Could Toronto Provide 10% of its Fresh Vegetable Requirements from Within its Own Boundaries? Part II, Policy Supports and Program Design

MacRae, Rod; Nasr, Joe; Kuhns, James; Baker, Lauren; Christianson, Russ; Danyluk, Martin; Snider, Abra; Gallant, Eric; Kaill-Vinish, Penny; Michalak, Marc; Oswald, Janet; Patel, Sima; Wekerle, Gerda R.

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2012.022.002

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“…MacRae et al (2012) provide details on applicable program supports that could help with scaling up urban agriculture within the city of Toronto. Their proposals include the creation of a governing body performing a full land inventory analysis; a system for matching land with farmers; lease arrangements; support for infrastructure establishment (water, compost, etc.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to the role of urban CSA farmer, there will be opportunities for others involved in the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of food and necessary inputs (see MacRae et al, 2012, for a description of some of the related support services for urban agriculture that include income-generating potential). In addition, with a governmental body established to manage an urban agriculture program, opportunities will become available for people to administer various aspects of the program.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recommendations MacRae et al (2012) provide an extensive set of policy recommendations to support urban agriculture in general. They recommend that the city of Toronto form a governing body to administer an urban agriculture management plan.…”

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“…As evidence of this potential, recently at least three farming operations in Toronto led by young farm entrepreneurs have started CSAs using backyard production. Two research papers were recently published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development on scaling up urban agriculture in Toronto (MacRae, Gallant, Patel, Michalak, Bunch, & Schaffner, 2010;MacRae et al, 2012). The MacRae et al (2010) study examined the potential for vegetable production on land located within the city of Toronto.…”

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Community Supported Agriculture in the City: The Case of Toronto

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2012

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Farming in cities is gaining momentum within North American urban centers. Community supported agriculture (CSA) projects, previously viewed primarily as rural enterprises, are now starting to appear in cities, including Toronto. Urban CSAs address the new food movement's objectives as they can provide good food that is accessible, an income to those growing the food, education on how food is grown, and show the importance of environmental stewardship and the recycling of resources. We used land parcel analysis to examine the potential for vegetable CSAs in Toronto, identifying 77 parcels with a total of 1270 acres (514 hectares) of potential land for CSA farming, a large portion of which are located in the northeast part of Toronto. This represents about 1 percent of the city's surface area. From this analysis, five scenario types were constructed that could be commercially viable, and having a range of land use, zoning, institutional, and residential characteristics. There are considerable challenges, however, in their widespread implementation. Consequently, in this paper we make policy and program recommendations on how urban CSAs in Toronto might be advanced, including pilot projects, institutional linkages, program supports, training, and extension.

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“…). Further, city governments have the role of "reshap[ing] the conditions of the market to account for the public benefits that should flow from an urban food production system"(MacRae et al, 2012).The Yellowknife Food Charter recognizes that food insecurity, along with diet-related diseases, climate change, loss of food growing, harvesting and processing knowledge, waste reduction and boosting the local economy are food system issues in Yellowknife that need to be addressed through mutual planning throughout the community (Yellowknife Farmers Market, 2016). More just and sustainable food systems in Yellowknife are possible through action at the city level.…”

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Using Participatory Action Research to Support Civil Society Action for a Sustainable Food System in Yellowknife

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Grounded in the Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodologies, this thesis examines the opportunities and challenges associated with encouraging multi-stakeholder collaboration around the vision of a more just and sustainable food system for Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (NWT). In partnership, the researcher and community research partners identified the following research question: How can community members and organizations, local businesses, and decision-makers from the City of Yellowknife collaboratively engage around the vision and principles of the Yellowknife Food Charter to improve the policy arena for a just and sustainable food system for Yellowknife? Grounded in political economy theories of sustainable food systems and governance, this thesis addresses this question through praxis -the cycle of reflection and action. To reflect, this thesis examines the role of PAR in realizing actions for the food charter, focusing on the importance of decolonizing research through trust and partnership, and on community ownership of research questions and process. It also makes recommendations for building trust in research through explicitly discussing the expectations of a PAR process with local research partners prior to and throughout the research. As action, the Coalition collaboratively identified the need for a municipal food strategy to improve the local policy arena and this thesis includes a set of policy briefs to be used by the Coalition to present to the local municipality. These briefs are contextualized by a historicized account of the Yellowknife food system.

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Agri-food supply chain coordination: the state-of-the-art and recent developments

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Researches on agri-food supply chain coordination have been gaining public attention due to their critical relevance to food availability, security, and safety. Still, the research focus is considerably in its early stage of development. This study was aimed at reviewing a holistic understanding on agri-food supply chain, particularly on issues related to coordination. This review was conducted by analyzing selected articles from peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. The articles are classified based on three important categories for researches on agri-food supply chain coordination, i.e., interdependencies, coordination mechanism, and methodology. Based on an analysis on the current state of research, a future research on agri-food supply chain coordination should be encouraged. Besides, the spectrum of coordination mechanism taken to deal with different levels of interdependencies and quality requirements is presented. The spectrum is useful for any member in an agriculture supply chain who is willing to coordinate its actions with other members for improving supply chain performance. Then, the results of analysis suggest that a further research on the adoption of value co-creation in the coordination process is required to deliver benefits not only for participating actors but also for end consumers.

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Could Toronto Provide 10% of its Fresh Vegetable Requirements from Within its Own Boundaries? Part II, Policy Supports and Program Design

Cited by 10 publications

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Community Supported Agriculture in the City: The Case of Toronto

Community Supported Agriculture in the City: The Case of Toronto

Using Participatory Action Research to Support Civil Society Action for a Sustainable Food System in Yellowknife

Agri-food supply chain coordination: the state-of-the-art and recent developments

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