Foodshed analysis and its relevance to sustainability

Peters, Christian J.; Bills, Nelson L.; Wilkins, Jennifer L.; Fick, Gary W.

doi:10.1017/s1742170508002433

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“…Increasing support for local food systems has been fueled by a combination of social, environmental, economic, dietary, and food quality concerns (Andreatta and Wickliffe, 2002;Brown, 2003;Payne, 2002). Further, research has noted several benefits of local foods to communities (Martinez, et al, 2010), such as: reduced food safety risks (Peters, Bills, Wilkins, and Fick, 2008), conserving open space through farmland (Ikerd, 2005), positively impacting food security (McCullum, Desjardins, Kraak, Ladipo, and Costello, 2005), and increased revenue and jobs for local economies (Swenson, 2009). …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies of Adults Following a Local Food Diet

Byker

Rose²,

Serrano

2010

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Supported in part by a variety of popular books, websites, and other media, the interest in local food is building dramatically, and a growing number of people are increasing their purchases of local food. This paper describes a study that explored the perceived benefits and challenges of following a diet consisting exclusively of local food in southwestern Virginia, as well as the strategies for coping with its limitations. Nineteen individuals participated in a four-week Local Food Diet Challenge, which included eating only foods produced from within 100 miles of the participants' homes. a larger study looking at the nutritional impacts of a local food diet, this study included a pre-diet questionnaire that gathered participants' demographic characteristics, shopping patterns, eating behaviors, and attitudes toward local foods; consumption-reporting forms during the diet period; and a post-diet focus-group discussion for participants to share their experiences in following the local food diet. In this paper we report the major themes that emerged in the focus groups and offer recommendations for locavores and organizations attempting to maximize local food consumption.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies of Adults Following a Local Food Diet

Byker

Rose²,

Serrano

2010

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“…The term was reintroduced by Getz [83] in a 1991 article on permaculture. More recently it was used to describe "the geographic areas that feed population centers" [84] (p.1). One part of the foodshed is the urban nexus of core, edge, and periphery.…”

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confidence: 99%

Urban Cultivation and Its Contributions to Sustainability: Nibbles of Food but Oodles of Social Capital

2016

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Abstract:The contemporary interest in urban cultivation in the global North as a component of sustainable food production warrants assessment of both its quantitative and qualitative roles. This exploratory study weighs the nutritional, ecological, and social sustainability contributions of urban agriculture by examining three cases-a community garden in the core of New York, a community farm on the edge of London, and an agricultural park on the periphery of San Francisco. Our field analysis of these sites, confirmed by generic estimates, shows very low food outputs relative to the populations of their catchment areas; the great share of urban food will continue to come from multiple foodsheds beyond urban peripheries, often far beyond. Cultivation is a more appropriate designation than agriculture for urban food growing because its sustainability benefits are more social than agronomic or ecological. A major potential benefit lies in enhancing the ecological knowledge of urbanites, including an appreciation of the role that organic food may play in promoting both sustainability and health. This study illustrates how benefits differ according to local conditions, including population density and demographics, operational scale, soil quality, and access to labor and consumers. Recognizing the real benefits, including the promotion of sustainable diets, could enable urban food growing to be developed as a component of regional foodsheds to improve the sustainability and resilience of food supply, and to further the process of public co-production of new forms of urban conviviality and wellbeing.

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“…It is also important to dismantle jurisdictional and political boundaries. Work on territoriality and flows of food offer ways forward in this regard (e.g., Garret & Feenstra, 1999;Kloppenberg, Hendrickson, & Stevenson, 1996a;Peters, Bills, Wilkins, & Fick, 2009). Recent literature reveals increasing interest in breaking down the barriers between sectors and disciplines to enhance theory and practice (Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%