Making community-scale food systems more resilient: Reorienting consumption practices by supporting community-scale supply chain models

Sanderson Bellamy, Angelina

Abstract

Food insecurity increased in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic due to affordability challenges with job loss and accessibility problems related to lockdowns and uneven food distribution. Community-scale organisations played a crucial role in providing fresh food during the crisis, but faced a number of technological, practical, and resource barriers that limited their effectiveness. Greater resilience and associated health and social benefits can be achieved by supporting these community-scale efforts through online and physical infrastructure as well as funding schemes that reflect the contribution these services make to the public good.

• Report Type: Policy Document
• Online Publication Date: Jul 27, 2022
• Publication Date: Jul 27, 2022
• Deposit Date: Oct 6, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 6, 2022
• Keywords: Community-scale food systems, consumption practices, supply chain models
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10020018
• Related Public URLs: https://www.foodsystemresilienceuk.org/what-is-food-system-resilience/