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72. Puerto Rico's push for food independence intertwined with statehood debate
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Miller, Jenna (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09754
- Notes:
- NPR: The Salt. 5 pages.
73. Practicing ecological citizenship through community supported agriculture: opportunities, challenges, and social justice concerns
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Misra, Manoj (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-05-26
- Published:
- USA: American Anthropological Association
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12968
- Journal Title:
- Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Journal Title Details:
- V.45, Iss.1
- Notes:
- 13 pages, Green political theorists often highlight local food systems as an exemplar of ecological citizenship. Nevertheless, the topic has received scant systematic and critical treatment within green political theory. Although local food initiatives generally tend to be environmentally friendly, not all such initiatives lead to better environmental outcomes, nor can they be essentially characterized as citizenship practices that foster social justice. This article argues that a situated analysis is necessary to understand how a particular local food initiative promotes ecological citizenship. Through a qualitative study of community supported agriculture (CSA) participants in the greater Edmonton region of Canada, this article analyzes the civic virtues nurtured by this community and interrogates the extent to which their everyday practices resemble ecological citizenship. It concludes that discursive and structural limitations prevent the Edmonton CSA community from achieving meaningful diversity and addressing social justice concerns within its realm.
74. "Seed to shelf," "teat to table," "barley to beer" and "womb to tomb" discourses of food quality and quality assurance schemes in the UK
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morris, Carol (author) and Young, Craig (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Published:
- United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11892
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 16 : 103-115
- Notes:
- Online via UI Library electronic suscription., Using Farmers Weekly as a data source, authors identified four main discourses of farmer acceptance of, and resistance to, quality assurnce schemes; and discourses which construct a particular representation of consumers.
75. Stories of hope and success in the food system
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mullen, Anne (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-05
- Published:
- UK: Nature Portfolio
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 208 Document Number: D13204
- Journal Title:
- Nature Food
- Journal Title Details:
- V.1
- Notes:
- 2 pages
76. Urban agriculture as an alternative source of food and water security in today’s sustainable cities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nowysz, Aleksandr (author), Mazur, Łukasz (author), Vaverková, Magdalena Daria (author), Koda, Eugeniusz; (author), and Schumacher, Britta L.; Spangler, Kaitlyn; Rissing, Andrea (author)
- Format:
- Journal Aricle
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- Switzerland: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12779
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 19, Issue 23
- Notes:
- 21pgs, The concept of a regenerative city goes far beyond a sustainable one. The regenerative approach is to think of urban green space as a productive landscape, a source of food, and a support for biodiversity. In this approach, the so-called urban wastelands have a positive significance. Urban agriculture (UA) has become a commonly discussed topic in recent years with respect to sustainable development. Therefore, the combination of urban fabric and local food production is crucial for ecological reasons. The key issues are the reduction of food miles and the demand for processed food, the production of which strains the natural environment. At the same time, UA enables regeneration and restoration. An original methodological approach was used in the study following the mixed-method research concept: literature survey, case studies, and comparative analysis of objects. A review of UA architecture (UAA) projects was carried out to supplement the knowledge acquired during the bibliometric analysis. In sum, 25 existing projects, including allotment gardens, community gardens, and urban farms in the global north, were compared in this study. As a result of the analyses carried out, the breakdown of urban agriculture was developed into the following categories: (i) architectural–urban, (ii) ecological, (iii) social, and (iv) economic, including the impact of UA on physical activity and social interaction. UA is also a factor shaping the urban landscape. In conclusion, agrarian practice in urban environments has led to the creation of a new type of space, known as UAA. Production in the context of UA exceeds private goods, such as food produced for sale or for individual use. Additional goods include public goods. The review shows that UA fulfills economic, social, and environmental functions, thus falling under the concept of sustainable development.
77. The influence of farmers markets' characteristics on vendor sales
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- O'Hara, Jeffrey K. (author), Dutton, Nony (author), and Stavely, Nick (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11-02
- Published:
- USA: Wiley Periodicals LLC
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12872
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agribusiness
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 38, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 17 pages, US farmers market managers must be strategic in deciding which vendors sell at their markets. They would benefit from understanding how market characteristics impact vendor sales, although the few studies that have explored this topic have found inconclusive results. We use a unique panel database of sales at 13 farmers markets to estimate how vendors' sales are influenced by the characteristics of their farmers market. We find that average sales at weekend farmers markets becomes increasingly large as farmers markets increase in size. At weekday markets, average sales increase as small markets add vendors but eventually decline as markets become larger. These results could occur if weekend markets attract shoppers from increasingly greater distances as they become larger, while average sales eventually decline as weekday markets increase in size due to vendor competition. Produce vendors experience higher average sales at weekend markets than weekday markets and experience a relatively small increase in sales as market size increases. Vendors of hot prepared foods experience higher sales at weekday markets [EconLit Citations: Q10, Q12, Q13].
78. The State and Future of Smart Agriculture: Insights from mining social media
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ofori, Martinson (author) and El-Gayar, Omar (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12
- Published:
- United States: IEEE
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12222
- Journal Title:
- 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Abstract— Smart agriculture involves the use of technology such as drones, GPS, robotics, IoT, AI, big data, and solar energy to improve farming practices. As with any disruptive innovation, however, stakeholder expectations can be misaligned from what the innovation can actually deliver. There can also be varying perspectives on what the innovation entails, related topics of interest, and impediments to large scale adoption. This study examines public perception of smart agriculture and its perceived drivers and challenges as present in social media discourse. We collected online posts from Twitter, Reddit, forums, online news and blogs between January 2010 and December 2018 for analysis. Results show that 38% of social media posts contained emotion with 52% joy, 21% anger and 12% sadness. Through topic analysis, we discovered seven key drivers and challenges for smart agriculture which included: enabling technologies, data ownership and privacy, accountability and trust, energy and infrastructure, investment, job security, and climate change.
79. When Amazon ate Whole Foods: big changes for Big Food
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Philips-Connolly, Kate (author) and Connolly, Aidan J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09668
- Journal Title:
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 20(5) : 615-621
80. Farm to school in British Columbia: mobilizing food literacy for food sovereignty
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Powell, Lisa Jordan (author) and Wittman, Hannah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-03
- Published:
- Canada: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10214
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 35(1) : 193-206
- Notes:
- Article first online: 18 July 2017, Via online journal., Farm to school programs have been positioned as interventions that can support goals of the global food sovereignty movement, including strengthening local food production systems, improving food access and food justice for urban populations, and reducing distancing between producers and consumers. However, there has been little assessment of how and to what extent farm to school programs can actually function as a mechanism leading to the achievement of food sovereignty. As implemented in North America, farm to school programs encompass activities not only related to school food procurement, but also to the development of student knowledge and skills under the framework of food literacy. Research on farm to school initiatives has largely been conducted in countries with government-supported national school feeding programs; this study examines farm to school organizing in Canada, where there is no national student nutrition program. Using qualitative fieldwork and document analysis, we investigate the farm to school movement in British Columbia, in a context where civil society concerns related to education and health have been the main vectors of farm to school mobilization. Our analysis suggests that, despite limited institutional infrastructure for school meals, the British Columbia farm to school movement has contributed toward realizing goals of food sovereignty through two main mechanisms: advocacy for institutional procurement of local and sustainable foods and mobilizing food literacy for increased public engagement with issues of social justice and equity in food systems.