"“Foodshed,” then, can be an analytical tool that helps us unveil not only the systems that underpin food security and access within a given geographical area, but it can also provide a means by which to explore the holes, fractures, and potential instability within our region of focus. Building resilience into a foodshed requires us to look not just at agricultural production, but also processing infrastructure, distribution mechanisms and ownership, food waste, etc.—in other words, all of the components and interactions that comprise the food system. It requires multiple lenses that create a kaleidoscopic view that is at once beautifully complex but also dizzying. In Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems, I attempt to help the reader take a hard look at local food systems through the lenses (chapters, in this case) of energy, the environment, food security, food justice, biodiversity, market value, and marketplace values. Assessing the potential fragilities of a food system requires us to use these multiple lenses in order envision and build more resilient foodsheds." blog.ecoagriculture.org/2013/08/12/ackerman-leist_resilient_foodshed/
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:43:45 +0000
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