Abstract
This research brings together concepts of sustainability, a local food system, and farm gate marketing. With these concepts, the research explores two scales of policy planning with regards to land use in Ontario, and answers the question: In Southern Ontario, what is the impact of land use on a farmer's ability to sell at the farm gate? Despite the seemingly simple and small-scale nature of a farmer selling his/her produce at their own farm gate, there is surprising complexity to the myriad policies that apply. The dynamic relationship between eaters, farmer, and planners presents particularly interesting challenges for planners in Southern Ontario. Understand [sic] the local food system and engaging in local food consumption begins to address larger issues of sustainability and farm viability. By providing farmers with opportunities, through land use planning policy, they are able to engage with eaters at the farm gate and accomplish place-making activities.
Highlights
"How planning operates to balance the need for an efficient food system with the goals of economic vitality, public health, ecological sustainability, social equity, and cultural diversity will present a formidable challenge to planners who engage in community and regional food planning, and in planning for various community sectors such as transportation, economic development and the environment (APA, 2000, n.p.)."
3.4 Conclusion As we begin to pay closer attention to the rural agricultural system with a specific focus on food systems and the roles that planners, growers, and eaters play, society is able to shift in their role in supporting and sustaining a rural culture and a local agricultural food economy
Understanding these contributing factors pertaining to sustainability, a shift to the local food system, and farm gate sales, through land use planning will ground the overall thematic ideas and realistically bring together policy and a local food system at the farm gate
Summary
"How planning operates to balance the need for an efficient food system with the goals of economic vitality, public health, ecological sustainability, social equity, and cultural diversity will present a formidable challenge to planners who engage in community and regional food planning, and in planning for various community sectors such as transportation, economic development and the environment (APA, 2000, n.p.).". We are becoming more aware of the food we eat and how our eating habits impact the environment With this awareness comes a renewed interest in: protecting the agricultural land upon which this food is grown, ensuring that the farmers who grow the food have sustainable livelihoods and increasing new opportunities for eaters to access fresh, locally grown products as close to home as possible. This increased demand for local food presents new opportunities for and challenges to current land use planning policies and for the planners responsible for their development and implementation. Because the land use planning framework plays a significant role in defining what is possible on farms this study seeks to explore research and practice related to how farm practices and sales at the gate intersect with the planning process by asking and answering the research question: In Southern Ontario, what is the impact of land use on a farmers ability to sell at the farm gate?
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