From joenasr at sympatico.ca Tue Nov 8 18:00:37 2022 From: joenasr at sympatico.ca (Joe Nasr) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] =?utf-8?q?book_launch_seminar=3A_Governance_Tensio?= =?utf-8?q?ns_in_Toronto=C2=B4s_Food_Movements=3A_a_Research-Practice_Dial?= =?utf-8?q?ogue?= Message-ID: <659fae63.25dd.1845a1e2fae.Webtop.21@sympatico.ca> Greetings, We are happy to announce a book launch event for Alessandra Manganelli, taking place this Thursday. She will be in dialogue with 3 long-time actors in Toronto's food movements: Rhonda Teitel-Payne, Debbie Field and Lori Stahlbrand. The event will be offered in person as well as through Zoom! Registration is required. Details are below and attached. Please share as needed. Hope to see you Thursday! Sorry for cross-postings. Joe Nasr ---------------------------- BOOK LAUNCH Governance Tensions in Toronto?s Food Movements: a Research-Practice Dialogue Author: Alessandra Manganelli Panel: Rhonda Teitel-Payne, Debbie Field, Lori Stahlbrand When? Thursday November 10 2022, 4.15-6.00 pm EST How? In person or online through Zoom - see registration below Where? Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex (DCC), at 288 Church Street, Room 707 Event?s Details: 4.15-4.25 pm Introduction to Series and Book (Introduction: Cecilia Rocha Moderator: Joe Nasr) 4.25-5.00 pm Book presentation (Alessandra Manganelli) 5.00-5.30 pm Dialogue with food movement actors (Rhonda Teitel -Payne, Debbie Field, Lori Stahlbrand) 5.30-6.00 pm General Q&A In-person registration: Register at: https://food-movement-in-person.eventbrite.ca Online registration: Register at: https://food-movement-virtual.eventbrite.ca Link to the book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-05828-8 Urban areas are epicentres of multiple food movements that seek to transform local and global food systems and their related social, economic and ecological conditions. Yet, what critical governance tensions are urban food movements facing? How are these tensions (around resources, organisations and institutions) experienced by food movement initiatives? The launch of this book will explore these questions through a research-practice dialogue, focussing on the Toronto context, around current and future perspectives for ?the hybrid governance of urban food movements? and for the design of promising pathways to instigate food system change. Presented by Toronto Metropolitan University?s Centre for Studies in Food Security and Chang School for Continuing Education, and by Toronto Urban Growers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Learn more during a virtual open house on Thursday, November 10, 6:00-7:00 pm EST. The Zoom session will provide info on the program, including the application process, funding opportunities for 2023-2024, and a Q&A with faculty. Register here! Forward to anyone who may be interested. Questions? Contact Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Food Studies graduate program director, or the admissions office. Jumping over barriers and through hoops: Where in the U.S. is it easiest to start an agritourism business? JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Weiwei Wang (U of Vermont), Chadley Richard Hollas (independent researcher), Lisa Chase, David Conner, and Jane Kolodinsky (all three at the U of Vermont) Full article Agritourism is a critic piece of the community-based food systems, but agritourism operators face many challenges when expanding and diversifying their operations. Despite agritourism?s growth and increased resources and support, there has been limited research around the specific challenges experienced by operators. Farmers also face limited access to resources that can help address these challenges, and these challenges vary based on a variety of factors. Using five dimensions of access, this new JAFSCD article, ?Challenges for the agritourism sector in the United States: Regional comparisons of access,? examines the challenges agritourism operations currently face in the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West regions of the U.S. and how models of support can improve to support a vibrant agritourism ecosystem. The article's corresponding author is Chadley Richard Hollas. KEY FINDINGS In this article, the researchers found that: * City and county zoning and permitting resources are not available or accessible * Insurance and liability resources are not accessible or affordable * E-connectivity resources are not available or affordable * State and local regulation resources are not available or affordable RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH ?Agricultural service providers across the U.S., particularly in the West, should offer understandable resources related to agritourism policies for operators. These resources must also be kept up-to-date, affordable (in terms of the amount of time and effort needed to access them), and easily available to operators. Government officials and regulators need to be more aware of how policies are interpreted and applied, as well as how they are meant to be interpreted and applied, to ensure that operators are not overcommitting funds on unnecessary permits and other requirements in order to comply. Policymakers should consider the cost of these operations, as agritourism enterprises are caught between multiple needs, often at the cost of either quality of life or production output. Image above: Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury, Massachusetts, has a booming agritourism element. Photo ? 