Tools

The Flint Leverage Points Project has resulted in multiple methodological tools that can be used to replicate the research in other cities – below are short protocols outlining these tools.

Tool #1: A guide to visioning and Q methodology in food systems

August 11, 2021

Combining visioning and Q methodology allows the community to outline and prioritize their values, allowing decision makers to ensure future plans are centered around the community.

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Tool #2: Scenario Planning Workbook: Leveraging Food System Change in Flint

August 11, 2021

This workbook guides researchers and community members to co-create scenarios that represent plausible, yet transformative, descriptions of a positive future for the food system in Flint in 20 years from now (2042).

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