A foodshed is a concept analogous to a watershed, describing the catchment of the sources of food for a region. As such, it portrays linkages ranging from local communities out to the global food system. Inefficiencies exist at all stages of the food supply chain, resulting in the challenges of inequitable access to healthy and safe food. Many of these inefficiencies are informational; for instance, food being wasted that could be donated to food banks were there communication of the need. These informational inefficiencies can be ameliorated by a stronger semantic characterization of the links between actors and resources in the food system, allowing for the development of smarter software technologies to facilitate interconnections. We discuss an iterative process to improve informatics frameworks for the foodshed by engaging with regional stakeholders to identify important issues and information needs. Key Words: food systems, ontologies, semantic web, smart foodsheds, stakeholder engagement.

食区是一个类似于分水岭的概念，它描述了某个地区食物来源的流域。因此，它描绘了从地方社区到全球粮食系统的各种联系。在食品供应链的各个阶段都存在效率低下的问题，这带来了获取健康安全食品的挑战。这些低效率中的许多都是信息性的。例如，浪费的食物可以在需要的情况下捐赠给食物库。通过加强食品系统中参与者与资源之间联系的语义特征，可以改善这些信息效率低下的情况，从而可以开发更智能的软件技术来促进互连。关键字：食品系统，本体，语义网，智能食品区，利益相关者参与。