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    3. Communication

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Winne, Mark (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2018-01-01
    Published:
    Santa Barbara, California: Praeger
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: D10846
    Journal Title Details:
    (4) : 48-54
    Notes:
    8 pages., See D10845., Via UI Library Catalog., Chapter 4 of "Stand together or starve alone: unity and chaos in the U.S. food movement".

    5. Growing Awareness

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    "The Scientist' Staff (author)
    Format:
    Online Video
    Publication Date:
    2018-01-31
    Published:
    United States: Labx
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11046
    Notes:
    1 page, via online blog

    6. Identification of key components for a new urban food strategy - results of a delphi study in Cologne, Germany

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Hirsch, Darya (author), Heuschkel, Zoe (author), and Terlau, Wiltrud (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    Germany
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10930
    Notes:
    2018 International European Forum (163rd EAAE Seminar), February 5-9, 2018, Innsbruck, Austria. International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks. 5 pages., Urban food systems consist of many stakeholders with different perspectives, different interests and different governance tools. This study aimed at developing potential future scenarios for the food system of Cologne by analysing the system with a Delphi approach. In our research-design, the suitability of the Delphi-method was evaluated not only as a tool for future modelling and scenario design, but also as a communication tool among the group of participants on a multistakeholder platform. As a case study, the Food Policy Council of Cologne, Germany was used. Cologne can be seen as a forerunner among German cities in the development of a new urban food policy. Some of the successful steps to re-envisioning food as an urban system include joining the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, the decision of the City Council to become an edible city and the establishment of a Food Policy Council. For the study it was important to capture participants’ visions of a common goal regarding the governance of the urban food system and also to identify mental ‘silos’. It was obvious that the municipality of Cologne together with the Food Policy Council made great efforts towards participatory processes to build a vision for a sustainable and regional food supply. However, many stakeholder-groups in the process still work exclusively among themselves and do not actively practice the confrontation with the viewpoints of other relevant groups. This supports the maintenance of ‘silos’ and leaves little room for face-to-face discussions. Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to explore key components of food provisioning in the future for Cologne while confronting all stakeholders (municipal administration and politicians, farmers and food activists) with the perspectives of all group members. We used a multi-stakeholder Delphi approach with 19 panellists to find out essential components of the municipal regional food provisioning system in Cologne. Unique in this Delphi study is the bringing together of municipal administration, regional urban farmers and food activists. The research is still on-going, but preliminary results show that more communication among all relevant actors, especially horizontally among different city departments, in the urban food system is needed.

    7. Increasing student awareness and understanding of food security by integrating a service-learning project into an undergraduate hydroponic food production course

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Currey, Christopher J. (author), vanderZanden, Ann Marie (author), Mitchell, Joshua J. (author), and Iowa State University
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-08
    Published:
    United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10329
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    28(4) : 543-547
    Notes:
    5 pages., Via online journal., Food security is a growing global concern. To meet the needs of an ever-growing population, food production practices will need to evolve to maximize food quantity and quality. Controlled-environment food production has increased significantly in the United States over the past 5 years, and a component of that production includes hydroponic food crops. In an effort to better prepare a workforce with knowledge of hydroponic crop production, a new course was added to an existing greenhouse curriculum. A service-learning project was integrated in the course that allowed students to experience both growing crops hydroponically and volunteering at a local food bank with a free meal program. Self-assessment showed a significant increase in student confidence in understanding food security by the end of the course. There was also a significant knowledge gained in defining terminology, factors, and the impact of food security in a community. The three guided reflections students completed during the course identified four common themes relative to the course content and service-learning project including the following: community benefits, value of volunteering, local and global effects of food insecurity, and personal growth.

    8. Stand together or starve alone: unity and chaos in the U.S. food movement

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Winne, Mark (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    Santa Barbara, California: Praeger
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: D10845
    Notes:
    178 pages., OCLC No. 950952213, Via UI Library Catalog., America has a perplexing, multifaceted problem that combines hunger, obesity, and unhealthy food. This book examines how this situation was created and shows how people working together can resolve this longstanding issue. The United States--one of the world's wealthiest and resource-richest nations--has multiple food-related problems: declining food quality due to industrialization of its production, obesity across all age groups, and a surprisingly large number of households suffering from food insecurity. These issues threaten to shorten the lives of many and significantly reduce the quality of life for millions of others. This book explores the root causes of food-related problems in the 20th and 21st centuries and explains why collective impact--the social form of working together for a common goal--is the method that needs to be employed to reach a successful resolution to hunger, obesity, and the challenges of the industrial food system. Authored by Mark Winne, a 45-year food activist, the book begins with background information about the evolution of the U.S. food movement since the 1960s that documents its incredible growth and variety of interests, organizations, and sectors. The subsequent sections demonstrate how these divergent interests have created a lack of unity and constitute a deterrent to achieving real change and improvement. Through examples from specific cities and states as well as a discussion of group dynamics and coalition-building methods, readers will come away with an understanding of a complicated topic and grasp the potential of a number of strategies for creating more cohesion within the food movement--and realizing meaningful improvements in our food system for current and future generations