Publications and Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Naomi Robert, Tammara Soma, Kent Mullinix (2024). Neoliberal growth vs food system democratization: narratives analysis of Canadian federal and civil society agri-food policy. Agriculture and Human Values. (Date of Acceptance: September 6, 2024)
• Robert, N. and Mullinix K (2022) Beyond: Lessons for redefining progress in Canadian food system policy. Frontiers in Communication, 6. 
• De Grandpre´ A, Elton C, Senese D and Mullinix K (2022) Soft adaptation: The role of social capital in building resilient agricultural landscapes. Frontiers in Agronomy, 106.
• Harder, R., Mullinix, K., and Smukler, S. (2021) Assessing the circularity of nutrient flows nested scales for four food system scenarios in the Okanagan bioregion, BC Canada. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5. 
• Harder, R., Giampietro, M., Mullinix, K., and Smukler, S. (2021) Assessing the circularity of nutrient flows related to the food system in the Okanagan bioregion, BC Canada. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 174. 
• Rallings, A. M., Smukler, S. M., Gergel, S. E., & Mullinix, K. (2019). Towards multifunctional land use in an agricultural landscape: A trade-off and synergy analysis in the Lower Fraser Valley, Canada. Landscape and Urban Planning, 184, 88–100.
• Robert, N. and Mullinix, K. 2018. Municipal policy enabling regional food systems in British Columbia, Canada: Assessing focal areas and gaps. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 
• Meidad Kissinger, M., Sussmann, C., Dorward, C., & Mullinix, K. (2018). Local or global: A biophysical analysis of a regional food system. Journal of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Journal of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.
• Harris, G., Nixon, D., Newman, L., and Mullinix, K. 2016. Delineating the Southwest British Columbia Bioregion for Food System Design and Planning: A Practical Approach. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 
• Dorward, C., Smukler, S.M., Mullinix, K. 2016. A novel methodology to assess land-based food self-reliance in the Southwest British Columbia bioregion. Journal of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 
• Mullinix, K., Dorward, C., Shutzbank, M., Krishnan, K., Ageson, K. and Fallick, A. 2013. Beyond Protection: Delineating the Economic and Food Production Potential of Underutilized, Small-parcel Farmland in Metropolitan Surrey, British Columbia. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 4(1). P. 1-18.
• Moreau, T., Moore, J., Mullinix, K. 2012. Mitigating Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Review of Scientific Information for Food System Planning. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2 (2). P. 237-246.
• Moreau, T., Moore, J., Mullinix, K. 2012. Planning for Climate Action in British Columbia, Canada: Putting Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation on Local Government Agendas. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2(2) 247-259.
• Moreau, T., Adams, T., Mullinix, K., Fallick, A., Condon, P. 2012. Recommended Practices for Climate-Smart Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture. Wageningen Academic Publishers.
• Condon, P., Mullinix, K., Fallick, A., Harcourt, M. 2010. Agriculture on the edge: strategies to abate urban encroachment onto agricultural lands by promoting viable human-scale agriculture as an integral element of urbanization. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. P.104-115.

Presentations

• Mullinix, k. 2019. Growing Resilience. Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiative Roundtable Good Food Summit, November 21st, 2019. Victoria, BC.

  Good Food Summit 2019. 1.pdf
• Robert, N. 2017. BC Municipal Food Policy Priorities: Taking Stock and Moving Forward. Second Annual Food Law & Policy Conference, November 4th, 2017. Ottawa, ON.   
• Dorward, C. 2017. The Way Forward: Food Policy Entrepreneurship. Cultivating Connections: Alberta Regional Food Systems Forum, February 5, 2017. Edmonton, AB. View it on Youtube HERE!
• Mullinix, M. 2015. Building Sustainable Food Systems in the 21st Century. KPU Science World Speaker Series, Summer 2015. Vancouver, BC. View it on Youtube HERE!
• Dorward, C. 2015. Methods to assess current food self-reliance status and model future food self-reliance capacity of Southwest BC, Canada. UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference. March 5th, 2015. Vancouver, BC.
• Mullinix, K. 2014. Tedx Talks: Nourishing Land, People and Community. Hosted by Kwantlen Polytechnic University. View it on Youtube HERE!
• Rallings, A.M., Smukler, S.M., Mullinix, K. 2014. Implications of hedgerow networks for structural connectivity and farmland allocation in Delta, British Columbia. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 10-15. Sacramento, CA.

