Administering and Managing the U.S. Food System

A. Bryce Hoflund is associate professor and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Chair of Healthcare Administration and Policy in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. John C. Jones is assistant professor in the center for environmental studies at Virgina Commonwealth University. Michelle C. Pautz is professor of political science and assistant provost for the common academic program at the University of Dayton.

Introduction: Setting the Table to Study Food Systems through Public Administration

A. Bryce Hoflund, John C. Jones, and Michelle C. Pautz

Section II. Politics and Policy

Chapter One. How the Farm Bill Underpins U.S. Nutrition Policy

Brent Blevins

Chapter Two. The Politics of SNAP Mathematics

Angela Babb

Chapter Three. The Role of Crop Insurance in Shaping Production Trends and Environmental Outcomes in the U.S. Agri-Food System

Kristal Jones, Daniel Tobin, Laurie Ristino, Carina Isbell, and Jake Jacobs

Chapter Four. Hating Health Meals: Policy Rollbacks and School Meals

Jennifer Rutledge

Chapter Five: Taking Students and Staff Seriously: The National School Lunch Program as Co-ProductionAmy Rosenthal

Chapter Six. Using a Multidimensional Food Insecurity Framework to Inform Public Policy

Danni Smith, Erin Feichtinger, Jodi Benenson

Chapter Seven. Growing a Greener Lens: Connecting Concepts of Public Affairs and Sustainability from a Food Systems’ Frame

Rachel Emas

Section III. Regulation

Chapter Eight. Informationism in Food Policy: How the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Came to Regulate Food Through Informative Labeling

Xaq Frohlich

Chapter Nine. Contested Regulations in the Organic Foods Sector: Public Administration’s Challenging Encounter with Alternative Food Activism

Michael Haedicke

Chapter Ten. Seed Libraries in the U.S.: Regulations, Seed Saving, Seed Sharing, and Seed Sovereignty

Nurcan Atalan-Helicke, Andrew J. Schneller, Clarivel Gonzalez, Carolyn Lois, and Helen Alemayehu Mebrate

Section IV. Budget and Finance

Chapter Eleven. Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Short-Term Collaborative Networks: A Case Study of Communities Putting Prevention to Work Nutrition Initiatives in Douglas County, Nebraska

Can Chen, A. Bryce Hoflund, and Carol Ebdon

Chapter Twelve. Framework for a Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Large-Scale Food Processing Plant in a Small Rural Community: The Case of Costco’s Poultry Plant in Fremont, Nebraska,

Sungho Park, Craig S. Maher

Section V. Emergency Management

Chapter Thirteen. Addressing Nutrition During and After a Humanitarian Emergency

Sheila Fleischhacker

Chapter Fourteen. Food Insecurity and an Economic Crisis: The Case of Omaha, Nebraska during the Coronavirus Shutdowns

Emily MacNabb and B.J. Fletcher

Section VI. Conclusion

Conclusion: Connecting Food Systems and Public Administration: Key Takeaways and Future Research

A. Bryce Hoflund, John C. Jones, Michelle C. Pautz