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Local Government in Food Systems Work, Volume 8, Supplement 2 Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Volume 8, Supplement 2 October 2018 Local Government in Special issue sponsored by Food Systems Work Published by the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems with the support of: www.FoodSystemsJournal.org ISSN 2152-0801 (online only) and the members of the JAFSCD Shareholder Consortium Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Published by the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, a project of the Center for Transformative Action, and with the support of our institutional sponsors: Lyson Center Leadership Team Cheryl Danley, Food Systems Consultant, Detroit, Michigan Ardyth Harris Gillespie, Nutritional Sciences (Retired), Cornell University (chair) Gilbert W. Gillespie, Development Sociology, Cornell University (Retired)* Scott J. Peters, Development Sociology, Cornell University Ricardo Salvador, Union of Concerned Scientists JAFSCD Advisors Colin R. Anderson, Coventry University (UK) Richard Kiely, Cornell University (USA) Laura Brown, University of Connecticut Extension (USA)* Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont (USA)* Craig Chase, Iowa State University (USA) Larry Lev, Oregon State University (USA) Kate Clancy, Food Systems Consultant; Johns Hopkins Joseph McIntyre, Ag Innovations Network (USA)* University; Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; and Shawn McKenzie, Johns Hopkins University (USA) Tufts University (USA)† Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center (USA)* Nevin Cohen, City University of New York (USA)* Michael Meth, Florida State University (USA) David Conner, University of Vermont (USA)* Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, Cornell University (USA) Cheryl Davida Danley, Food Systems Consultant (USA) Kent Mullinix, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Canada) Mary Jo Dudley, Cornell University (USA) Scott J. Peters, Development Sociology, Cornell University (USA) Cornelia Butler Flora, Iowa State University (USA) Rich Pirog, Center Michigan State University (USA) Julia Freedgood, American Farmland Trust (USA)* Ken Robinson, Clemson University (USA) Gilbert W. Gillespie, Jr., Harrisdale Homestead, Iowa (USA)* Ricardo Salvador, Union of Concerned Scientists (USA) Joanna Green, Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming John Smithers, University of Guelph (Canada) (Retired) (USA) Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University (USA) R. Bruce Gregory, Farmer, Mitchell Bay Farm & Nursery (USA)* Jennifer Wilkins, Syracuse University (USA) Shermain Hardesty, University of California–Davis (USA)* Larry Yee, Fairhaven Strategy Group (USA) Eric Holt-Giménez, Food First/Institute for Food and Rami Zurayk, American University of Beirut (Lebanon)* Development Policy (USA) John Ikerd, University of Missouri, Columbia (Emeritus) (USA)† * Also serves on reviewer team Anupama Joshi, National Farm to School Network (USA)* † Also writes a regular column JAFSCD Staff Publisher and Editor in Chief: Duncan L. Hilchey / [email protected] / +1-607-342-0259 / Skype: duncan.hilchey Managing Editor: Amy S. Christian / [email protected] / +1-607-342-0258 / Skype: amy.christian295 The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, ISSN 2152-0801 (online only), is published quarterly (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring) with occasional supplements by the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, a project of the Center for Transformative Action (an affiliate of Cornell University). Journal office: 295 Hook Place, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA. JAFSCD is open access through the support of our annual partners, our university and college program shareholders, library shareholders, and nonprofit and foundation shareholders. Our transition to open access was supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Learn more about how to support the broad distribution of JAFSCD research at http://www.LysonCenter.org. As an open access publication; article authors retain copyright. Contents are licensed using the Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. Learn more at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The publisher assumes no responsibility for any statements of fact or opinion expressed in these published papers. JAFSCD Reviewers Paivi Abernethy, U of Waterloo (Canada) Shermain Hardesty, U of California–Davis (USA) Lenore Newman, U of the Fraser Valley (Canada) Shivaugn Ahern, Independent consultant (Costa Rica) Nadra Hashim, Independent researcher (USA) Kim L. Niewolny, Virginia Tech (USA) Colin R. Anderson, Coventry U (UK) Neva Hassanein, U of Montana (USA) Kimberly Norris, Encompass LLC (USA) Molly Anderson, Middlebury College (USA) Lena Hatchett, Loyola U Chicago (USA) Josh O’Conner, Independent consultant (USA) Sandip Banerjee, Hawassa U (India) Mary