Growing Livelihoods

Rhonda Phillips is the author/editor of eighteen books on community development and related topics. She offers both practice and academic perspectives on the ever-changing topic of community revitalization and is a certified planner (American Institute of Certified Planners). She is a professor in the agricultural economics department and Dean of the Honors College at Purdue University, and was formerly with Arizona State University’s School of Community Resources and Development and Global Institute of Sustainability. Christopher Wharton is an associate professor of Nutrition at Arizona State University (ASU). He directs ASU’s Food Systems Transformation Initiative, focused on building more equitable, diverse, and resilient food systems, and is co-founder of Chow Locally, LLC, a Phoenix-based food hub supporting local farms and healthy food access.

• 1. On Solid Ground? Foundations and Concepts of Food Systems and Community Development 2. Farmer and Community Livelihoods 3. Access to Local Foods 4. Food-based Entrepreneurship—with Sarah Waring 5. Fostering Community with Farmers Markets—Richard McCarthy 6. Food Hubs: A New Opportunity for Local Food Systems 7. Cooperating for Community Development—with Lauren Parker 8. Considerations and Ideas for Growing the Future of Local Food Systems and Community Development