February 2008

Other direct stakeholders

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 11:38

We have spent the bulk of this module analyzing urban producers as a category of stakeholders.  This is due to their significance and their complexity, but also to show the type of considerations needed to understand stakeholders.  We cannot analyze in detail every category of stakeholders.  We will simply outline briefly three broad categories that encompass some of the other direct stakeholders in urban agriculture.

Urban producers

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 11:33

We will start with the most obvious category of stakeholders, and the one that has to be placed at the centre of any discussion of urban agriculture stakeholders: urban producers.  At first glance, the category itself does not need much defining: it contains anyone actively producing food or other agricultural products within or near urban areas.  But as we start digging into the meaning of being an “urban farmer

Direct stakeholders

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 11:32
Direct stakeholders in urban agriculture are relatively easier to identify than indirect ones.  We will not attempt to draft a comprehensive list of them here, as there would be too many of them and

Initiative under Way to Create North American Urban and Periurban Agriculture Alliance

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 15:25

An initiative to establish a North American Urban and Periurban Agriculture Alliance was launched in October 2006 in Vancouver BC at a workshop during the joint Community Food Security Coalition – Food Secure Canada conference.  A year later, the Cedar Tree Foundation of Boston awarded the Alliance seed funding to support its proposed slate of activities during 2007-2008.  A retreat to flesh out the mission, vision and strategic plan for the Alliance will take place in March in Washington, and an inaugural conference will follow in October in Philadelphia.