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Healthy Urban Food Systems: Planning Retail Facilities

This course introduces information from legal and public health perspectives on the retail side of food systems entities, such as farmers markets, grocery stores, and mobile vending.

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Course Info

  • Duration 7 video lessons (55 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2014
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 1 min
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    2.
    Defining and Describing Food Systems
    Chapter Duration 10 mins
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    3.
    Background and Context: Law
    Chapter Duration 3 mins
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    Background and Context: Public Health
    Chapter Duration 9 mins
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    Grocery Stores, Corner Stores, and Restaurants
    Chapter Duration 11 mins
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    Healthy Food Outside: Farmers' Markets
    Chapter Duration 10 mins
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    Healthy Food Outside: Mobile Vending
    Chapter Duration 7 mins

Course Description

Urban planners and community members play critical roles in not only identifying and implementing strategies to increase healthy food access, but also in leading a wide variety of efforts to support food systems in communities. This course introduces how to integrate information from legal and public health perspectives to help create healthy food systems. Discussion of retail entities such as farmers markets, grocery stores, and mobile vending provides a thorough understanding of healthy food system planning strategies.

 

Learn these skills

  • Environmental Planning
  • Food Systems
  • Land Use
  • Public Health
  • Regulations
  • Resilience Planning
  • Sustainability

AICP CM

This course is approved for .5 AICP CM credit. 

CNU-A

This course is approved for .5 CNU-A credit.

SACPLAN CPD

This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point.

Meet Your Instructor

Lauren Dunning

Lauren Dunning

Lauren Dunning is a lawyer and public health practitioner whose work has focused on developing strategies to promote urban food systems that contribute to reductions in the burden of both chronic and communicable diseases.

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Course Reviews

4.33
Susan Anderson 1

Susan Anderson 1

Extremely Satisfied
MATTHEW TAYLOR 2

MATTHEW TAYLOR 2

Extremely Satisfied
Jeffrey Jones 1

Jeffrey Jones 1

Extremely Satisfied
I enjoyed this class very much. I wish the offering would be updated to include more about vertical production/retailing and perhaps a business case that includes a discussion on financial viability.
Robert Gause

Robert Gause

Satisfied

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Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray

Normal
Astrud J. Reed

Astrud J. Reed

Extremely Satisfied
Being an LA native, I enjoyed seeing all of the wonderful healthy food options offered here.
Craig Schlatter

Craig Schlatter

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Liz Axelson AICP CPL

Liz Axelson AICP CPL

Extremely Satisfied
This informative, detailed and engaging presentation by Lauren Dunning provides a positive overview, on-site interview, comparison of licensing versus LU ordinance approaches, and resources such as Change Lab Solutions. Her realistic and pleasant outlook is infectious! The presentation includes options via retail markets, including corner stores, farmer’s markets, and mobile vending.
Jennifer Pruitt-Pitts

Jennifer Pruitt-Pitts

Extremely Satisfied
Rachel Harvick

Rachel Harvick

Normal
Melissa Edwina Buys

Melissa Edwina Buys

Extremely Satisfied
Guy Parola

Guy Parola

Extremely Satisfied

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