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1. Transitioning to a public-minded food system: Public food infrastructure's role in creating healthy communities

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Matilda Dipieri

   A vision for a more sustainable, just, and health-promoting food system comes from scholars, activist organizations, and communities alike. However, creating infrastructure and implementing policy...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7758/?v=1

2. A review of food asset maps in Canada

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Belinda Li, Tammara Soma, Raghava Payment, Srishti Kumar, Nicole Anderson, Flora Xu, Phonpoom Piensatienkul

   Food asset mapping is gaining prominence in Canada as an important planning tool for the evaluation of local food systems. In addition to being used by planners to identify opportunities for...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7727/?v=1

3. Growing local: Case studies on local food supply chains by Robert P. King, Michael S. Hand, and Miguel I. Gomez (Eds.)

   19 Mar 2025 | Review | Contributor(s):

   By Ryan Phillips

   The local food movement in North America has grown significantly during the last decade, yet there still remains relatively little empirical research on the subject. Fortunately, however, the...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7628/?v=1

4. Disruptive innovation and operationalization in local and sustainable food systems: Examining the University of Toronto-Local Food Plus partnership

   19 Mar 2025 | Report | Contributor(s):

   By Lori Stahlbrand

   This paper traces the partnership between the University of Toronto and the non-profit Local Food Plus (LFP) to bring local sustainable food to its St. George campus. At its launch, the partnership...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7546/?v=1

5. The public plate in the transnational city: Tensions among food procurement, global trade and local legislation

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Sumner, Hayley Lapalme

   Local food systems are crucial to sustainability, and one of the most effective ways to develop them is to harness the buying power of large public institutions, such as hospitals and...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7542/?v=1

6. Growing With Lady Flower Gardens: Governance in a Land-based Initiative Focused on Building Community, Well-being and Social Equity Through Food

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Ashley M. Roszko, Mary A. Beckie

   The local food sector has been gaining strong momentum in the province of Alberta but inclusiveness, social equity, and affordability remain issues of concern. Lady Flower Gardens (LFG) is a...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7482/?v=1