Urban planning is a very comprehensive profession that interconnects many parts of a community. However, the authors in these readings criticize the urban planning profession for not making the food system a top priority in the city planning process. Pothukuchi and Kaufman argue that planners are much more involved in land use, housing, transportation, the environment and the economy than in the food system.
I believe this is because most people are disconnected from the origins of there food, The majority of people, city planners included, never think about the journey food has to go through in order to make it there dinner plate.
One way to solve this problem is by attempting to educate as many people as possible about the food system within there community. With more people becoming aware of the origins of there own food, the food system would become a higher priority in the eyes of the general public. The majority of the general public can greatly influence how a city's systems are organized. If the the majority of the public makes the food system a top priority, the city will be developed in a way in which the food system is very efficient. Food is obviously a basic human need, so why isn't it viewed as our most important system?
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