University Influence in Urban Food Systems

Transforming food systems through food sovereignty: an Australian urban context Transforming Food Systems through Food Sovereignty: an Australia Urban Context

This paper draws on La Via Campesina’s definition of food sovereignty and its potential for reconceptualising food as a basic human right within the dominant Australian food discourse. We argue that the educative value that emerges from urban food production in Australia stems from the action of growing food and its capacity to transform individuals’ social and environmental concerns over food ...

Urban Agriculture and a Planning Approach to Urban Food Systems

University - based Models for Sustainable Food Systems

In discussing the relationship between food and sustainability, three main points must be made. First, food is fundamental to sustainability. For a long time food has operated in the shadows of energy, LEED construction, and other physical aspects of sustainability. In reality, however, one cannot have sustainability without addressing food and agriculture. Second, food cannot be dealt with in ...

Phosphorus Cycling in Montreal’s Food and Urban Agriculture Systems

Cities are a key system in anthropogenic phosphorus (P) cycling because they concentrate both P demand and waste production. Urban agriculture (UA) has been proposed as a means to improve P management by recycling cities' P-rich waste back into local food production. However, we have a limited understanding of the role UA currently plays in the P cycle of cities or its potential to recycle loca...

Niche to Mainstream in Sustainable Urban Food Systems: The Case of Food Distribution in Portland, Oregon