The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, cities have looked to the rapidly growing food sector as a promising source of new employment, and yet most of the sector's growth has come from low-wage, dead-end food jobs. A strategy to simultaneously increase food employment, improve conditions for f...
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| description | In the aftermath of the Great Recession, cities have looked to the rapidly growing food sector as a promising source of new employment, and yet most of the sector's growth has come from low-wage, dead-end food jobs. A strategy to simultaneously increase food employment, improve conditions for food workers, and enhance access to healthy and affordable food to improve public health requires pursuing a "good food jobs" approach that supports policies and programs that advance all three goals. To inform such a strategy, this article analyzes policies and programs to create good food jobs in New York City and discusses how these efforts must navigate conflicts among job growth, job quality, and food access and quality. It recommends strategies cities can use to advance a good food jobs strategy, analyzes obstacles, and suggests research that will produce evidence to help cities develop and evaluate policy approaches that contribute to stronger economies and better health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f46a566bb944bb6ac384b196a30015b2023-08-02T00:37:13ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012016-10-016210.5304/jafscd.2016.062.020461The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic DevelopmentNicholas Freudenberg0Michele Silver1Lesley Hirsch2Nevin Cohen3City University of New YorkCity University of New YorkCity University of New YorkCity University of New YorkIn the aftermath of the Great Recession, cities have looked to the rapidly growing food sector as a promising source of new employment, and yet most of the sector's growth has come from low-wage, dead-end food jobs. A strategy to simultaneously increase food employment, improve conditions for food workers, and enhance access to healthy and affordable food to improve public health requires pursuing a "good food jobs" approach that supports policies and programs that advance all three goals. To inform such a strategy, this article analyzes policies and programs to create good food jobs in New York City and discusses how these efforts must navigate conflicts among job growth, job quality, and food access and quality. It recommends strategies cities can use to advance a good food jobs strategy, analyzes obstacles, and suggests research that will produce evidence to help cities develop and evaluate policy approaches that contribute to stronger economies and better health.https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/461LaborNew York CityGood FoodCommunity Food Security |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas Freudenberg Michele Silver Lesley Hirsch Nevin Cohen The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Labor New York City Good Food Community Food Security |
| title | The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development |
| title_full | The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development |
| title_fullStr | The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development |
| title_short | The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development |
| title_sort | good food jobs nexus a strategy for promoting health employment and economic development |
| topic | Labor New York City Good Food Community Food Security |
| url | https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/461 |
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