2022 by Amy Christian. The Real Food Challenge and community relationships over 10 years at UNC Chapel Hill JAFSCD article by Katelyn Cline, Alexandria Huber-Disla, Dr. Amy Cooke, and Dr. Elizabeth Havice (all at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Full article Large universities feed thousands of students, faculty, staff, and visitors on campus on a daily basis and are part of a broad institutional food system. Many universities are incorporating food into their broader university sustainability goals both because members of their campus communities demand it and to recognize that universities can play a role in driving change toward social and environmental sustainability. Third-party certifications, like the Real Food Challenge, offer standards that hold universities accountable and allow them to track their progress. Commitments to purchasing sustainable food shape and are shaped by the food system stakeholders of a large university. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) began using the Real Food Challenge (RFC) in 2010 to track its progress toward purchasing 20% ?real? food, as defined by RFC. In a new JAFSCD article, ? Community relationships and sustainable university food procurement: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Real Food Challenge,? authors Katelyn Cline, Alexandria Huber-Disla, Dr. Amy Cooke, and Dr. Elizabeth Havice utilize over 10 years of reporting on UNC?s sustainable procurement, interviews, a survey, and participant observation to explore how the relationships among stakeholders, such as students, dining administration, and RFC transformed around the RFC commitment. The article?s corresponding author is Katelyn Cline. KEY FINDINGS * Small, focused groups of stakeholders can influence institutional sustainable food commitments, while the broader community might have a wide range of sustainability concerns that change over time. * The RFC commitment led to a strong collaboration among dining administration, sustainability-focused students, and faculty that is a generative space for exploring opportunities and limitations for defining and achieving sustainable food procurement goals at the university. * The Real Food Challenge enabled UNC to advance sustainable food goals, but its ?one-size-fits-all universities? approach also presented constraints as UNC stakeholders aimed to push sustainability objectives beyond RFC metrics alone. * The latest dining contract between UNC and its foodservice provider Aramark includes a commitment to RFC for the first time, signaling that sustainable procurement metrics are being formalized in institutional purchasing. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH This research demonstrates the importance of stakeholder relationships in the pursuit of institutional sustainability commitments. Given the attention and investments that universities are making in enhancing campus sustainability, findings suggest that community relationships are a key site of investigation for understanding institutional sustainability commitments. It also points to the important role that third-party certifications play in university sustainable procurement and to the dynamic sustainability landscapes that emerge as universities engage with existing tools and community interests. Image above: The Real Food Challenge logo. NEW Food Policy Council Publications from the Center for a Livable Future From Partnerships to Policy: Promising Practices for New Food Policy Councils offers info and resources on starting a food policy council, with an emphasis on leading with policy and addressing emergent food systems issues like racial equity, resiliency, and environmental sustainability. Developing a Communication Strategy: A Guide for Food Policy Councils outlines the fundamental steps to creating a strategic com?munication plan and illustrates each step with examples. This email is sent to you as a notification of newly published content and other JAFSCD news. Were you forwarded this JAFSCD Article Heads-up and you'd like to join the mailing list? Sign up! JAFSCD is an open access, community-supported journal! Your library, program, or organization can become a shareholder to help make JAFSCD's content available to all, regardless of their resources. We welcome individual shareholders as well. 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URL: From joenasr at sympatico.ca Mon Nov 14 19:23:50 2022 From: joenasr at sympatico.ca (Joe Nasr) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:41 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] =?utf-8?q?=5BURBANAG=5D_book_launch_seminar=3A_Gov?= =?utf-8?q?ernance_Tensions_in_Toronto=C2=B4s_Food_Movements=3A_a_Research?= =?utf-8?q?-Practice_Dialogue?= In-Reply-To: <659fae63.25dd.1845a1e2fae.Webtop.21@sympatico.ca> References: <659fae63.25dd.1845a1e2fae.Webtop.21@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: Greetings, As per the announcement below, we had a successful seminar last week. We will post a recording of it soon. Meanwhile, I wanted to share the attached flyer for the Manganelli book, which Springer provided us for two conferences and this seminar. It includes a 20 percent discount on the (expensive) price of this book. The same discount applies to our two other recent books (by Caputo and Pickard), and I assume the other ten books in our series (not sure about this last point). Note however that this offer expires on this Wednesday the 16th. If anyone is interested in publishing in our Urban Agriculture Book Series, attached is a flyer for it. Feel free to write to me if you have any questions about it. Regards, Joe Nasr ------ Original Message ------ From: joenasr@sympatico.ca To: Foodplanning@u.washington.edu; urbanag@elist.tufts.edu Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:00 