This panel will describe the emerging food systems planning paradigms and how they are being infused with values of equity, social justice, and resilience. Food systems planning is a relatively new discipline; it was not until the first decade of the 21st century that cities and counties began to pilot food systems planning, with a significant takeoff and acceleration in the 2010’s.
There is now widespread recognition that the food system poses a critical task for planners, blending activities around preserving farmland from urban development, fostering the growth of food-related businesses (especially in BIPOC and Refugee/Immigrant communities), and ensuring the availability and affordability of healthy nutritious food. All of this in the context of public health, building community, ecological stewardship, and the ongoing risk of climate change.
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