Food Policy Council Case Study Describing Cross-sector Collaboration for Food System Change in a Rural Setting

Calancie, Larissa; Stritzinger, Nathaniel; Konich, Jaclyn; Horton, Camille; Allen, Nicole E.; Ng, Shu Wen; Weiner, Bryan J.; Ammerman, Alice S.

doi:10.1353/cpr.2017.0051

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“…Membership matters, as the types of actors participating in food democracy initiatives have been found to have a large influence on the types of issues that are discussed and ultimately acted upon (Siddiki et al 2015 ; Bassarab et al 2019 ). Calancie et al ( 2017a , b ), for example, refer to a study by Hays et al ( 2000 ) to argue that greater racial diversity is associated with community coalitions’ ability to influence public policy. At the same time, overall participation rates do not tell the fully story, as even when there is a large diversity of actors on paper, degrees of participation may vary considerably.…”

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“…Both in the cases of Trento (Andreola et al 2021 ) and Madrid (Zerbian and de Luis Romero 2021 ), interactions between stakeholders were found to lack depth and genuine exchange. Only two studies mentioned the presence of neutral process facilitators (Fridman and Lenters 2013 ; Calancie, Stritzinger, et al 2017a , b ). Findings on whether participants of food democracy initiatives have equal opportunities to engage in deliberations or share their perspectives are mixed (3 studies indicating they do, 4 they don’t).…”

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Power to the people? Food democracy initiatives’ contributions to democratic goods

Candel

2022

Agric Hum Values

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In order to foster a transition of the food system toward more sustainable outcomes, scholars have increasingly pointed at the need for organizing strengthened food democracy. By increasing the participation of citizens and food system actors, democratic innovations, such as food policy councils, are believed to promote the quality and legitimacy of food policymaking. However, the question of whether and how food democracy initiatives do indeed contribute to more democratic modes of governance largely remains unexplored. This study addresses this gap by performing a systematic literature review of the existing scholarship on food democracy, assessing democratic innovations for their contributions to four democratic goods: inclusiveness, popular control, considered judgment and transparency. The analysis shows that food democracy initiatives tend to be dominated by organized interests, have more influence on agenda-setting and implementation compared to decision-making, and generally aim for some form of deliberation or knowledge exchange. The precise selection mechanisms, processes and quality of deliberation, and transparency of democratic innovations remain important research gaps. The paper ends with a plea to better connect food democracy scholarship with the broader political sciences, as well as various suggestions for future research.

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Power to the people? Food democracy initiatives’ contributions to democratic goods

Candel

2022

Agric Hum Values

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“…For promoting inclusiveness, distributed leadership was recommended, especially for the period of time after a collaborative's initiation when strong central leadership may be more important (Rasanathan et al., 2018 ). Several papers recommended group problem solving and working from consensus across partners (Calancie et al., 2017 ; Health Research & Educational Trust, 2017a ). Targeting outcomes that have a visible impact on the surrounding community may also help demonstrate attentiveness to community needs (Vermeer et al., 2015 ).…”

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Aligning healthcare, public health and social services: A scoping review of the role of purpose, governance, finance and data

Lanford

Petiwala

Landers

et al. 2021

Health Social Care Comm

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Organisations spanning social services, public health and healthcare have increasingly experimented with collaboration as a tool for improving population health and reducing health disparities. While there has been progress, the results have fallen short of expectations. Reflecting on these shortcomings, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently proposed a new framework for cross‐sector alignment intended to move the field towards improved outcomes. A central idea in this framework is that collaboratives will be more effective and sustainable if they develop collaborative systems in four core areas: shared purpose, governance, finance and shared data. The goal of this paper is to provide a foundation for research on the four core areas of the cross‐sector alignment framework. Accordingly, this study is based on two guiding questions: (1) how are collaboratives currently implementing systems in the four core areas identified in the framework, and (2) what strategies does the literature offer for creating sustainable systems in these four areas? Given the emergent nature of research on health‐oriented cross‐sector collaboration and the broad research questions, we conducted a systematic scoping review including 179 relevant research papers and reports published internationally from the years 2010–2020. We identified the main contributions and coded each based on its relevance to the cross‐sector alignment framework. We found that most papers focused on programme evaluations rather than theory testing, and while many strategies were offered, they tended to reflect a focus on short‐term collaboration. The results also demonstrate that starting points and resource levels vary widely across individuals and organisations involved in collaborations. Accordingly, identifying and comparing distinct pathways by which different parties might pursue cross‐sector alignment is an imperative for future work. More broadly, the literature is ripe with observations that could be assessed systematically to produce a firm foundation for research and practice.

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“…Additional council dynamics and structure has been described in detail by Calancie et al 10 In recent years, we conducted an internal evaluation, held retreats for strategic planning, established formal leadership structures within participant programs, facilitated community forums and presented at several conferences. It is through these self-reflection and evaluation processes we conceptualized our work through the framework presented in this article.…”

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“…Councils are complex, heterogeneous, and address a wide range of issues under the umbrella of "food policy," including food access, economic development and antihunger, to name a few. 8,9 Although research and reports on food policy councils are expanding, including two publications that examine the ACFPC, 10,11 information published by food policy councils themselves is limited, especially from rural communities. As one of the longest-running food policy councils in the state, we are often asked to consult with other communities attempting to organize new councils, particularly after Pennsylvania set a goal of every county and/ or region having a local food alliance by 2020.…”

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Responding to Food Insecurity and Community Crises through Food Policy Council Partnerships in a Rural Setting

Dailey¹,

Davidson²,

Gaskin³

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Progress in Community Health Partnerships

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Adams County, located in south-central Pennsylvania, is an example of a rural community that has identified food insecurity as a significant unmet need, despite the fact that the county ranks relatively well in terms of health outcomes in the state of Pennsylvania. 1 This contrast highlights an issue that many rural counties face. Their problems may not stand out to state governments compared to more urban areas or more impoverished rural regions, but they may be constrained by limited funding streams and few community-based organizations. With low-wage jobs dominating the economic landscape, many families experience food insecurity and available food assistance programs have fallen short of solving this problem. The gap between self-sufficiency incomes and qualifying incomes for food assistance programs

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Food Policy Council Case Study Describing Cross-sector Collaboration for Food System Change in a Rural Setting

Abstract: This case study illustrates connections between FPC members in a rural county and identifies how FPCs can facilitate food system change in their communities. Improving our understanding of how rural FPCs function can help to advance the potential public health impact of councils.

Cited by 8 publications

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Power to the people? Food democracy initiatives’ contributions to democratic goods

Power to the people? Food democracy initiatives’ contributions to democratic goods

Aligning healthcare, public health and social services: A scoping review of the role of purpose, governance, finance and data

Responding to Food Insecurity and Community Crises through Food Policy Council Partnerships in a Rural Setting

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