Design research reveals innovation criteria for food systems in rural communities, suggesting new tools for civic agriculture.
We report on design research for tech policy innovation in agriculture. We first present findings of an investigation into the resilience of a small-scale food system in a rural community situated in Eastern Washington State, United States. Drawing on these findings and civic agriculture as a normative frame, we develop a design toolkit that can be used to envision and explore tech policy innovations in agriculture. Our contributions are fivefold: 1) A design research case study in civic agriculture; 2) A resilience grammar for tracing resilience thinking in context; 3) An exploration of civic agriculture as a normative lens for responsible innovation; and 4) Four tech policy innovation criteria and a prototype of The Tech Policy Innovation Cards for Agriculture toolkit. Most broadly, 5) we contribute a proof-of-concept of moving from a design research case to the development of methods and toolkits for tech policy innovation.
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