14pgs, Background
Businesses and organizations involved in growing, distributing, and supplying food may face severe disruptions from natural and human-generated hazards, ranging from extreme weather to political unrest. Baltimore, Maryland, is developing policies to improve local food system organizations’ ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive events and ultimately to contribute to food system resilience.
Objectives
To identify factors that may be associated with organization-level food system resilience, how these factors may play out in disaster response, and how they may relate to organizations’ confidence in their ability to withstand disruptive events.
Design
Semi-structured in-depth interviews with representatives of key food system businesses and organizations identified by means of stratified purposive sampling and snowball sampling.
Participants/setting
Representatives of 26 food system businesses and organizations in Baltimore stratified by two informant categories: organizations focused on promoting food access, such as governmental offices and nonprofits, and businesses and organizations involved in supplying and distributing food in Baltimore City, such as retailers, wholesalers, and producers.
Analyses
Interviews were analyzed using a phronetic iterative approach.
Results
The following 10 factors that may contribute to organization-level resilience were identified: formal emergency planning; staff training; staff attendance; redundancy of food supply, food suppliers, infrastructure, location, and service providers; insurance; and post-event learning. Organizations that were larger, better resourced, and affiliated with national or government partners typically demonstrated more resilience factors compared with smaller, independent, and nonprofit organizations.
Conclusion
To ensure reliable access to safe food for all people, food system organizations must strengthen their operations to safeguard against a variety of potential threats. This study’s examination of factors that contribute to resilience can help food system organizations, researchers, and government officials identify priorities for investigating vulnerabilities in diverse operations and potential strategies to improve resilience in the face of ongoing and growing threats.
Blakely, P.K. (author), Campbell, F.S. (author), Forbes, F.D. (author), and University of British Columbia, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration; Agriculture Canada, British Columbia; British Columbia Egg Marketing Board
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 55 Document Number: C01265
Notes:
Proceedings of the 1982 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, University of British. Columbia, Vancouver, July 12-14, 1982. Vancouver, Canada : University of British Columbia, 1983, p. 91-107
Taylor, Carl C. (author) and Frame, Nat T. (author)
Format:
Handbook
Publication Date:
1928
Published:
USA: Kiwanis International, Chicago, Illinois.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10043
Notes:
246 pages., A syllabus for the 11th conference of the American Country Life Association featuring "urban-rural relations," Urbana, Illinois, June 19-21, 1928. A handbook for leaders in Kiwanis clubs and other organizations interested in the betterment of urban-rural relations.
11 pages, Urban parks and green spaces are among the few places where city dwellers can have regular contact with nature and engage in outdoor recreation. Social media data provide opportunities to understand such human–environment interactions. While studies have demonstrated that geo-located photographs are useful indicators of recreation across different spaces, recreation behaviour also varies between different groups of people. Our study used social media to assess behavioural patterns across different groups of park users in tropical Singapore. 4,674 users were grouped based on the location and content of their photographs on the Flickr platform. We analysed how these groups varied spatially in the parks they visited, as well as in their photography behaviour. Over 250,000 photographs were analysed, including those uploaded and favourited by users, and all photographs taken at city parks. There were significant differences in the number and types of park photographs between tourists and locals, and between user-group axes formed from users’ photograph content. Spatial mapping of different user groups showed distinct patterns in the parks they were attracted to. Future work should consider such variability both within and between data sources, to provide a more context-dependent understanding of human–environment interactions and preferences for outdoor recreation.
Adams, N. (author), Cuperus, Gerrit (author), Johnk, J. (author), Koelsch, C. (author), Merchant, M. (author), Porter, M.M. (author), Smolen, M. (author), and Oklahoma County Urban IPM Coordinator}Texas Agricultural Extension Service, College Station}Texas Agricultural Extension Service}Texas Agricultural Extension Service}Texas Agricultural Extension Service}Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service}Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08832
Notes:
The 93rd annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists --Communications Section. Greensboro, North Carolina. February 4-7, 1996; p. 32-37
Call, Robert (author / Farmer, USA), Pigeon, Roland (author / Farmer, Canada), Watt, Hew (author / Farmer, England), and Bentley, J.M. (author / President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture)
Format:
Panel report
Publication Date:
1967-06
Published:
International: First International Congress of Farm Writers.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10791
Notes:
Item located in Document D10786. Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Pages 49-56 in J.S. Cram (ed.), Proceedings of the first International Congress of Farm Writers at Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada, June 18-21, 1967. 112 pages.
14 pages., Via online journal., Guided by the theory of reasoned action and social cognitive theory, this study was conducted to better understand how decisions to purchase organic or conventional milk are influenced by norms and attitudes established via human interactions and how those norms and attitudes vary by geographic region. An online Qualtrics survey was used to gain insight into behaviors, attitudes, and interactions of 308 milk consumers in various geographical regions of [State]. The findings indicate that urban, suburban, and rural consumers differ in some ways in their interactions related to milk information, as well as their perceptions of organic versus conventional milk. Based on the findings of the study, differences in personal networks and exposure to certain messaging in varying regions might perpetuate a more positive, confident, and informed view of organic or conventional milk products in some areas more so than others. The researchers recommend using the results of the study to tailor messages to the specific information needs of consumers in urban, suburban, and rural regions of [State].
19 pages., Researchers examined trends in hunting as a rural form of recreation in Illinois. Also, they tested the Videophilia hypothesis as one explanation of reduction in hunting. They found evidence that increased use of certain kinds of electronic indoor entertainment and growth of urban living helped explain the decline.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23492
Notes:
Via Brownfield Network. 2 pages., Author reviews Fainting Goats and Malted Milk, a "fascinating little book of agricultural trivia or, more actually, trivial facts about agriculture." Cites it as a positive example of informing the public about modern farming.
