Observations and suggestions during COVID-19

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Neil Cox¹  Zoe Beynon-MacKinnon¹ 

[1] Lettuce Harvest Foundation;

关键词: Climate Emergency;    COVID-19;    Food Security;    Global Food Governance;    Urban Farming;    Grassroots Organizations;   

DOI  :  10.5304/jafscd.2020.101.035

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Founded in 2019, Lettuce Harvest Foundation (LHF) is a grassroots urban agriculture nonprofit organization based in Vancouver, Canada. As an organization just launching as COVID-19 took hold, LHF’s programming has been designed to enable urban agriculture in light of the pandemic’s challenges. This article presents observations and suggestions gained from LHF operations as an organization with limited resources. When COVID-19 put stress on the global food system, it revealed that short-term emergency food relief is insufficient, indicating an urgent need for redesign­ing our food system. Harnessing pre-existing industry elements for accessible resources is one proposed method that grassroots organ­izations can adopt to mitigate strains on our food system inflicted by COVID-19 and other future crises.

【 授权许可】

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