PM Subject: [URBANAG] book launch seminar: Governance Tensions in Toronto?s Food Movements: a Research-Practice Dialogue Greetings, We are happy to announce a book launch event for Alessandra Manganelli, taking place this Thursday. She will be in dialogue with 3 long-time actors in Toronto's food movements: Rhonda Teitel-Payne, Debbie Field and Lori Stahlbrand. The event will be offered in person as well as through Zoom! Registration is required. Details are below and attached. Please share as needed. Hope to see you Thursday! Sorry for cross-postings. Joe Nasr ---------------------------- BOOK LAUNCH Governance Tensions in Toronto?s Food Movements: a Research-Practice Dialogue Author: Alessandra Manganelli Panel: Rhonda Teitel-Payne, Debbie Field, Lori Stahlbrand When? Thursday November 10 2022, 4.15-6.00 pm EST How? In person or online through Zoom - see registration below Where? Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex (DCC), at 288 Church Street, Room 707 Event?s Details: 4.15-4.25 pm Introduction to Series and Book (Introduction: Cecilia Rocha Moderator: Joe Nasr) 4.25-5.00 pm Book presentation (Alessandra Manganelli) 5.00-5.30 pm Dialogue with food movement actors (Rhonda Teitel -Payne, Debbie Field, Lori Stahlbrand) 5.30-6.00 pm General Q&A In-person registration: Register at: https://food-movement-in-person.eventbrite.ca Online registration: Register at: https://food-movement-virtual.eventbrite.ca Link to the book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-05828-8 Urban areas are epicentres of multiple food movements that seek to transform local and global food systems and their related social, economic and ecological conditions. Yet, what critical governance tensions are urban food movements facing? How are these tensions (around resources, organisations and institutions) experienced by food movement initiatives? The launch of this book will explore these questions through a research-practice dialogue, focussing on the Toronto context, around current and future perspectives for ?the hybrid governance of urban food movements? and for the design of promising pathways to instigate food system change. Presented by Toronto Metropolitan University?s Centre for Studies in Food Security and Chang School for Continuing Education, and by Toronto Urban Growers. SUBSCRIBE TO URBANAG: https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/urbanag UNSUBSCRIBE: Address to sympa@elist.tufts.edu. Type in the Subject line: unsubscribe URBANAG and type in the Body of the email: Unsubscribe URBANAG - OR USE: https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/urbanag -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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View this email in a web browser Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JAFSCD Article Heads-up ~ November 17, 2022 JAFSCD is published with support from the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium, L ibrary Shareholders, and our seven JAFSCD Partners: JAFSCD Website Duncan Hilchey, Editor in Chief ? Amy Christian, Managing Editor Happening this Friday morning! Virtual info session: NYU Food Studies Master's Program New York University's Food Studies MA program is holding a virtual info session on Friday, Nov. 18, 9:00-10:30 am ET. Attend the information session to learn more about the program's three focus areas: cultural studies, business and social entrepreneurship, and policy/advocacy. RSVP to receive the session link! As the first Food Studies master?s degree in the U.S., NYU's course of study combines approaches from the humanities and social sciences to prepare students to analyze cultural, political, economic, environmental, and geographic approaches to food in local, urban, and global contexts. Atlas maps hunger need and program performance by county JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Steven A. Henness (U of Missouri), Bill McKelvey (U of Missouri), Darren Chapman (Social Grove, Inc.), Gloria Mangoni (Pennsylvania State U), and Mary Hendrickson (U of Missouri) Full article INTRODUCTION Hunger has devastating social and economic impacts on local communities. COVID-19 has revealed how adverse global events influence food insecurity, especially for vulnerable populations. As advocates and policymakers rely on tools to fill critical gaps in local data, the Missouri Hunger Atlas engages readers to better understand hunger and food insecurity with county-level indicators of need and performance. In a new JAFSCD article, " A decade of the Missouri Hunger Atlas: Information for action," authors from the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security and colleagues describe the development and evolution of the Missouri Hunger Atlas to inform and guide decision-makers on the extent of hunger by county and the performance of key programs intended to alleviate food insecurity. The corresponding author is Steven A. Henness. KEY FINDINGS * The Atlas grew out of local action research by faculty, students, and grassroots organizations into a statewide tool for ongoing community action and social change. * The Atlas utilizes data from multiple existing sources yet is distinctive from other tools in several important ways. * The Atlas is designed for comparison rather than absolute measurement. * Maps that visualize results and enable comparisons of hunger need vs. performance offer novel insights to decision-makers. * Atlas indicators have evolved over time, highlighting how hunger measurements require ongoing adjustment by researchers, data partners, and communities. * Atlas readers use the compilation of indicators in multi-faceted ways to initiate