Walking the Talk of Food Systems at a Small Land-Grant University: Overcoming Process Barriers to a Transdisciplinary Approach

Autor: Naomi K. Fukagawa, Jane Kolodinsky, Cynthia Belliveau, Erin Roche, Haylley Johnson
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Economic growth
medicine.medical_specialty
Higher education
Best practice
lcsh:Recreation. Leisure
lcsh:TX341-641
lcsh:GV1-1860
lcsh:Home economics
lcsh:Regional planning
lcsh:Technology
lcsh:Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
lcsh:Agriculture
lcsh:Social Sciences
lcsh:HT51-1595
Multidisciplinary approach
Organization development
medicine
Food Systems
lcsh:HT101-395
Sociology
lcsh:Human ecology. Anthropogeography
lcsh:Environmental sciences
lcsh:GE1-350
Higher Education Challenge Grant
Land grant
lcsh:T
business.industry
Public health
lcsh:S
lcsh:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
lcsh:HT390-395
Higher Education
Public relations
lcsh:H
lcsh:G
Community Partners
Food processing
lcsh:Communities. Classes. Races
Food systems
Organizational Development
lcsh:GF1-900
business
Transdisciplinary
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
lcsh:TX1-1110
Zdroj: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Vol 2, Iss 3 (2016)
ISSN: 2152-0801
DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.2012.023.015
Popis: In this paper we present the evolution of a transdisciplinary food systems (FS) initiative at a small land-grant university. The first indication of the relevance of food systems study at this university came from faculty and students, which then progressed to the establishment of structural changes and financial support by the administration. This commentary demonstrates that successfully incorporating transdisciplinary academic support, research, and educational programs is not an easy endeavor and requires multilevel buy-in from all strata within the organization. This approach also takes substantial time and resource commitment from faculty, staff, students, administration, and the community. If approached in a holistic, transdisciplinary manner, FS initiatives will link what universities do best with improvement in the FS continuum from food production to public health. As with most new initiatives, there are both barriers and triggers to success, and work is ongoing. Using the lens of the University of Vermont (UVM), this paper poses questions and provides best practice advice to others who seek collaboration across disciplines that goes beyond inter- or multidisciplinarity collaboration.
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