Food policy councils are developing at a very fast pace across the world. In the United States and Canada, the Food Policy Networks project, from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, carries out an annual survey of Councils to better understand who they are, what they do, and what they need.
Time to consider vegetable gardens in urban climate policies!
What if households started growing half of the vegetables they need in their home gardens? What impacts would it have on climate change?
Embracing the diversity of urban and peri-urban agriculture in food policies
Urban and peri-urban agriculture can be very diverse. What are the main differences? How should we account for them in food policies?
Understanding how urban farmers do business to adequately support them
If urban farms are to be maintained or even developed further, they will need to be economically viable in the long run.