conversations, leverage resources, and inform strategies and decisions on hunger. FOR MORE INFORMATION Missouri Hunger Atlas readers can access data books as well as browse, map, download, and print county results online. Photo above: A food bank's food drive donations; photo courtesy of the authors. Searching for America's forgotten Black youth farm movement JAFSCD commentary by Bobby J. Smith II (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Full article In a JAFSCD new commentary, "In search of the New Farmers of America: Remembering America?s forgotten Black youth farm movement," author Bobby J. Smith II grapples with the historical erasure and legacy of the New Farmers of America (NFA), a pioneering organization that operationalized one of the largest Black youth farm movements in American history. The NFA existed between the 1920s and 1960s, boasting a membership of over 50,000 Black farm boys studying vocational agriculture in public high schools in 18 states across the South and parts of the East Coast. Considering the massive reach of the NFA in Black communities, Smith writes that the NFA ?was more than just an organization for Black boys? interested in studying agriculture. In fact, the NFA offered young Black boys ?a pathway to use agriculture as a site for Black self-determination, community uplift, economic vitality, and food security.? The crucial work of the NFA provides historical texture to current scholarly and public conversations at the nexus of race, food justice, food sovereignty, and land justice in the lives of urban and rural Black youth and their communities. Image above: The emblem of the New Farmers of America, courtesy of the author. Two weeks remain to submit your abstract! Conference on Novel Foods and Novel Food Production: A Contribution to Sustainability and Food Security? Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2022 | Conference date: March 10, 2023 | Papers can be presented in person or online This social science conference will focus on the wave of so-called disruptive technologies developed by mission-oriented entrepreneurs in the name of sustainability and food security: novel foods. These range from cellular meat and plant-based meat alternatives to microorganism- and insect-based proteins. Similarly, innovations in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) aim to free the production of fresh produce from the risks and rhythms of the natural environment, integrating it into urban life. This conference is hosted jointly by The American University of Rome's Master's in Food Studies and the Center for Food Studies. Learn more about the themes for contributions, keynote speakers, and requirements for extended abstracts (800?1,200 words, including introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusions) and a short CV. Questions? Contact foodstudies@aur.edu or Maria Grazia Quieti and Maria Fonte at m.quieti@aur.edu. The challenge: Making good food accessible JAFSCD commentary by John Ikerd (Professor emeritus, U of Missouri, Columbia) Full article In John Ikerd's latest Economic Pamphleteer column, he explores how the issue of accessibility poses a challenge to food security. As he notes, "the foods sold by local farmers typically are not as convenient or easy to locate, acquire, or prepare as foods purchased in restaurants and supermarkets. Even raw and minimally processed foods in supermarkets aren?t as accessible as highly processed and pre-prepared foods." According to Ikerd, "Home economics courses should be required in public schools to teach both boys and girls to select, process, and prepare nutritious food as well as to select, maintain, and use tools and appliances that empower people to do things for themselves. Affordable kitchen appliances, such as slow cookers, vegetable steamers, air fryers, and toaster ovens, make preparation of most basic meals at home far quicker and easier than in times past. New multicookers combine several different functions in a single appliance. Family mealtimes could be expanded to include food preparation?a time when family members share and practice their food preparation skills. Increasing individual and family capabilities for self-reliance not only reduces living costs, but also increases the self-esteem and earning capacities of family members." Image above: John Ikerd. NEW Food Policy Council Publications from the Center for a Livable Future From Partnerships to Policy: Promising Practices for New Food Policy Councils offers info and resources on starting a food policy council, with an emphasis on leading with policy and addressing emergent food systems issues like racial equity, resiliency, and environmental sustainability. Developing a Communication Strategy: A Guide for Food Policy Councils outlines the fundamental steps to creating a strategic com?munication plan and illustrates each step with examples. Complex problems, cultivated solutions >From environmental destruction to climate change and a lack of food equity, our current food system is unsustainable. Respond to the challenges of sustainability with a graduate certificate in sustainable food systems at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. By examining dominant global-industrial food systems from environmental, social, and economic perspectives, as well as alternative system actions, you will gain the knowledge and community connections needed to cultivate solutions that promote community and bioregional place-based food systems for the future. Transform your passion for sustainability into a vibrant future at KPU: where thought meets action. Learn more here! 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