Here & Now Journal - Spring 2026 - Food & the City
The Spring 2026 edition of the Academy of Urbanism's e-journal, exploring the topic of Food & the City
1. Welcome
2. Letter from the Editors
3. The Academy in Action
4. The Urban Hunger Games
Christine Smallwood samples the current crop of urban food solutions from traditional to vertical farming.
9. In Praise of the Street Kiosk
Mark Bessoudo interviews Emilia Chegini on why the kiosk is more than just a small retail structure on the corner of a street.
12. Orchard Commons
Kath Rosen on how cities can grow their way out of crisis.
14. Saved by the Pub
Tristan Searight makes the case for the pub as a vital piece of community and public health infrastructure.
16. Food, Place, and Local Economies
Nick Miller establishes why food systems are critical to the creation of value, identity and resilience in places.
19. Taste of Place
Shane Quinn explores how Ireland’s food traditions shape people’s experience of the island’s places.
21. What else can food unlock?
Eike Sindlinger argues that the true value of food may lie in its ability to connect across different systems.
25. ArtPlace: Every Plate a Sun
Poem by Aisha Taj
26. Book Review: Gordon Cullen’s Townscape in USA
Reviewed by Alistair Barr
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