• Mullinix, K. 2014. Climate Change & Food. Food for Thought: Progressive Governance Forum, hosted by the Columbia institute Centre for Civic Governance, April 4-5, 2014. Vancouver, BC.

  Columbia Institute- Civic Goverance Forum 2014.pdf

• Dorward, C. 2013. Yukon Food System Design and Planning Project: Progress and Looking Forward. Invited presentation at the North of 60 Agriculture Conference, hosted by the Yukon Agriculture Branch, Yukon Agricultural Association, and Yukon Young Farmers. November 1st 2013. Goldrush Inn, Whitehorse, Yukon.

  ISFS - Circumpolar Ag Conference Poster (2013).pdf

• Mullinix, K., Dorward, C., and Gibson, S. 2013. Yukon Food System Design and Planning Project: Enhancing Agriculture and Food Self-Reliance in Canada’s North. Poster Presentation at the 9th Circumpolar Agricultural Association Conference and University of the Arctic Inaugural Northern Food Summit, September 9 2013. Hotel Alyeska. Girdwood, Alaska.

  ISFS - North of 60 Conference Presentation (2013).pdf
• Dorward, C. 2013. Economic, Job Creation, and Food Production Potential on Underutilized ALR Land in Surrey, BC. Presentation at the Certified Organic Associations of BC Annual Conference. Vernon, BC. February 23rd 2013.
• Mullinix, K. Bioregional Food System Design and Planning. Presentation at the Certified Organic Associations of BC Annual Conference. Vernon, BC. February 23rd 2013.
• Mullinix, K. Post-industrial Food Security. Presentation to the Canada India Agriculture and Food Processing Forum. Vancouver, BC. September 10th, 2012.
• Fallick, A. Strategies to enhance the integration of urban culture with agriculture in British Columbia, Canada. Presentation to the Third Annual International Sustainability Conference. Basel, Switzerland. August 29th, 2012.
• Dorward, C. and Moreau, T. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in Metro Vancouver. Co-Presentation at the Canadian Association for Food Studies Annual Conference. Waterloo, Ontario. May 28th, 2012.
• Mullinix, K. The Richmond Farm School: An extension education program to prepare 21st century urban and peri-urban farmers. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Annual Conference. University of Alberta. June 15th, 2011.
• Mullinix, K. Toward a Viable 21^st Century Agri-Food System. Presentation to the Yukon Agricultural Association. Whitehorse, Yukon. March 4^th, 2011.

Other Published Materials

• Mullinix, K., Robert, N., & Harbut, R. (2019). Conference Proceedings Preface: Place-Based Food Systems: Making the Case, Making it Happen. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9 (A), 1-3.
• Dorward, C., Chiu, C., Mullinix, K., Botkin, K. 2016. Keeping your flock healthy. BC Organic Grower. Volume 19, Number 2, spring 2016. p.24-27. Vernon, BC. 
• Sussmann, C., C. Dorward, W. Polasub, K. Mullinix and B. Mansfield. 2016. Home on the Range: Cost pressures and the price of farmland in Metro Vancouver. Vancouver City Savings Credit Union. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 
• Mullinix, K. 2015. Guest Editorial: Working with Indigenous Peoples to Foster Sustainable Food Systems. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 
• Afeworki, E. 2014. Why You Need Enterprise Budgets. Journal for the Certified Organic Associations of BC 17 (4). P.16-19 Afeworki (2014 BC Organic Grower) Why You Need Enterprise Budgets.pdf
• Dorward, C., Schutzbank, M., and Mullinix, K. The Economics of Urban Farming. Chapter in The Urban Farming Guidebook: Planning for the Business of Growing Food in BC's Towns and Cities. Published by the EcoDesign Resource Society, 2013.
• Singfield, C. 2016. Integrating Livestock into Farm Rotations. BC Organic Grower. Winter 2016. Vernon, BC.
• Mullinix, K., Fallick, A., Henderson, D. 2009. Beyond Food Security: Urban agriculture as a form of resilience in Vancouver, Canada. Urban Agriculture Magazine; Number 22.
• Mullinix, K. 2009. Envisioning a Preferred Metro-Vancouver Agri-food System Future. Unpublished.
• Fallick, A. and Mullinix, K. 2009. Sustainable, Local Agriculture is the Way Forward. Special article in the Vancouver Sun.
• Mullinix, K. and Fallick, A. 2008. Local-scale Agri-food Systems for Sustainable Cities Through Municipally Enabled and Supported Agriculture. White Paper with the Surrey Board of Trade submitted for the Surrey Regional Economic Summit, 2008.