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  • Out now! Researchers from the University at Buffalo Food Lab were the driving force behind the publication today of a major report that details strategies local governments in low- and middle-income countries can use to create more innovative and equitable community food systems.
  • Discover Policy Inspirations from Around the Globe

    A collaboration between the Food Lab and RUAF, the Global Database for City and Regional Food Policies is a resource for local governments to learn about food system policies from around the globe.

  • Revisiting Revitalization

    Community Health Lessons from Baltimore’s Vacants to Value Initiative

  • Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Special Issue

    The world's only peer-reviewed journal focused specifically on food and farming-related community development released a special issue on local government engagement in food systems planning.

  • Food for Thought

    The Food Lab was featured in an article in the AtBuffalo Magazine.

  • Community Partnerships

    Food and flowers in bloom at one of the many community gardens in urban Buffalo, NY established by Grassroots Garden of WNY, a Community Partner of the Food Lab.

  • Learn about projects happening around the world

    Muneer, a friend of the Food Lab, sharing how haakh grows in the Kashmir region of India, where the Food Lab is learning how land use decisions affect the production and consumption of this beloved green.

The Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (‘the UB Food Lab’), a research group led by Dr. Samina Raja, housed in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo (UB) is dedicated to research that critically examines the role of local government policy in facilitating equitable, healthy, and sustainable communities. The Lab is especially focused on community food systems as a space and lever for creating positive change in our backyard (Buffalo) and in the Global South.

The Food Lab’s research unfolds in collaboration with other research groups within and outside UB, as well as in partnership with community and planning organizations and local governments in the United States and globally. Drawing on its research, the Food Lab team provides technical assistance to community advocates, planners, and local governments on the use of policy and planning to create equitable food systems and healthy communities.

 

 

Feature Resource

Global Database For City and Regional Food Policies

The Global Database for City and Regional Food Policies is a resource for local and sub-national governments to learn about food system policies from around … Continue reading Global Database For City and Regional Food Policies →

Feature Publication

Critical food policy literacy: Conceptualizing community municipal food policy engagement

Food policies should be informed by those who they intend to serve, but policy-making processes remain exclusive to privileged voices, knowledge, and experiences. This article … Continue reading Critical food policy literacy: Conceptualizing community municipal food policy engagement →

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Alfred Gary III

A graduate of UB’s Master’s of Public Health graduate of the University of Buffalo, Alfred Gary is interested in the role of social determinants on … Continue reading Alfred Gary III →

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    • Faculty Collaborators
    • Community Partners
  • Research
    • United States Projects
      • Buffalo Projects
      • US Food Policy Database
    • Global Projects
      • Global Database for City and Regional Food Policies
      • Land Use Change and Haakh Production in Srinagar, Kashmir
      • Plan-REFUGE
    • Student Projects
  • Publications
    • Articles, Book Chapters, and Books
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    • Planning for Community Food Systems Webinar Series
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