Cities are net consumers of food from local and global hinterlands. Urban foodshed analysis
is a quantitative approach for examining links between urban consumers and rural …

This review summarizes several avenues of planning inquiry into food systems research,
revealing gaps in the literature, allied fields of study and mismatches between scholarly …

Strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) production practices followed by growers in the United
States vary by region. Understanding the challenges, needs, and opportunities in each …

The debate on urban resilience and metabolism has directed increasing attention to the
ecological footprint of food consumption, self-sufficiency as a means of food security, and …

This study discusses the environmental life cycle impacts of potato and tomato supply chains
in a “cradle-to-grave” perspective. The principal focus is to evaluate the processed products …

Urban agriculture is touted as a strategy for more locally reliant food systems, yet there is
little understanding of its potential food provisioning capacity. Using Detroit, Michigan as an …

Foodshed analysis provides a way to assess the capacity of regions to feed themselves.
While dozens of foodshed analyses have been completed across North America, they have …

Food systems are increasingly challenged to meet growing demand for specialty crops due
to the effects of climate change and increased competition for resources. Here, we apply an …

Research on food planning has been recently proposed in North American and European
planning to account for how cities might change their food provision to respond to the rising …

Rapid population growth and environmental deterioration make ensuring food security with
lower environmental costs fundamental to realizing sustainable development in China and …