The Hybrid Governance of Urban Food Movements : Learning from Toronto and Brussels / [E-Book]

1. Urban Food Movements. At the Outset of a Journey -- 2. Characterising Urban Food Movements -- 3. Hybrid Governance and its Tensions in Urban Food Movements -- 4. Tensions in the Governance of Land Resources in Toronto and Brussels -- 5. Organisational Governance Tensions of Food Movement Initiatives in Toronto and Brussels -- 6. Institutional Governance Tensions of Food Movements in Toronto and Brussels.

Undertaking a journey into the "hybrid governance" of urban food movements, this book offers an original and nuanced analysis of the urban milieu as epicentre of food activism and food governance. Through examples of food movements in the city-regions of Toronto and Brussels, the author highlights the critical governance tensions urban food initiatives experience as they develop in diverse ways and seek to change food systems and their related socio-political conditions. The author investigates urban food movements as they negotiate access to land in urban areas, build resilient food network organisations, and develop supportive policies and empowering institutions for urban food governance. Through the analysis of these tensions, the book effectively puts real-life challenges of urban food movements in the spotlight-challenges that are increasingly visible and pertinent in today's converging climate, socio-political, and health crises. The author offers suggestions to improve alternative food practices and, ultimately, to design promising pathways to instigate food system change. .