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Preserving Large Farming Landscapes: The Case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 7(3): 67–81, 2017by: Thomas Daniels, Lauren Payne-RileyThis article stresses the importance of preserving large farming landscapes, highlighting three measures that best reflect the spatial effectiveness of farmland preservation efforts. -
All (Food) Politics is Local: Increasing Food Access Through Local Government Action
Harvard Law & Policy, Vol. 7, 2013by: Emily Broad LeibThis article discusses food systems in the lens of local government and how food access can be increased with local action. -
Digging Deeper: Bringing A Systems Approach To Food Systems: Food System Governance
Vol 4, Issue 2, March 2014by: Kate ClancyThis article argues that food systems are not only difficult but are necessary if cities are to fully reach the goal of sustainable and resilient food. -
Food System Activism And The Housing Crisis
Vol. 11, No. 3, June 2022by: Adam PineThe article discusses how activism, affordable food systems, and affordable housing are interconnected. -
Emergent Regional Collaborative Governance In Rural Local Food Systems Development
Vol. 54, No. 2, October 2022by: Hongmei Lu, Angie CarterThis article discusses collaborative governance to a region of local food systems that have a had long history of food provisioning. -
Introduction To Local Food Systems
September 2022by: Sarah Massengale, Mary HendricksonThis article introduces local food systems and the concept of the system and what it is made up of. -
Local Innovation In Food System Policies: A Case Study Of Six Australian Local Governments
Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2022by: Amy Carrad, Lizzy Turner, Nick Rose, Karen Charlton, Belinda ReeveThis article discusses and analyzes how Australian local governments successfully cultivate a sustainable and equitable food system. -
Community Food System Assessments
PAS Memo — November/December 2015A community food system assessment provides a clear picture of the food system resources, assets, challenges, and opportunities in a community. An assessment provides a solid grounding in the existing conditions of food access, food production and consumption, and food-related industry and employment. -
Local Food System Development in Mississippi: How Local Governments Can Support Farmers Markets
by: Rachael Carter, Chance McDavid, James BarnesThis article discusses why and how local government should and can support local farmers markets. -
Community Food System Assessments
PAS Memo — November-December 2015by: Kara Martin, Tammy MoralesThis PAS Memo article addresses the limitations of the food desert concept and provides guidance for planners on conducting a community food system assessment.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Institutionalizing Urban Agriculture: Process, Progress, and Innovation
PAS Memo — November-December 2014by: Brian BarthThe November-December 2014 issue of PAS Memo looks at the use of comprehensive urban agriculture zoning ordinances, the need to coordinate food system policy across multiple municipal departments and public agencies, public engagement strategies, and data collection methods to better measure and quantify the successes of the movement.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Recipe for Resiliency
There’s more to community food systems than farmers markets.August 01, 2017A look at community food, beyond farmers' markets toward complex systems that are healthy, local, sustainable, and just. -
The Commissioner — October 2017
In The Commissioner's October 2017 issue: "Setting the Stage for Our Urban Public Spaces," "Recognizing Climate Change as a Planning and Law Challenge," "Planning Equitable and Safe Routes to Healthy Food," "The Father of the National Wildlife Refuge System," and food access resources.List price$5.00Members & subscribers$0.00 -
Eat Better, Move More, Work Together
Cities and towns of all sizes are creating healthier communities through planning and systems-level change.Planners and public health officials are working throughout the U.S. to increase access to healthy foods and opportunities for regular physical activity. -
Restorative Farming
A look into the sustainable farming methods of Joel Salatin and how his Shenandoah Valley–based farm has become a national model for producing food in an ecologically restorative manner. -
On the Health Track
Plan4Health puts local coalitions in the vanguard.The fusion of public health and planning isn't new, but it's gaining steam. -
Welcome to Beer Country
Small breweries are a big deal — and some cities are courting them.Demand for craft beers is on the rise, and as a result craft breweries have been popping up across the nation. Their presence is having a big impact on some local economies and is presenting zoning and policy challenges. With a sidebar on efforts to build a "food corridor" in Raleigh, North Carolina. -
Healthier, Wealthier, and Wiser
Local food systems provide more than one kind of sustenance.Communities across the country need food processing and distribution infrastructure that provides markets for farmers and access to consumers. This article discusses how several communities are grappling with and solving these challenges. -
Zoning to Fight Obesity
Community health can be influenced by a zoning approach that boosts access to high-nutrition food in a variety of ways. -
Zoning for Public Markets and Street Vendors
Zoning Practice — February 2009by: Alfonso Morales, Gregg Kettles February 01, 2009This issue of Zoning Practice places markets and merchants in a historical context, examines regulatory approaches, and makes recommendations for zoning practice.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Hunger in the Arctic
With climate change, Inuit food supplies may come up short.A discussion of how climate change is affecting the Inuit way of life on Canada's North Baffin Island, including its negative effects on Inuit hunting practices and their ability to maintain a traditional food supply in the community. -
Farming at the Fringe
Exurban areas are embracing family farms.The Land Stewardship Project helps farming move forward in the Midwest. -
Urban Agriculture and the (New) Land-Grant University
The University of the District of Columbia’s CAUSES presents an unusual case of a land-grant university taking on the food and sustainability challenges of a major city. -
Food Groups
LA expands its menu of food policies and choicesA discussion of sustainable food issues in Los Angeles. -
Find Your Foodshed
California leads the way in a new type of planning.A look at sustainable food programs in California. -
Fast Food’s Bad Rap
Planners should rethink their opposition to fast food and try to understand the role it plays in communities with few food options. -
The Ten-Foot Diet: The Emerging Hyperlocal Food System
Hyperlocal food production is moving to a commercial scale in cities like New York and Chicago. -
A Moveable Feast
Portland's food carts are everywhere.Samuel Adams Beresky, a freelance writer based in Portland, Oregon, writes about the lax regulations regarding Portland's food carts. -
Planning for Agriculture, Not Just Around It
In the Viewpoint column from Planning’s January 2016 issue, Julia Freedgood with the American Farmland Trust encourages planners take agriculture into account in their planning efforts. -
Portion Control
Cities attack the problem of food waste.Communities try to figure out what to do about food waste. -
The Supermarket as a Neighborhood Building Block
Redefining the notion of an anchor.Changes in family composition in the U.S. have lead to new trends in neighborhood design, including making a grocery store the centerpiece.
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