scholarly journals Lessons From Developing Food Policy Through A Multistakeholder Governance Network: A Case Study Of The Canadian Food Strategy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Bancerz
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Food Governance ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
Governance Network

Globally, we are facing a food system in crisis. Now more than ever, food policies are crucial to the future of food. In Canada, there has never been a national food policy that looked at the food sector holistically. It has traditionally centred on food safety and agriculture, sidestepping many other vital issues. However, between 2010 and 2014, four non-state actors developed national food policy documents. In response to these developments, this study asks: What are some unique characteristics of multistakeholder networks in the policymaking process? To answer this question, the Canadian Food Strategy (CFS) created in 2014 by the Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) was used as a case study. This strategy was unique because it involved a range of food policy issues, food policy actors, and had financial support from several key food industry players. Participants in this policy development experiment did not deem this strategy a success regardless of its abundant financial resources, its topic comprehensiveness, and widespread buy-in from food industry, government, and other non-governmental organizations. Semi-structured and elite interviews were used to shed light on why this case was not successful, to extract lessons from this initiative for future food policymaking efforts in Canada. This dissertation integrated wicked policy, governance, policy network, and multistakeholder literature to understand how food policy may be developed and governed in Canada. The study resulted in three key findings. First, food policy in Canada is very complex, exhibiting both tame and wicked qualities. Second, the state must have a significant position in a multistakeholder food governance network (MFGN). Lastly, while the structure of the MFGN and the actors involved in it are important to a network’s successful policy outcome, the CFS initiative revealed that process was fundamental to the outcome.

scholarly journals Lessons From Developing Food Policy Through A Multistakeholder Governance Network: A Case Study Of The Canadian Food Strategy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Bancerz
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Food Governance ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
Governance Network

Globally, we are facing a food system in crisis. Now more than ever, food policies are crucial to the future of food. In Canada, there has never been a national food policy that looked at the food sector holistically. It has traditionally centred on food safety and agriculture, sidestepping many other vital issues. However, between 2010 and 2014, four non-state actors developed national food policy documents. In response to these developments, this study asks: What are some unique characteristics of multistakeholder networks in the policymaking process? To answer this question, the Canadian Food Strategy (CFS) created in 2014 by the Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) was used as a case study. This strategy was unique because it involved a range of food policy issues, food policy actors, and had financial support from several key food industry players. Participants in this policy development experiment did not deem this strategy a success regardless of its abundant financial resources, its topic comprehensiveness, and widespread buy-in from food industry, government, and other non-governmental organizations. Semi-structured and elite interviews were used to shed light on why this case was not successful, to extract lessons from this initiative for future food policymaking efforts in Canada. This dissertation integrated wicked policy, governance, policy network, and multistakeholder literature to understand how food policy may be developed and governed in Canada. The study resulted in three key findings. First, food policy in Canada is very complex, exhibiting both tame and wicked qualities. Second, the state must have a significant position in a multistakeholder food governance network (MFGN). Lastly, while the structure of the MFGN and the actors involved in it are important to a network’s successful policy outcome, the CFS initiative revealed that process was fundamental to the outcome.

The administrative state in food policymaking: a fait accompli

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Bancerz
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Administrative State ◽  
Nonstate Actors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Elite Interviews

PurposeThis paper analyzes scholarly literature and the development of a nonstate food strategy in Canada, the Conference Board of Canada's Canadian Food Strategy, to explore the role of the administrative state in food policymaking.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on an exploratory case study drawing data from 38 semistructured interviews, including elite interviews. It also draws on policy documents from the nonstate food strategy.FindingsThis paper shows that various nonstate actors, including large food industry players, identify a role for the state in food policy in two ways: as a “conductor,” playing a managing role in the food policy process, and as a “commander,” taking control of policy development and involving nonstate actors when necessary. The complex and wicked aspects of food policy require the administrative state's involvement in food policymaking, while tamer aspects of food policy may be less state-centric.Originality/valueThis paper fills gaps in studies exploring food policymaking processes as well as the administrative state's role in food policymaking in a governance era. It contributes to a better understanding of the state's role in complex and wicked policy domains.

scholarly journals Realizing urban food policy: a discursive institutionalist analysis of Ede municipality

Food Security ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara V. Sibbing ◽  
Jeroen J. L. Candel
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Food Governance ◽  
Short Time Span ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Ideational Change ◽  
Short Time

