A food policy council primer: How food policy councils can be a catalyst for change

Abstract

First paragraph:

Although food policy councils are not always well understood or appreciated, they can be pivotal tools to improve local and regional food systems. Strengthening local food systems is critical right now, when so many issues can interrupt broader food supply chains and, in the U.S., national support for important systemic issues is in jeopardy. Nessa J. Richman’s Food Policy Councils: Building Civic Engagement and Community Well-Being is a timely and necessary primer for food systems participants about the creation and running of a food policy council (FPC), and for existing FPCs on how to be more equitable, effective, and even more ambitious in their work transforming local food systems. . . .