Hendrickson, U of Missouri (USA) Lydia Oberholtzer, Penn State U (USA) James Barham, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USA) Johanna Herron, State of Alaska, Division of Agriculture Fernando Ona, Tufts U (USA) Karen Bassarab, Johns Hopkins U (USA) (USA) Maria Oria, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Mark Bauermeister, Iowa State U (USA) Elizabeth Higgins, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster and Medicine (USA) Allison Bauman, Colorado State U (USA) County, New York (USA) Aleck Ostry, U of Victoria (Canada) Jody Beck, U of Colorado–Denver (USA) Tia Ho, Portland State U (USA) Anne Palmer, Johns Hopkins U (USA) Florence A. Becot, U of Vermont (USA) Lesli Hoey, U of Michigan (USA) Laxmi Prasad Pant, U of Guelph (Canada) Rebecca Boehm, U of Connecticut (USA) Brandon Hoover, Messiah College (USA) François Pelatan, AMAP/CIVAM Regional Network for Ellie Bomstein, Independent advocate (USA) Leslie Hossfeld, Mississippi State U (USA) Aquitaine (France) Becky L. Bowen, North Carolina State Extension (USA) Guiping Hu, Iowa State U (USA) Robert Perry, U of Kentucky (USA) Ariadne Brancato, U of Washington (USA) Sarah Huang, Purdue U (USA) Ryan Pesch, U of Minnesota (USA) Christy Anderson Brekken, Oregon State U (USA) Sarah Hultine Massengale, U of Missouri Extension (USA) Greg Pillar, Queens U of Charlotte (USA) Mladen Brnčić, U of Zagreb (Croatia) Valerie Imbruce, Bimghamton U (USA) Emily Piltch, Tufts U (USA) Laura Brown, U of Connecticut Extension (USA) Becca Jablonski, Colorado State U (USA) Michael Pinto, Osborn Architects (USA) Lynda Brushett Krista Jacobsen, U of Kentucky (USA) Joanna Pollock, U of Arkansas (USA) William Butler, Florida State U (USA) Ann Myatt James, Pennsylvania State U (USA) Christine Porter, U of Wyoming (USA) Larissa Calancie, U of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (USA) Brandi Janssen, U of Iowa (USA) Matthew Potteiger, Syracuse U (USA) Christopher Cane, FoodCorps service member (USA) Chelsea Johnson, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Alicia Powers, Alabama Cooperative Extension System Michelle Carnegie, U of New England (Australia) Association (OEFFA) (USA) (USA) Megan Carney, U.C.–Santa Barbara (USA) Love Jonson, City of Portland (Oregon) Bureau of Planning Madeleine Pullman, Portland State U (USA) Kuo-Chiang (Matt) Chang, South Dakota State U (USA) and Sustainability; Persephone Farm (USA) Mallory Rahe, Oregon State U (USA) Nevin Cohen, City U of New York (USA) Anupama Joshi, National Farm to School Network (USA) Md. Masud Parves Rana, Rajshahi U (Bangladesh) Sean Connelly, University of Otago/Te Whare Wananga o Mariam Kadzamira, International Food Policy Research Anne Randle, U of Georgia (USA) Otago (New Zealand?) Institute (USA) Connie Ray, Hood College (USA) David Conner, U of Vermont (USA) Elizabeth Kendall, Manchester Community College (USA) Taylor Reid, Michigan State U (USA) Amy K. Coplen, Portland State U (USA) Annalise Kieley, Deep Hollow Farm (USA) Henk Renting, International Network of Resource Centres Christine Costello, U of Missouri–Columbia (USA) David A. Knauft, U of Georgia (USA) on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Amy Crone, Maryland Farmers Market Association (USA) Uma Koirala, Tribhuvan U (Nepal) Foundation) (The Netherlands) Tom Daniels, U of Pennsylvania (USA) Jane Kolodinsky, U of Vermont (USA) Kristin A. Reynolds, The New School (USA) Laura De Los Santos, St. Augustine College, Field Museum Julia Laforge, Lakehead U (Canada) Suzana Rimac Brnčić, U of Zagreb (Croatia) (USA) Laura Lavid, Sprout City Farms (USA) Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, U of Vic–Central U of Catalonia Kathryn De Master, U of California–Berkeley (USA) Megan Lehnerd, Tufts U (USA) (Spain) Bessie DiDomenica, Walden U (USA) Kristi Lekies, The Ohio State U (USA) Antonio Roman-Alcalá, International Institute of Social Carolyn Dimitri, New York U (USA) Dale Levering, Sterling College (USA) Studies (USA) Helen Dombalis, National Farm to School Network (USA) Charles Z. Levkoe, Lakehead U (Canada) Amy Rosenthal, Rutgers U (USA) Michael L. Dougherty, Illinois State U (USA) Robin A Lewis, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (USA) Natalie R. Sampson, U of Michigan–Dearborn (USA) Steven R. Dukeshire, Dalhousie U (Canada) Matt Lobley, U of Exeter (UK) Catherine Sands, Fertile Ground (USA) Rebecca Dunning, North Carolina State U (USA) Bohdan Lojka, Czech U of Life Sciences (Czech Republic) Raychel E. Santo, Johns Hopkins U (USA) Hamid El Bilali, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari Helena C. Lyson, U of California San Francisco Kathryn Sargent, The Locker Project (USA) (CIHEAM-MAIB) (Italy) William Armand Mala, U of Yaounde I (Cameroon) Joshua Sbicca, Colorado State U (USA) Mark Estep, Montana Mobile Processing Co. (USA) Christian Man, Penn State U (USA) Brian J. Schilling, Rutgers U (USA) Ayman Ekram Fahim, Suez Canal U (Egypt) Lisa
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