Subject(s): Local food Stystem -- Food Science -- Food supply -- Nutrition policy -- Sustainable agriculture -- Urban health -- Ecology and Health -- Food security is a global concern -- Concept of urban food security : Urban food production in a globalizing south, urban food security in sub Saharan Africa, combining social justice and sustainability for food security -- Local food systems : Promoting sustainable local food systems in US, community agriculture initiatives in metropolitan UK, developing an integrated, sustainable urban food system in US, public policy and transition to locally based food networks -- Urban and community agriculture : Urban agriculture in seasonal tropics in Zambia, contribution of urban agriculture to gardeners - their households and surrounding communities in Cuba, agriculture in metropolitan park of Havana, people at center of urban livestock project, measuring sustainability of urban agriculture -- Accessibility and urban food distribution : food banks as antihunger organizations, bottlenecks in informal food transportation in Zimbabwe, from staple store to supermarket- Case of TANSAS in Turkey, non profit system for fresh produce distribution in Canada -- Ecological and health concerns : Urban food, health and environment in Poland, reuse of waste for food production in Asian cities- health and economic perspectives, how meat centred eating patterns affect food security and environment, farming the built environment -- Engendering the food system : Gender and sustainable food systems- feminist critique, women workers in NAFTA food chain, Canadian rural women reconstructing agriculture -- Politics of food and food policy : Contemporary food and farm policy in US, policy failure in Canadian food system, urban agriculture as food access policy -- Towards food democracy : Reaffirming right to food in Canada- role if community based food security, youth, urban governance and sustainable food systems in Canada, food policy for 21st century