AbstractTo overcome pressing food system challenges, academics and civil society actors have called for the development of integrated food policies. Municipalities have increasingly picked up on these calls by developing municipal food strategies. It remains unclear, however, whether and how these commitments have resulted in a genuine institutionalization of food governance across local administrations. We address this gap through an in-depth study of how food governance ideas were institutionalized in the Dutch municipality of Ede, which is considered a frontrunner in municipal food policy. Drawing on discursive institutionalism, we explore how actors, ideas and discourses mutually shaped the institutionalization process. Our analysis shows that food governance ideas were institutionalized following a discursive-institutional spiral of three stages. First, an abstract food profile discourse emerged, which was institutionalized exclusively amongst a small group of policy makers. In the second stage, the discourse shifted to a more elaborate integrated food policy discourse, which was institutionalized across various departments. Finally, a food system discourse emerged, which was institutionalized across an even broader range of policy departments. Our study suggests that integrated food policy can be institutionalized within a relatively short time span. A food strategy, budget and organizational innovations seem key in this process, although they can also be constraining. At the same time, we conclude that retaining a food policy institutionalized remains challenging, as sudden ideational change may cause rapid deinstitutionalization.

scholarly journals Food Policy Development in the Australian State of Victoria: A Case Study of the Food Alliance

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Caraher ◽  
Rachel Carey ◽  
Kathy McConell ◽  
Mark Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Australian State

scholarly journals Biological assets and the agricultural products in the context of the implementation of the IAS 41: A case study of the Romanian agro-food system

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 705-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorel Mates ◽  
Veronica Grosu ◽  
Elena Hlaciuc ◽  
Ionel Bostan ◽  
Ovidiu Bunget ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Food System ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Harmonization Process ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Agriculture Products ◽  
The Eu

Nowadays, when the contribution of agriculture and agro-food industry to the GDP is a significant, in Romania?s case we appreciate that the economic aspects of this area also deserve a specific approach. The aim of this paper was to identify the incompatibility of the recognition and assessment criteria of agriculture production, biological assets and agriculture products imposed by the application of these standards in agro-food companies, and to analyze its effects concerning the financial position and performance of these entities. The paper takes into consideration the economic-financial harmonization process, which is now in full progress, both in the EU and other states, by applying the specific standards (IAS/IFRS) in the preparation of annual/interim financial reports. Finally, referring strictly to the case of Romania, after thorough research into the field in question, we suggest a presentation of the controversial assessment criteria provided by the IAS 41 standard, and also refer to the difficulties related to the implementation of this standard in the agro-food industry.

scholarly journals Corporate Perspectives on Responsibility and Sustainability in the Food System: A (Food) Communicative-Constructivist Viewpoint

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 2024
Author(s):  
Tina Bartelmeß ◽  
Jasmin Godemann
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Food System ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
System A ◽  
Shape Influence ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
German Food ◽  
Communication Resource

This study examines how corporations in the German food industry understand and perceive communication as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) dimension, how they communicate about food-related sustainability, and how this corporate food communication can lead to sustainability-oriented change in action-guiding institutions. This study takes a communicative-constructivist viewpoint that does not focus on the extent to which the communicated corresponds to the actual action but rather on how communication and communicatively constructed institutions can shape, influence, or constitute the action. A comparative qualitative case study approach reveals how two deviant cases within the producing and processing food industry assume responsibility through food communication and identifies five underlying roles of communication that, in their case-specific variations yield in two different conceptualizations of perceiving responsibility through communication. The analysis and interpretation of data, in the reference frame of communicative institutionalism, outline promising prospects on how corporate food communication can contribute to institutional changes that guide decisions and actions for sustainable development of the food system. Furthermore, the findings highlight food quality as a relevant communication resource for food-related discussions about sustainability that cross systems in the context of the food system and transforms an institution in such a way that it now also refers to aspects of sustainability.

scholarly journals EXPRESS: Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

2021 ◽  
pp. 074391562110057
Author(s):  
Nina Mesiranta ◽  
Elina Närvänen ◽  
Malla Mattila
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Sustainability Issue ◽  
Public Policy Debate

Food waste is a global sustainability issue that demands several stakeholders to participate in solving it. This article examines how different food system stakeholders are held responsible in the policy debate related to food waste reduction. The study adopts a framing approach, paying attention to the construction and negotiation of what is going on in the food waste related public policy debate. The data consist of documents generated as a result of food policy development processes in Finland. The authors identify four framings: eco-efficiency, solidarity, safety and appreciation. Within each framing, the issue of food waste is presented differently, and different stakeholders are responsibilized. The framings reveal the nature of food waste as a boundary object, a flexible and open-ended object that gains different context-dependent meanings. The study extends marketing literature on responsibilization by investigating several stakeholders besides consumers. Additionally, considering food waste as a boundary object unravels how stakeholders, even those with conflicting interests, can debate policy measures collaboratively. Finally, the authors outline policy implications related to each framing.

