Barriers to the Local Food Movement: Ontario’s Community Food Projects and the Capacity for Convergence

Mount, Phil; Hazen, Shelley; Holmes, Shawna; Fraser, Evan D. G.; Winson, Anthony; Knežević, Irena; Nelson, Erin; Ohberg, Lisa; Andrée, Peter; Landman, Karen

doi:10.1108/s1057-192220140000021004

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“…Cette expérience d'exclusion est aussi notée dans l'étude ontarienne de Mount et coll. sur les obstacles aux projets d'alimentation communautaires 8 . Du point de vue des organismes communautaires qui oeuvrent à la sécurité alimentaire, le principal problème est le manque de collaboration du gouvernement; et la principale recommandation de la société civile est d'améliorer cette collaboration.…”

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“…In Mount et al's Ontario community food study, farmers identified different regulatory barriers than farmers' markets. 8 Recently, the former head of a US grocery chain announced he would open a store that sells post-"best by"-date food products at low cost so that food is not wasted. 20 Clearly, regulatory pluralism is firmly in the purview of Public Health and one of its key tools for execution of its mandate within governmental apparatus.…”

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“…Le pluralisme réglementaire a d'autres défenseurs. Dans l'étude sur l'alimentation communautaire en Ontario de Mount et coll., les agriculteurs ont mentionné d'autres obstacles réglementaires que les marchés de producteurs 8 . Dernièrement, l'ancien PDG d'une chaîne d'épiceries des États-Unis annonçait qu'il ouvrirait un magasin vendant à bas prix des produits dont la date de péremption est dépassée pour éviter le gaspillage d'aliments 20 .…”

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“…The experience of exclusion is also recorded in Mount et al's Ontariobased study of barriers to community food projects. 8 Examined from the perspective of community food security organizations, their chief complaint was lack of collaboration with government; and the main recommendation from civil society was for better collaboration. Seed et al similarly suggested that "increasing capacity building for civil society and finding ways to share power will help to strengthen community engagement" (ref.…”

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“…The core logic here is that if consumers and producers are better connected then there will be stronger incentives to produce and distribute food in a way that better protects both workers and environment [1,4,8,10,16,19,20]. Sometimes the literature describes these producer-consumer links as the "re-socialization" and "re-spatialization" of the food system, and these elements have been analyzed in terms of the extent to which they provide both environmental and socio-economic benefits [16].…”

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Overcoming Barriers to Scaling Up Sustainable Alternative Food Systems: A Comparative Case Study of Two Ontario-Based Wholesale Produce Auctions

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Conventional food systems are viewed by the literature as unsustainable in that they provide consumers with convenience while disconnecting them from producers thus leading to environmental and social problems. By contrast, sustainable or "alternative" food systems are viewed as correcting such problems. Wholesale produce auctions, which are well established in the Old Order Mennonite community, are physical sites where large quantities of produce are sold through a competitive bidding process to local buyers. These are seen as a way of better connecting producers and consumers and thus realizing a more sustainable food system. However, this potential has not been tested. Therefore, this paper explores two produce auctions in southwestern Ontario, Canada, using an interview based methodology (N = 48) and demonstrates that despite wholesale produce auctions offering many opportunities to promote the benefits of alternative food systems, produce auctions are limited in that they fail to provide a practical and functional way of distributing food to individual consumers. Overall, this research highlights what appears to be a tension in the alternative food systems literature: producers and consumers may be simultaneously looking for the sustainability benefits associated with "alternative food systems" without wanting to sacrifice any of the convenience found in conventional food systems.

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A scan on best practises for scaling up community food projects: the role of project managers, city planners and municipal government

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2022

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Community food projects (CFPs) form an integral part of the growing local food movement within North American cities. These grassroots initiatives incorporate activities related to urban agriculture and local food distribution, while promoting community engagement, food-based education, and training opportunities for urban residents. CFPs also play vital role in building local food economies, community capacity, and improving food security and community health. Given these benefits, there is a need to foster the expansion of the community food sector in cities. As such, this paper explores the best practices for expanding small-scale community food projects through a scan on North American CFPs and municipal food policy strategies. Practices at both the project-level and city-level are examined, including strategies for CFPs to attain operational sustainability and municipal policy that nurtures the growth of urban agriculture and local food activities. The role of project managers, urban planners, and local government are highlighted.

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Barriers to the Local Food Movement: Ontario’s Community Food Projects and the Capacity for Convergence

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Policy processes and Public Health

Policy processes and Public Health

Overcoming Barriers to Scaling Up Sustainable Alternative Food Systems: A Comparative Case Study of Two Ontario-Based Wholesale Produce Auctions

A scan on best practises for scaling up community food projects: the role of project managers, city planners and municipal government

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