Coming to the table as a regional food system : mapping and building a network
department or school: Graduate Studies, College of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Lang, Eva-Lena
issued: 2019-09-20T14:34:57Z
issued: 2019
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Currently farmers and other food system actors in the North Okanagan face numerous challenges. Relationships between some stakeholders within the regional food system do exist; however, there are also silos separating the stakeholders (food producers, processors, wholesalers/distributors, retailers and chefs as well as local government, non-profits and academics) and coordination is lacking. Inspired by the success story of Vermont, a small group began a process that resulted in Land to Table (L2T), a Collective Impact network whose goal is to develop a North Okanagan food system that is economically prosperous, environmentally sustainable and socially accessible. My Research Aim, therefore, was to facilitate a group of stakeholders to further strengthen their regional food system network. To address this aim, an approach combining Community Based Participatory Research and Deliberative Dialogue was used to engage with a Community Advisory Committee and four focus groups. Two customized methods were used. One, called participatory network mapping, was developed to map and analyze the current state of the food system network. The other, called the build the network framework, aimed at developing recommendations for building a network that is more connected, aligned, productive and healthy. Through the mapping exercise, both the strengths and the weaknesses of the current food system network were revealed. The stakeholders that participated noted strong connections between some network members, but they also commented on the absence of certain key members, a number of missing connections and the need for more strategic coalitions within the network. The build the network framework, combined with a carefully designed Deliberative Dialogue that integrated portions of text (literature synthesis) with the results of the mapping exercises (research evidence), proved effective in developing recommendations for building a network. Overall, the Community Based Participatory R…
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note: Coming to the Table as a Regional Food System: Mapping and Building a Network by Eva-Lena Lang B.A., University of Victoria, 2010 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) September 2019 © Eva-Lena Lang, 2019 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: Coming to the Table as a Regional Food System: Mapping and Building a Network submitted by Eva-Lena Lang in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts Dr. Mary Stockdale, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences Supervisor Dr. Jon Corbett, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences Co- Supervisor Dr. Nelly Oelke, Faculty of Health and Social Development Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Donna Senese, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Mike Evans, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences University Examiner Click or tap here to enter text. External Examiner Additional Committee Members include: Click or tap here to enter text. Supervisory Committee Member Click or tap here to enter text. iii Abstract Currently farmers and other food system actors in the North Okanagan face numerous challenges. Relationships between some stakeholders within the regional food system do exist; however, there are also silos separating the stakeholders (food producers, processors, wholesalers/distributors, retailers and chefs as well as local government, non-profits and academics) and coordination is lacking. Inspired by the success story of Vermont, a small group began a process that resulted in Land to Table (L2T), a Collective Impact network whose goal is to develop a North Okanagan food system that is economically prosperous, environmentally sustainable and socially accessible. My Research…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2019-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0380927
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/71709