scholarly journals The role of a food policy coalition in influencing a local food environment: an Australian case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 917-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia McCartan ◽  
Claire Palermo
Keyword(s):  
Food Environment ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Action Theory ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Comparison Approach ◽  
Australian Case

AbstractObjectiveTo explore how an Australian rural food policy coalition acts to influence a local food environment, focusing specifically on its composition, functions and processes as well as its food-related strategies and policy outputs.DesignA qualitative case study approach was undertaken. Three sources were used to triangulate data: eleven semi-structured in-depth interviews with coalition members, analysis of thirty-seven documents relating to the coalition and observation at one coalition meeting. Data were analysed using a thematic and constant comparison approach. Community Coalition Action Theory provided a theoretical framework from which to interpret findings.SettingTwo rural local government areas on the south-eastern coast of Victoria, Australia.SubjectsEleven members of the food policy coalition.ResultsFive themes emerged from the data analysis. The themes described the coalition’s leadership processes, membership structure, function to pool resources for food system advocacy, focus on collaborative cross-jurisdictional strategies and ability to influence policy change.ConclusionsThis Australian case study demonstrates that with strong leadership, a small-sized core membership and focus on collaborative strategies, food policy coalitions may be a mechanism to positively influence local food environments.

scholarly journals Using a trauma-informed policy approach to create a resilient urban food system

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 1961-1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelie A Hecht ◽  
Erin Biehl ◽  
Sarah Buzogany ◽  
Roni A Neff
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Urban Food System ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
System Resilience

AbstractObjectiveFood insecurity is associated with toxic stress and adverse long-term physical and mental health outcomes. It can be experienced chronically and also triggered or exacerbated by natural and human-made hazards that destabilize the food system. The Baltimore Food System Resilience Advisory Report was created to strengthen the resilience of the city’s food system and improve short- and long-term food security. Recognizing food insecurity as a form of trauma, the report was developed using the principles of trauma-informed social policy. In the present paper, we examine how the report applied trauma-informed principles to policy development, discuss the challenges and benefits of using a trauma-informed approach, and provide recommendations for others seeking to create trauma-informed food policy.DesignReport recommendations were developed based on: semi-structured interviews with food system stakeholders; input from community members at outreach events; a literature review; Geographic Information System mapping; and other analyses. The present paper explores findings from the stakeholder interviews.SettingBaltimore, Maryland, USA.SubjectsBaltimore food system stakeholders stratified by two informant categories: organizations focused on promoting food access (n 13) and community leaders (n 12).ResultsStakeholder interviews informed the recommendations included in the report and supported the idea that chronic and acute food insecurity are experienced as trauma in the Baltimore community.ConclusionsApplying a trauma-informed approach to the development of the Baltimore Food System Resilience Advisory Report contributed to policy recommendations that were community-informed and designed to lessen the traumatic impact of food insecurity.

scholarly journals Sufficiency Business Strategies in the Food Industry—The Case of Oatly

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 824
Author(s):  
Nancy Bocken ◽  
Lisa Smeke Morales ◽  
Matthias Lehner
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Food System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
World Population ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
A Company

Food is an essential part of our daily lives, but simultaneously, it is a major contributor to environmental issues. The growing world population and changing diets are expected to further exacerbate the negative impact of food production and consumption. This article explores how sufficiency business strategies, focused on moderating consumption levels, can be implemented in the food industry to curb demand and thereby overall resource consumption. First, a literature and practice review are conducted to create a conceptual framework for sufficiency business strategies in the food industry. Second, a case study approach is taken to explore the application of sufficiency strategies at Oatly, a company offering plant-based alternatives to dairy. Semi-structured interviews and review of the company’s sustainability reports are used as key data sources for the case study. This study contributes to research and practice with a novel framework for business sufficiency strategies in the food industry. Although sufficiency implies consumption moderation, it is suggested that when a company substitutes the consumption of a less sustainable option, growth could be desirable. Future research can expand on viable sufficiency strategies for the private sector, but also strategies to engage different stakeholders, such as government, society, and academia, to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system.

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