Planning for a local food system: Assessing the potential for small-scale agriculture in Winnipeg, Manitoba's peri-urban areas
| dc.contributor.author | Ervick-Knote, Holly | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Platt, James (City of WInnipeg) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Grift, Sheri (Government of Manitoba) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Van Vliet, David (City Planning) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-13T15:58:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-13T15:58:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-01-02 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2020-01-03T03:25:16Z | en |
| dc.degree.discipline | City Planning | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of City Planning (M.C.P.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Farm consolidation is a continuing trend across Canada and within Manitoba. At the same time, there is a growing movement toward supporting local food production and consumption in Manitoba and across Canada. This major degree practicum project uses document analysis, mapping analysis, and semi-structured interviews to examine how the City of Winnipeg could better support small-scale food production, as well as to identify areas of Winnipeg’s peri-urban space that could benefit from creation of a regulatory framework establishing small-scale food production. This research found that strong leadership is needed to ensure preservation of high quality agricultural lands near urban areas, policies that establish and permit a greater variety of agriculture forms and scales help to better support agriculture in cities, and there is significant opportunity for agricultural development within Winnipeg’s peri-urban space. Five recommendations for action are provided including provincially mandating farmland preservation, incorporating small-scale food production and other related uses into the City of Winnipeg’s zoning by-law, and creating an advocacy body for local producers. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2020 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/34489 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Urban agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Small-scale food production | en_US |
| dc.subject | Small-scale agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Peri-urban agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Regional planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Farmland preservation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Winnipeg | en_US |
| dc.title | Planning for a local food system: Assessing the potential for small-scale agriculture in Winnipeg, Manitoba's peri-urban areas | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |