Week 4 (2/6): Local Food Systems, Food Security, & Food Justice

Presenter: Heather Wooten

Topic: Urban food security assessments (Case Study: Oakland)

Unger, Serena and Heather Wooten. 2006. Oakland Food System Assessment Report. University of California, Berkeley, Master’s Thesis, 4-19, 101-117.

Kaufman, Jerry, Kami Pothukuchi, and Deanna Glosser. 2006. DRAFT Community and Regional Food Planning: A Policy Guide for the American Planning Association.

Howe, Joe. 2002. Planning for Urban Food: The Experience of Two UK Cities. Planning Practice & Research 17(2):125-144.

Power, Elaine. “Combining Social Justice & Sustainability for food security.” In For Hunger-Proof Cities: Sustainable Urban Food Systems.

Rengasamy et al. 2003. Farmers’ markets in Tamil Nadu: increasing options for rural producers, improving access for urban consumers. Environment & Urbanization 15(1):25-33.

Halweil, Brian. 2004. Chapter 9: When Eating Local Gets Personal. Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch, 157-177.

Pollan, Michael. 2006. Introduction and Chapter Thirteen: The Market: “Greetings from the Non-Barcode People”. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 1-11, 239-261.

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