Evaluating food systems in comprehensive planning: Is the Mississippi Gulf Coast planning for food?

[Food exchange lists for meal planning].

Starch Each serving equals 80 calories and 15 grams carbohydrate. Cereals/grains/ pasta Cooked cereals, 1⁄2 cup Grits (cooked), 1⁄2 cup Ready-to-eat unsweetened cereals, 3⁄4 cup Granola (lowfat), 1⁄4 cup Pasta (cooked), 1⁄3 cup Rice, white or brown (cooked), 1⁄3 cup Starchy vegetables Corn, 1⁄2 cup Corn on the cob, 1⁄2 cob (5oz.) Peas, (green), 1⁄2 cup Plantain, 1⁄2 cup Potato, baked, 1⁄4 large...

Planning for the local food system in the United States

To improve local food systems in the U.S. it is important to understand what is happening in the dominant mainstream food system, because that system poses formidable constraints to how much success local food systems can achieve. Major changes occurred in the food-system-centred part of the American landscape. The principal trends in the changes of the food system are that farmers get less of ...

Urban Agriculture and a Planning Approach to Urban Food Systems

Food selection criteria for disaster response planning in urban societies

BACKGROUND Nutrition professionals that have menu planning and disaster management responsibilities should consider factors that have transcended from ancient to current times, in addition to recognizing societal trends that have led to our current increased vulnerability in the event of a disaster. Hence, we proceeded to develop a set of "Disaster Response Diets" (DRDs) for use in urban societ...

Food of the Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, from Mississippi Sound and the Gulf of Mexico

lhe diet of the Atlantic croaker from Mississippi Sound has been examined for the f i s t time. Over 83 taxa were encountered, or more than were reported from croaker in any other region. We also found 60 taxa, 36 of which overlapped with the above, in croaker from various offshore stations in the Gulf of Mexico. In Mississippi Sound the frequency of occurrcnce of items revealed primarily crust...