South West Food Community: A Place-Based Pilot Study to Understand the Food Security System.

ABSTRACT: The objectives of this study were to: (i) Identify initiatives supporting healthy food availability, access and utilisation in the South West region of Western Australia (WA); and (ii) understand how they were functioning as a system to enhance community-level food security (FS). This study used a novel approach; a Systemic Innovation Lab, to interview initiative leaders/stakeholders about their FS initiative. Initiative characteristics measured included those which were associated with creating the effective conditions for FS systems change. Information was uploaded to an innovative online tool, creating a 'transition card' (matrix) of initiatives and partnering organisations. Fifty-one participants reported on 52 initiatives. Initiatives were most likely to possess characteristics relati

SUBMITTER: Godrich SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6521197 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature