TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of a participatory planning process as a way to build community food security
AU - McCullum, Christine
AU - Pelletier, David
AU - Barr, Donald
AU - Wilkins, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of the 44 participants who participated in this research. Funding for this research was provided through grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; US Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; and the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. Additional support was provided from Behavioral Science Education Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, NIH Grant #2R25CA57712-06 .
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The purpose of this study was to determine the multiple meanings of community food security among stakeholders with diverse interests and to assess the degree to which these stakeholders could find common ground around community food security during a participatory planning process called a search conference. The conceptual framework of citizen politics guided all aspects of the research design. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with 44 participants purposefully recruited to attend a 2 1/2-day search conference. Open-ended questionnaires were distributed to all participants during the search conference, and a document review was performed. Prior to the search conference, 4 community food secruity groups emerged: anti-hunger advocates (n=12), agricultural visionaries (n=12), food traditionalists (n=10), and agricultural entrepreneurs (n=8). Participants were able to find common ground around 6 community food security action agendas: distribution of surplus food, education, family and community values, food processing and marketing, legislative initiatives and action, and new agriculture. Other salient community food security issues emerged, but they were not included on any of the action agendas. Formal training in facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and how to influence the public policy-making process will enable dietetics professionals to effectively collaborate with community-based groups that have a stake in food security issues.
AB - The purpose of this study was to determine the multiple meanings of community food security among stakeholders with diverse interests and to assess the degree to which these stakeholders could find common ground around community food security during a participatory planning process called a search conference. The conceptual framework of citizen politics guided all aspects of the research design. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with 44 participants purposefully recruited to attend a 2 1/2-day search conference. Open-ended questionnaires were distributed to all participants during the search conference, and a document review was performed. Prior to the search conference, 4 community food secruity groups emerged: anti-hunger advocates (n=12), agricultural visionaries (n=12), food traditionalists (n=10), and agricultural entrepreneurs (n=8). Participants were able to find common ground around 6 community food security action agendas: distribution of surplus food, education, family and community values, food processing and marketing, legislative initiatives and action, and new agriculture. Other salient community food security issues emerged, but they were not included on any of the action agendas. Formal training in facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and how to influence the public policy-making process will enable dietetics professionals to effectively collaborate with community-based groups that have a stake in food security issues.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90220-8
DO - 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90220-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 12146560
AN - SCOPUS:0036634044
SN - 0002-8223
VL - 102
SP - 962
EP - 967
JO - Journal of the American Dietetic Association
JF - Journal of the American Dietetic Association
IS - 7
ER -