Social solidarity, social infrastructure, and community food access
This study examines the case of community resource mobilization within the context of a farmers market incentive program in Washington D.C., USA to illustrate the ways in which providing opportunities for people impacted by food inequities to develop and lead programming can help to promote food access. Through an analysis of interviews with 36 participants in the Produce Plus program, some of whom also served as paid staff and volunteers with the program, this study examines the ways that group-level social interactions among program participants helped to ensure the program was accessible and accountable to the primarily...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 3, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
“No one is talking about food”: making agriculture a “business” in Ghana
AbstractAt the turn of the 21st century, a collection of donors created the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to spark a “new” Green Revolution on the African continent. Since its inception, AGRA’s mission has revolved around a series of interventions designed around the idea of making agriculture a “business.” In this paper, I ask how AGRA puts such discourses into practice with a particular focus in Gha na. To do so, I draw on a television show produced by AGRA calledKuapa, organizational literature, and to a lesser extent, interviews, to assess how AGRA materializes its goals in Ghana. Ultima...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - March 17, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
A preliminary assessment of food policy obstacles in California ’s produce recovery networks
AbstractCalifornia is a landmark setting for studying produce recovery efforts and policy implications because of its global relevance in agricultural production, its complex network of food recovery organizations, and its environmental and public health regulations. Through a series of focus groups with organizations involved in produce recovery (gleaning organizations) and emergency food operations (food banks, food pantries), this study aimed to deepen our understanding of the current produce recovery system and determine the major challenges and opportunities related to the produce recovery system. Operational and syst...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - March 17, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Matthew C. Canfield: Translating food sovereignty: Cultivating justice in an age of transnational governance
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - March 17, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
