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The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for October is from the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society and is entitled 'Wholesome Nutrition: an example for a sustainable diet'.
The development of the concepts of Food Security and of Sustainability have run in parallel over the past 40 years or so. Food Security originally had three elements – Availability, Accessibility and Utilization.
In this themed issue on urban agriculture, our article’s objective was to reveal some of the invisible spaces of food production in Chicago—on-lot and vacant lot home gardens.
Local food was once considered the purview of consumers and small-scale producers. Recently, policymakers, including those in cities, began embracing local food systems as a solution to a myriad of urban problems, including a lack of green space and access to healthy foods. As part of this shift, cities and other jurisdictions have embraced agricultural production in the urban environment
If significant climate change occurs in the United States it may be necessary to change where certain foods are produced in order to meet consumer demand.