Ecological Resilience of Food Systems in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

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  • Jim Worstell Resilience Project

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.015

Keywords:

Complex Adaptive Systems, Ecological Resilience, Food System Resilience, COVID-19, Pandemic, Crisis

Abstract

Resilience of food systems is being tested by the COVID-19 disruption. As with any severe disruption, collapse of some systems, innovation in others, and total reorganization of some will occur. Direct delivery of food, online farmers markets, community supported agriculture operations (CSAs), backyard food production, expansion of seed producers and plant nurseries, and decrease in restaurant share of the food dollar with increased home cooking are some trends that may be lasting. These trends can be seen as complex adaptive systems following the adaptive cycles of all open systems. The crisis provides an opportunity to examine a model of food system resilience (CLIMATED) and apply it more broadly.

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2020-04-19

How to Cite

Worstell, J. (2020). Ecological Resilience of Food Systems in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(3), 23–30. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.015

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2020): Open Call Papers and Early Responses to COVID-19

Section

Commentary on COVID-19 and the Food System

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