In This Issue: Reflexive and Inclusive: Reimagining Local Government Engagement in Food Systems

Raja, Samina; Clark, Jill K.; Freedgood, Julia; Hodgson, Kimberley

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2018.08b.013

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“…Central concepts include local protocols, communication styles, and trust building. Mā'awe Pono also includes a strong heuristic element, similar to planning research methodology (Raja, Clark, Freedgood, & Hodgson, 2018), in that it involves the researchers on a personal level, includes intuitive judgment and a spiritual dimension, and relies on common sense (Kahakalau, 2017).…”

Section: Community Participatory Research Approach and Methodsmentioning

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Food hubs play an essential role in the COVID-19 response in Hawai‘i

Fardkhales¹,

Lincoln

2021

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Community food security and food systems resilience have received much emphasis in the last two decades, at least partially in response to mounting challenges and pressures on the global food system. While empirical research shows strong evidence that direct-to-consumer relationships in the food system predominantly serve affluent communities, during the COVID-19 pandemic local food providers have become a necessity through their provision of essential services, such as hunger relief and home deliveries for vulnerable populations. In this paper, we examine the challenges and opportunities of food hubs—innovations in local food systems that help connect small farmers with local markets—during the COVID-19 pandemic using quantitative and qualitative data from practitioners on the ground. The hubs were not necessarily equipped or experienced in the response needed, but they quickly adapted to the situation and demonstrated success during the pandemic, as illustrated by 200–300% growth in performance metrics such as revenues generated, employees retained, customers served, and farmers supported. The performance of the hubs in response to the multiple challenges accompanying the pandemic demonstrates their key role in food system resilience through features of diversity, functional redundancy, and connectivity, suggesting that disaster preparation should consider local food hubs a necessary service. We provide policy suggestions for supporting their role in local food system resilience beyond the pandemic.

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Section: Community Participatory Research Approach and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food hubs play an essential role in the COVID-19 response in Hawai‘i

Fardkhales¹,

Lincoln

2021

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…Our study identified ways that some local governments are using food policy staff positions to increase community capacity and move toward food democracy. However, the outcomes of such support in terms of realizing particular community food system visions needs further investigation (Raja et al, 2018;van de Griend et al, 2019).…”

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“…Our study builds on the work of scholars who, over the last decade, have described the emergence of city and county governmental food policy staff positions and highlighted the potential of such positions to create food system reform (Hatfield, 2012;Raja et al, 2018;Santo et al, 2014;van de Griend et al, 2019). This study contributes to this body of scholarship by describing the purpose, functions, and outcomes of 11 food policy positions housed in city or county governments throughout the U.S. and analyzing the potential and limits of these positions to advance food democracy in their communities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…At its core, the concept of food democracy is premised on the idea that all community members in a food system have valuable contributions to make in the process of developing solutions to foodrelated problems (Hassanein, 2003). Local governments interested in supporting food democracy and citizenship should strive to engage as many constituencies as possible in the decision-making process in order to successfully plan for community food systems (Raja et al, 2018). By ensuring that all community perspectives are a cornerstone of the work of food policy staff, local governments will be better equipped to understand the significant gaps in local food systems and, thus, able to build appropriate and lasting solutions.…”

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Advancing food democracy: The potential and limits of food policy positions in local government

Berglund

Hassanein

Lachapelle

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J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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For several decades, food policy councils (FPCs) have led the effort to place food on local government policy agendas. While FPCs are making progress in supporting local food systems, they also face institutional and organizational challenges. In recent years, a handful of cities and counties have endeavored to further food system reform with the establishment of full-time government staff positions focused on food policy. As of spring 2020, there were 19 confirmed food policy positions housed in local governments across the United States. While there is considerable literature on FPCs, little research has been published regarding food policy staffing in local governments. Accordingly, this study uses original in-depth interviews with 11 individuals in municipal or county food policy positions to understand the purpose and function of governmental food policy staff positions and their impact on local food systems. Our findings suggest that these positions help to coordinate and nurture local food programs and policies and have the potential to facilitate meaningful participation of individuals and groups in the community in food system reform. We discuss the potential benefits and challenges for governmental food policy positions to support food democracy, and provide the following recommendations for communities interested in establishing or strengthening similar positions: (1) identify and coordinate existing opportunities and assets, (2) foster and maintain leadership support, (3) root the work in community, (4) connect with other food policy professionals, and (5) develop a food system vision.

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“…Previous scholarship, such as Fung (2003, 2006, 2015), Cooper et al (2006), and Bryson et al (2013), provides a rich understanding of the guidelines and dimensions of public participation design choices (e.g., who is invited, how people interact, the rationale for participation) and the public value that can result from good design (e.g., legitimacy, justice and effective administration, increased citizen capacity). This literature explores critical questions about who gets “invited to the decision-making table” (Raja et al, 2018). Yet, extant literature leaves a relatively little-explored and more fundamental question: who builds the table to which people are invited?…”

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Public Values and Public Participation: A Case of Collaborative Governance of a Planning Process

Clark

2020

The American Review of Public Administration

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Research on public participation in community planning processes often focuses on the design of participation activities and the tensions therein. Past research, however, gives little attention to the question of who makes these design decisions, what public values they hold, and how those values affect decisions about design. Addressing this gap, this study empirically illustrates the connection between public value frames, design choices, and public participation in a collaborative policymaking process. The case analyzed is a local public planning process designed collaboratively by public and private organizations. The analysis uses participant observation, documents, and interviews. Results demonstrate how effective collaborative governance of the design process and interorganizational power-sharing forced partners to reveal, recognize, and interrogate their own public values while navigating others’ values. The collaborative governance of the planning process allowed the organizations to capitalize on, rather than suffer from, differences in values frames by changing tensions in planning to opportunities and increasing equity in public participation. Findings suggest that research attention should be aimed not just at which stakeholders are invited to participate (and how), but at who designs the participation agenda in the first place. Furthermore, findings suggest that public values frame reflection and collaborative governance of participation design can be key practices improving planning and policy outputs.

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In This Issue: Reflexive and Inclusive: Reimagining Local Government Engagement in Food Systems

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

Food hubs play an essential role in the COVID-19 response in Hawai‘i

Food hubs play an essential role in the COVID-19 response in Hawai‘i

Advancing food democracy: The potential and limits of food policy positions in local government

Public Values and Public Participation: A Case of Collaborative Governance of a Planning Process

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