Critical Pedagogy in North American Food Systems Planning: Looking Back to Look Ahead

The purpose of this chapter is to revisit, and build upon, themes that emerged from a 2011 article on food systems pedagogy in the discipline of planning (Mendes & NasrNasr, Joe). The chapter begins with an overview of findings that emerged from the 2011 article. This is followed by a consideration of how the literature on food systems pedagogy in planning and related disciplines is evolving, and what has held true in the intervening years. Four themes are identified from the literature since 2011: interdisciplinarity, social justice and ethics, community-university research partnerships, and systems thinking. The themes are intended to serve as signposts to signal a bridge between early concerns of food system planning educators, and the new or additional skills and capacities that may be needed to prepare future food systems planners and community leaders.