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Community Responses To Food Insecurity During Covid-19: A Case Study In Sheffield, England, Nicole Kennard
Community Responses To Food Insecurity During Covid-19: A Case Study In Sheffield, England, Nicole Kennard
Urban Food Systems Symposium
The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to a group of newly food insecure people and deepened hardship for those already food insecure. The crisis disrupted national food supplies and created challenges to accessing and utilizing the food that was available. As financial struggle deepened for people, and some became unable to shop for food or cook due to isolation requirements and illness, many turned to community organizations to obtain food. In Sheffield, England, small community food organizations soon became the leaders of the city’s emergency food response. One such organization is the Foodhall Project, a community food organization which had previously …
The Biggest Grower - A Youth Gardening Competition For Growing Specialty Crops And Urban Farmers, Stacy A. Adams, Terri James
The Biggest Grower - A Youth Gardening Competition For Growing Specialty Crops And Urban Farmers, Stacy A. Adams, Terri James
Urban Food Systems Symposium
Youth today have tendencies for unhealthy lifestyles, being sedentary, consuming high fat diets low in fruits and vegetables, all contributing to child obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and precedence for life-long health concerns. School lunch programs provide opportunity for youth to consume balanced diets but does not make a significant change in lifestyle. Research has identified that youth participating in gardening at home were positively impacted with making lasting healthy choices by improved knowledge and garden connection. For rural and economically disadvantaged urban households, poor diet is directly attributed to the inaccessibility of fresh produce, affordability and understanding of preparation …
Comparing Resource Use For Tomato Production On Urban, Peri-Urban And Rural Farms In Georgia, Usa, Nicole Kennard
Comparing Resource Use For Tomato Production On Urban, Peri-Urban And Rural Farms In Georgia, Usa, Nicole Kennard
Urban Food Systems Symposium
The large-scale urbanization of the global population has created convoluted and often inefficient food supply chains, where food is brought from rural areas across the world into cities. These food supply chains are vulnerable to shocks and stresses, as seen with the COVID-19 pandemic. These stresses are only expected to increase with the effects of climate change. Farmers are being pressured to grow more food for a growing global population whilst conserving natural resources. Thus, there has been increased effort to promote local agriculture to build food self-sufficiency in cities. However, the sustainability of different scales of local agriculture, such …
The Urban Edge: The Role Of Urban Student Organic Farms In Raising Awareness Of Food System Inequities, Peyton Ginakes, Julie Grossman, Kristin Mercer, Meredith Krueger, Hannah Wittman
The Urban Edge: The Role Of Urban Student Organic Farms In Raising Awareness Of Food System Inequities, Peyton Ginakes, Julie Grossman, Kristin Mercer, Meredith Krueger, Hannah Wittman
Urban Food Systems Symposium
A small handful of agricultural universities are located in large urban centers (populations greater than 500,000) in North America. Urban, university-affiliated teaching farms provide unique opportunities to educate students as well as the broader community about agroecosystems, food production, urban/local/global food systems, and diverse and healthy diets. In particular, such venues provide valuable opportunities for collaboration with urban communities, including low-income, immigrants and refugees, and at-risk youth. This case study will discuss the innovative programming at three urban, university-affiliated farms: the University of Minnesota (UMN), the University of British Columbia (UBC), and the Ohio State University (OSU). We will provide …