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Design and Implementation of a Workshop for Evaluation of the Role of Power in Shaping and Solving Challenges in a Smart Foodshed

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  • Ayaz Hyder

    (College of Public Health and Translational Data Analytics Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA)

  • Angela Blatt

    (Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA)

  • Allan D. Hollander

    (Food Systems Lab, Department of Environmental Science & Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA)

  • Casey Hoy

    (Agroecosystems Management Program, Department of Entomology, Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
    Agroecosystems Management Program, Department of Entomology, Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA)

  • Patrick R. Huber

    (Food Systems Lab, Department of Environmental Science & Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA)

  • Matthew C. Lange

    (International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics (IC-FOODS), Davis, CA 95616, USA)

  • James F. Quinn

    (Department of Environmental Science & Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA)

  • Courtney M. Riggle

    (Food Systems Lab, Department of Environmental Science & Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA)

  • Ruth Sloan

    (College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA)

  • Thomas P. Tomich

    (Food Systems Lab, Department of Environmental Science & Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA)

Abstract

Current studies on data sharing via data commons or shared vocabularies using ontologies mainly focus on developing the infrastructure for data sharing yet little attention has been paid to the role of power in data sharing among food system stakeholders. Stakeholders within food systems have different interpretations of the types and magnitudes of their own and other’s level of power to solve food system challenges. Politically neutral, yet scientifically/socioeconomically accurate power classification systems are yet to be developed, and must be capable of enumerating and characterizing what power means to each stakeholder, existing power dynamics within the food system, as well as alternative forms of power not currently utilized to their full capacity. This study describes the design and implementation of a workshop, which used methods from community-based participatory modeling, to examine the role of power relative to data sharing and equitable health outcomes. Workshop participants co-created several boundary objects that described the power relationships among food system stakeholders and the changes needed to current power relationships. Our results highlight current imbalances in power relationships among food system stakeholders. The information we collected on specific relationships among broad categories of stakeholders highlighted needs for initiatives and activities to increase the types and varieties of power especially across consumers, farmers, and labor stakeholder groups. Furthermore, by utilizing this workshop methodology, food system stakeholders may be able to envision new power relationships and bring about a fundamental re-orienting of current power relationships capable of valorizing food system sustainability/resiliency, especially the health of its workers and consumers.

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  • Ayaz Hyder & Angela Blatt & Allan D. Hollander & Casey Hoy & Patrick R. Huber & Matthew C. Lange & James F. Quinn & Courtney M. Riggle & Ruth Sloan & Thomas P. Tomich, 2022. "Design and Implementation of a Workshop for Evaluation of the Role of Power in Shaping and Solving Challenges in a Smart Foodshed," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-15, February.
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