Food for thought: learning to build local food security and community-based disaster resilience through garden networks

Reis, Kimberley

doi:10.1080/13504622.2015.1118744

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“…The research problem revealed by a review of the literature on food-related disaster events in South-East Queensland demonstrated concerns about the interplay between the following: the needs of a rapidly growing urban population; the need for our current food supply chain model to function uninterrupted; and climate change impacts on the critical infrastructure needed for this model to function (Reis 2013). Compounding this, the Australian Academy of Science states that this region can expect more severe weather events to occur more often (AAS 2015).…”

Section: Adaptive Communities Acting On Their Understanding Of the Risk Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Governance Networks are defined as social mechanisms that entail activities such as gathering information, communication, decision-making and conflict resolution that influence the capacity for adaptations, coordination and exchanges within the network (Reis 2013). According to social network theory, these exchange relationships become ties that promote feelings of trust between members (Howes et al 2014).…”

Section: Governance Network and Risk Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to groups within the local food network, governance failures 2 of Policy Networks to anticipate how these complications and their uncertainties around engaging communities may be dealt with is seen as a further complicating factor of the risk environment (Reis 2013). In recognition of the need for adaptive and empowered communities, there is a trend of democratising food plans and contingency planning around that.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Under the Queensland Re-supply Guidelines, the current scope for individual and community preparations for food survival is confined to stockpiling sufficient longer shelf-life food items and making arrangements with local suppliers for extended lines of credit (EMQ 2012). Drawing from the support of family and the wider community is also a hallmark of a community's resilience to food shortage (Reis 2013) These contingency arrangements, however, have varying degrees of success in delivering food security. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) widely accepted features of food security intends that: "Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life" (2018, 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These social and cultural capitals underpin local food procurement and contingency planning. However, these plans fall outside the formal policy landscape for food re-supply (Reis 2013). The rise of local food plans, whether driven by interest groups or councils, is a global movement.…”

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Five things government can do to encourage local food contingency plans

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Severe weather events pose significant risks to food supply chains that are reliant upon critical infrastructures such as road and rail. Can local food procurement arrangements, and contingency plans based on those arrangements, help to ameliorate food shortage in times of crisis? This article explores how governments can empower communities to this end. A broader research project provides the basis of insights and recommendations to aid policy practitioners who seek to develop food-related disaster resilience at the community level. The findings call for the following: the adoption of policies that facilitate the procurement of local food; informing council planning; facilitating shared control with those who want these changes to occur; removing the barriers to change; and utilising a suite of consultation and engagement policies to these ends. It is argued that the Australian regional context of South-East Queensland, with its inherent issues of rapid population growth, has immediate relevance to international contexts.

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Paving the way for digital food literacy: A critical review of the literature

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The relationship between consumers and food is complex and dynamic. Moreover, different factors have been argued to variously affect the behaviors of consumers when food-related decisions are concerned, including: culture, beliefs, past experiences and knowledge. Food literacy is achieving a growing popularity as a determinant of wise food-related choices. In particular, food literacy could be understood as the individual ability to access, understand, process and use basic food and nutrition information, and to navigate the food system properly. In light of the negative health and social consequences, which are attached to limited food literacy, the enhancement of the individual ability to navigate the food system is crucial to improve individual and collective well-being. To contribute in the enhancement of the knowledge in the field of food literacy, this paper provides a review of the existing scientific literature. A critical approach is adopted to systematize the current understanding of food literacy and pave the way for further developments. Digital tools turn out to be a viable solution to improve individual food-related skills and contribute in wise consumer behaviors. From this point of view, digital food literacy emerges as a key issue inspiring future research in the fields of food education and health promotion

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Food for thought: learning to build local food security and community-based disaster resilience through garden networks

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Five things government can do to encourage local food contingency plans

Five things government can do to encourage local food contingency plans

Paving the way for digital food literacy: A critical review of the literature

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