimes destroyed in Philadelphia and Chicago since the 1990s. Read the JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.019 Suggested tweet: Are #communitygardens the ?highest & best use? of land? In new @JAFSCD article, Domenic Vitiello explores divergent approaches to #urbanag in #Philadelphia & #Chicago. @penn_planning #urbanfarms #communitydevelopment #cityplanning Read the article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.019 Photo above: A community garden. Photo by Dennis Sylvester Hurd (public domain). The North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) is a professional association for people working together to strengthen local and regional food systems. NAFSN is a sister program of JAFSCD. See NAFSN's new website to learn about our projects: * Events, including 2 webinar series and "Seasonal Sips & Job Tips" sessions * The upcoming launch of 3 NAFSN student chapters * 984 jobs posted so far this year on the only curated jobs board for food systems positions?updated daily! * 1-on-1 & other networking opportunities and job coaching for members Become a member today! Free trial available! What do local foods consumers want? Luckily, they leave a paper trail! JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Matthew Mariola (The College of Wooster), Adam Schwieterman (Local Roots Market), and Gillian Desonier-Lewis (The College of Wooster) Full article The local foods movement is now firmly entrenched in the public imagination and as a feature of the larger food economy. With the most recent wave of local food retail markets now in its second decade, scholarly attention has turned to the factors that correlate with success?yet we know very little about local food consumer purchasing patterns. In a new JAFSCD article, ? What do local foods consumers want? Lessons from ten years at a local foods market authors,? Matthew Mariola (corresponding author), Adam Schwieterman, and Gillian Desonier-Lewis use a comprehensive database of all food sales spanning 10 years at a pioneering local food market in Wooster, Ohio, to extract insights about patterns of purchasing behavior among local food consumers. The results can be of use to market managers, policy advocates, and local food scholars. KEY FINDINGS * There are predictable patterns in sales by season, with both overall sales and sales by specific food categories changing in consistent ways. * There is a notable increase over time in the proportion of sales accounted for by takeaway foods produced in the market?s commercial kitchen. * Co-op members spend more on average per visit than customers who are not members. * A successful market needs a balance between a small number of large-volume producers (who dominate sales with a handful of products), and a deep pool of smaller-volume producers (who bring a diversity of products to the market shelves). RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE The authors offer a series of conclusions primarily directed at local food policy-makers and market managers: * A market thrives with many vendors of many sizes selling many different products. * Takeaway food generates significant revenue as well as foot traffic. However, it can also generate large amounts of food container waste. * Memberships can generate significant revenue from dues as well as a greater bond between consumer and market, which may be responsible for the higher amount of money that members spend. Suggested Facebook post and Instagram story: The local food movement has been building and thriving for decades, but there?s never been a long-term study of local food consumer buying patterns ? until now! Researchers with their partner at a local food co-op analyzed 10 years of sales data from a pioneering local foods marketplace in Ohio to learn what local food customers really want. Read the JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.011 Suggested Tweet: What do #localfood #consumers want? Luckily, they leave a paper trail! New research analyzes 10 years of sales data from a pioneering local food #cooperative in #Ohio. Read the @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.011 ?Photo above: Logo from Local Roots Market Latest issue of JAFSCD celebrates new farmers and gardeners The spring issue of JAFSCD is complete and can be read as a single PDF or article-by-article. This JAFSCD's complete volume 11, issue 3, and includes the 1,000th article published in JAFSCD! More on that soon. ?? The cover features Dhan Maya Subba, a participant in the New Farms for New Americans? agriculture and education program for refugees. NFNA, a program of the Association of Africans Living in Vermont, helps families who have been resettled in northern New England to access land, continue their agricultural traditions, and grow culturally significant crops. See ? Nepali Bhutanese refugee gardeners and their seed systems: Placemaking and foodways in Vermont? by Guo, Tobin, and Mares. The cover photo was taken by Alisha Laramee, program manager at NFNA, and is used with permission. Rising food insecurity and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency food assistance in Michigan JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Dorceta E. Taylor (Yale University), Te?yah Wright (Yale U), Ian Ortiz (U of Michigan), Alison Surdoval (The Nature Conservancy), Ember D. McCoy (U of Michigan), and Sorroco M. Daupan (Clean Water Action) Full Article The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed deep inequalities within the food system. The pandemic also led to an increase in the use of emergency food assistance. The impact of the pandemic on the operations of emergency food assistance organizations is little understood. In a new JAFSCD article, " Rising food insecurity and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency food assistance in Michigan," Dorceta E. Taylor, Te?yah Wright, Ian Ortiz, Alison Surdoval, Ember D. McCoy, and Sorroco M. Daupan present findings from surveys administered to 530 emergency assistance providers in Michigan, to better understand how the pandemic affected the operations of emergency food assistance organizations and how the race/ethnicity of the organization?s director was related to program activities, the pandemic?s impacts, and responses to the pandemic. Corresponding author Dr. Dorceta E. Taylor can be contacted at dorceta.taylor@yale.edu. KEY FINDINGS * The pandemic increased the overall demand for emergency food assistance. * The emergency food assistance organizations relied heavily on donations from nonprofits and individuals. For instance, about 77% of organizations get food from individual donations. * Organizations reported giving away boxes filled with milk and cheese even when they knew some families did not or could not consume those items. The emergency food assistance organizations did not have an effective response to the waste. * Directors of the state?s emergency food assistance organizations are predominantly White. * Black directors of emergency food assistance organizations identified structural problems with the delivery of food aid, inaccessible funding, and marginality. * Black directors tend to operate small food assistance organizations in urbanized areas. * Emergency food assistance organizations with Black directors received grants from fewer sources than those with white directors. RECOMMENDATIONS * The federal government should consider adjusting and retaining the Farmers to Families Food Box Program (FFFBP). * The government should also assess the impact of increasing the funds low-income families received in programs such as SNAP while families were getting food boxes. * Providing families with increased SNAP dollars and FFFBP simultaneously reduced the reliance on emergency food assistance. * Cities, states, and the federal government must create more jobs with higher wages. * More affordable housing and training are needed to help people develop needed workplace skills and more significant support for substance abuse, mental health, and general health care concerns. ?Suggested Facebook post/Instagram story How has the #COVID19 pandemic affected the operations of emergency food assistance organizations? #emergencyplanning #foodbank #Michigan Read the full JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.008 ?Suggested tweet:? ? How has the #COVID19 pandemic affected the operations of emergency food assistance organizations? What role does #race/ethnicity of EDs play? #foodsecurity #emergencyplanning #foodbank #Michigan @JEDSIYale @UMich Read @JAFSCD article for free: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.008 Photo above: A mobile food pantry; photo by Ricky Cain. Farms Under Threat 2040: State-Specific Webinars The disappearance of American farm and ranch lands threatens our rural communities and agricultural economy, jeopardizes future food security, and increases vulnerability to extreme weather. But states can safeguard more farmland through better land-use planning and more farmland protection tools. Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future, a new report from American Farmland Trust, maps three alternative futures out to the year 2040. Join AFT?s upcoming state-by-state webinars for highlights of the findings and what they mean for the future of agriculture in your state. 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