000002793 001__ 2793 000002793 005__ 20250425034226.0 000002793 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.2793 000002793 037__ $$aTHESIS$$bThesis 000002793 041__ $$aeng 000002793 245__ $$aImproving Food System Resilience: Digital Food Sharing Pathways of Urban Agriculture in Chicago 000002793 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago 000002793 269__ $$a2020-04 000002793 336__ $$aThesis 000002793 502__ $$bB.A. 000002793 520__ $$aFood security describes a state in which citizens have a stable and accessible food supply. The stability of the local food supply is often dependent on a globalized food supply chain, resulting in a food supply that is delocalized. A “disembedded” food supply is sourced outside the local area or region, requiring a network of different food and knowledge pathways to make food accessible to the consumers (Stone and Glover 2017a, 88). The digitization of these pathways has furthered the delocalization of the food supply through remote coordination and computerized shipping algorithms which facilitate online ordering and the transport of food across hundreds of miles. Digitization has also transformed food accessibility in cities: meal-delivery applications and grocery delivery services have allowed consumers to directly order food to their homes, and social media and the internet have provided a platform for the sharing of food-related skills and knowledge. As such, digital food pathways, the network through which food resources are purchased, distributed, and accessed online, present an important arena for improving food security through increased urban accessibility to food. 000002793 6531_ $$afood security 000002793 6531_ $$afood supply 000002793 6531_ $$asupply chain 000002793 6531_ $$afood accessibility 000002793 6531_ $$adigital food pathways 000002793 6531_ $$aurban 000002793 690__ $$aThe College 000002793 691__ $$aEnvironmental and Urban Studies 000002793 7001_ $$aHesse-Fong, Julia$$uUniversity of Chicago 000002793 72012 $$aSabina Shaikh 000002793 8564_ $$9434bed7e-c087-423f-92be-4497c6528d32$$s1103798$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/2793/files/Julia%20Hesse-Fong%20Upload%20Thesis.docx$$ePublic 000002793 908__ $$aI agree 000002793 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:2793$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pTheses 000002793 983__ $$aThesis