Local Food Systems: Policies and Values Influencing Their Potential

虽然近年来关于农业可持续产量和生产系统的讨论已经加强，但很少关注城市粮食系统。因此，对美国选定城市实践的拟议研究解决了一个紧迫的社会问题和一个被忽视的研究领域。该研究将提供当地食品生产、供应和处置的描述，因为它们受到组织、市政政策和价值观的影响。此外，这项研究将包括审查使当地粮食系统更具可持续性的各种选择。将审查备选方案，以确定其组织和政策要求、潜在价值假设和生态健全性。最后，研究者将制作一个对政策分析有用的简介和一个教学模块，其中描述了不同的粮食系统政策、影响、价值和选择。该项目的结构是为调查员提供与代表与调查相关的专业领域的选定顾问的定期咨询。这个项目的独特之处在于寻求提供一个关于生产实践、价值和选择的知识库，并为政策使用和教学提供产品。该研究基于研究者之前的工作，并汇集了其他领域的相关工作线索，有望进一步对农业、城市/社区和伦理研究中正在进行的可持续性进行广泛的反思。结果将在适当的期刊和专业会议上广泛传播。本提案是一个温和的支持请求，以使一位非常合格的调查员能够调查城市食品系统和可持续发展方案，并提出政策和价值观问题。制度支持非常好；教学模块的研究设计与规划较为完善；传播范围可能很广，受众范围很广。强烈建议提供支持。

Though discussion about sustainable yield and production systems in agriculture has intensified in recent years, very little attention has focused on urban food systems. The proposed research on the practices of selected cities across the U.S. thus addresses a pressing social problem and a neglected area of research. The research will provide a description of local food production, availability, and disposal as they are influenced by organizations, municipal policies, and values. In addition, the research will include a review of options to make local food systems more sustainable. Alternatives will be examined to determine their organizational and policy requirements, underlying value assumptions, and ecological soundness. Finally, the investigator will produce a profile useful for policy analysis and a module for teaching which describes different food system policies, impacts, values, and choices. The project is structured to provide the investigator regular consultation with selected Advisors representing areas of expertise pertinent to the investigation. This project is distinctive in seeking to supply a knowledge base about production practices, values, and options and also to generate products for policy use and for teaching. Emanating from prior work by the investigator and pulling together threads of related work from other fields, the study promises to further the wide-ranging reflection on sustainability now underway in agriculture, urban/community, and ethics studies. Results will be widely disseminated in appropriate journals and periodicals and professional meetings. This proposal is a modest request for support to enable a very well qualified investigator with a very good track record to investigate urban food sytems and sustainability options bringing out issues of policy and values. The institutional support is very good; the research design and plan for the educational module are well developed; dissemination is likely to be broad and to reach a wide range of audiences. Support is highly recommended.