Report via Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
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This final report, released September 20, 2022, explores the concepts, practices, challenges, and promise of regional food systems. Authors Kathy Ruhf and Kate Clancy make the case for “thinking regionally,” drawing examples from the Northeast and across the U.S. Eight chapters take a wide perspective on the dimensions and attributes of regional food systems and identify challenges and suggestions for what is needed.
The authors collaborated with a diverse Discussion Team to strengthen the initial report, released in January 2022, around race and equity. The Team process was, in Team members’ words, “meaningful, informative, and worthwhile.” In their foreword to the report, they contend that “the report is a well-researched and reasoned approach to understanding and promoting regional food systems thinking, with a focus on social justice and equity.”
A Regional Imperative: Making the Case for Regional Food Systems is valuable to anyone involved in food systems, and an important contribution to the collective search for food system justice and sustainability. READ MORE >>
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