Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North Carolina
In communities across North America, organizations have launched local food system initiatives as a response to the depredations of the globalized agri-food economy; however, they increasingly find that they cannot achieve their desired impacts or sustain their ventures by operating solely within t...
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Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
2019-08-01
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| description | In communities across North America, organizations have launched local food system initiatives as a response to the depredations of the globalized agri-food economy; however, they increasingly find that they cannot achieve their desired impacts or sustain their ventures by operating solely within their home communities. Consequently, they embark on regional food system development initiatives. Drawing upon the experiences of 41 organizations—including Working Landscapes, a grassroots nonprofit that two authors of this paper direct—this paper examines emerging regional food initiatives in the rural, economically distressed region of northeastern North Carolina. We elucidate characteristics that differentiate regional initiatives from the same organizations’ local activities. We find that regional initiatives are motivated by organizations’ strategic needs, which are highly variable in spatial scale, largely uncoordinated with each other, and not yet successful in fully achieving their goals. Drawing upon this analysis, we identify opportunities to increase the effectiveness of regional food system initiatives by increasing shared understandings of these initiatives and advancing region-scale planning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fba976d7ed74c33ad4685bf86debc602023-09-02T10:21:43ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012019-08-019110.5304/jafscd.2019.091.041Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North CarolinaGabriel Cumming0Sophie Kelmenson1Carla Norwood2Working LandscapesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillWorking LandscapesIn communities across North America, organizations have launched local food system initiatives as a response to the depredations of the globalized agri-food economy; however, they increasingly find that they cannot achieve their desired impacts or sustain their ventures by operating solely within their home communities. Consequently, they embark on regional food system development initiatives. Drawing upon the experiences of 41 organizations—including Working Landscapes, a grassroots nonprofit that two authors of this paper direct—this paper examines emerging regional food initiatives in the rural, economically distressed region of northeastern North Carolina. We elucidate characteristics that differentiate regional initiatives from the same organizations’ local activities. We find that regional initiatives are motivated by organizations’ strategic needs, which are highly variable in spatial scale, largely uncoordinated with each other, and not yet successful in fully achieving their goals. Drawing upon this analysis, we identify opportunities to increase the effectiveness of regional food system initiatives by increasing shared understandings of these initiatives and advancing region-scale planning.http://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/739Regional Food SystemsLocal Food SystemsSocial NetworksRuralRegional PlanningScale |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Cumming Sophie Kelmenson Carla Norwood Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North Carolina Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Regional Food Systems Local Food Systems Social Networks Rural Regional Planning Scale |
| title | Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North Carolina |
| title_full | Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North Carolina |
| title_fullStr | Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North Carolina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North Carolina |
| title_short | Local Motivations, Regional Implications: Scaling from Local to Regional Food Systems in Northeastern North Carolina |
| title_sort | local motivations regional implications scaling from local to regional food systems in northeastern north carolina |
| topic | Regional Food Systems Local Food Systems Social Networks Rural Regional Planning Scale |
| url | http://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/739 |
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