Community dialogue to facilitate public policy education of food system issues at the community level

Thomson Joan S., Maretzki Audrey. 2003. Community dialogue to facilitate public policy education of food system issues at the community level. In : Les systèmes agroalimentaires localisés : produits, entreprises et dynamiques locales, Montpellier, France, 16 - 18 octobre 2002 = Local agri-food systems, Montpellier (France), October, 16th to 18th, 2002 ; Sistemas agroalimentarios localizados, Montpellier (Francia), del 16 al 18 de octubre de 2002 : Held in Montpellier (France), on october, 16th to 18th, 2002. GIS SYAL, INRA, CIRAD, CNEARC, Agropolis muséum, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UM1. Montpellier : CIRAD-TERA Colloque International sur les Systèmes Agroalimentaires Localisés (SYAL), Montpellier, France, 16 Octobre 2002/18 Octobre 2002.

Résumé : Promoting public dialogue to enable community residents to find their collective "voice" about local food system issues in an era of rapid globalization of the world's food supply requires process-oriented educational techniques and appropriate teaching materials. These resources may not be readily available to educators and community activists. Two recent additions to the available educational resources for engaging local citizens in policy-relevant food system discussions are described. They are Edible Connections, a model for a local food system forum that involves the media and Our Food - Our Future, a made-for-television video with supporting educational materials for conducting local community food security workshops. These educational resources are available for purchase at the cost of duplication. Each set of materials includes both a VHS tape and printed materials (in English) that describe how to conduct a food system forum or workshop. Research is now underway through a two-year NESARE (Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) grant to conduct training of Cooperative Extension agents and other community educators in the use of these materials. The project will include a systematic evaluation of the public policy impact of the forums and workshops conducted.

Auteurs et affiliations

• Thomson Joan S., Pennsylvania State University (USA)
• Maretzki Audrey, Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/514463/)

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