This article provides a case study and a proposal for a neighbourhood strategy to strengthen the local food system. The proposal is a manual for a transferable strategy on how to establish a decentralized network of food production, not to replace industrial agriculture but to address its weaknesses. This paper explores how establishing a local food system can encourage people to think big by growing on a small scale, and how urban agriculture can have positive environmental, social, and economic effects. The Hamilton Road Neighbourhood in London, Ontario is the particular case study site this paper explores and analyzes for its appropriateness and receptiveness to urban agriculture. The paper uses lessons adapted from Rob Hopkin’s Transition Town strategy to develop a specific illustration of what a cohesive infrastructure for a local food system could look like in the context of Hamilton Road as well as a manual for a transferable strategy for establishing a network of urban agriculture anywhere.

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做小做大：为安大略省伦敦设计本地食品系统

本文提供了一个案例研究，并提出了关于加强当地食品系统的邻里战略的建议。该提案是一份关于如何建立分散的粮食生产网络的可转让战略手册，不是取代工业化农业，而是解决其弱点。本文探讨了建立当地粮食系统如何通过小规模种植来鼓励人们从大处着眼，以及都市农业如何产生积极的环境、社会和经济影响。位于安大略省伦敦的汉密尔顿路社区是本文探索和分析其对都市农业的适当性和接受度的特定案例研究地点。