7. regional/national issues:
“the loss of 2,700 farms (since 2007) is
troubling at a time when worldwide
demand for food continues to grow. We
also know that North Carolina is gaining
about 100,000 people a year, which will
only increase the pressure on farmland.”
Steve Troxler, quoted on NC Dept of Ag and Consumer Services webpage
http://www.ncagr.gov/paffairs/release/2014/2-14ag-census.htm
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9. regional/national issues:
1 in 6 Americans faces hunger
Feeding America
http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/child-hunger-facts.aspx
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11. regional/national issues:
Obesity costs North Carolina $17.6 Billion
annually.
In 2010 North Carolina ranked 10th most
obese state, and 5th worst in childhood
obesity.
- Eat Smart Move More NC
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13. local issues:
Food deserts in Raleigh
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas.aspx#.UoKW6hayQwM
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14. local issues:
“incredible wealth and
advantage thrive alongside
increasingly intractable
pockets of concentrated
disadvantage”
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/why-it-so-incredibly-difficult-fight-urban-inequality/7519/
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18. from “Cities, Poverty, and Food: Multi-Stakeholder Policy and Planning in Urban
Agriculture”,MarianneDubbeling et al.
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23. Home gardens
Vertical systems
Community gardens
Farm training
Community composting
Urban farms
Local aggregators
Municipal compost
Food Banks
Farmers markets
Farm to School Farmstands
Festivals
Food incubators
Co-op groceries
City Food markets
Farm to table
Cottage industry
Local/urban food brings
solutions
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25. FOOD BUSINESS INCUBATOR
OFFICE SPACE
JOB TRAINING
URBAN FARMING
PRODUCTION KITCHEN
TEACHING GARDEN
http://www.crossstpartners.com/Baltimore_Food_Collaborative_Campus.html
FARM STAND
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26. Clusters work because related
organizations and institutions
gain mutual advantage through
proximity and interconnection.
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29. 5 points for an
URBAN FOOD
INNOVATION
CORRIDOR
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30. Point 1: focused area
A focused area, small enough to work and big enough
to inspire, that can expand as needed.
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39. “we have been able to grow the worker
pool by attracting a good deal of the
graduates from the local colleges with a
great quality of life at an affordable price.
In turn, it’s attracted companies in search
of talent.”
-Harvey Schmitt, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
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42. “Raleigh must figure out where to
put 120,000 dwelling units and
170,000 jobs in the next 20 years.”
http://raleighpublicrecord.org/news/2013/02/11/raleigh-planners-look-to-roi-for-future-growth/
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43. “urban farming and local food movements
are increasing in popularity and
profitability as the eco-conscious
Millennials and the health-conscious
boomers increasingly demand to know
what’s in their food and where it comes
from”
-Nate Abrams, www.policymic.com
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44. local issues:
“incredible wealth and
advantage thrive alongside
increasingly intractable
pockets of concentrated
disadvantage”
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/why-it-so-incredibly-difficult-fight-urban-inequality/7519/
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45. “when any of our systems are broken, the
pain is usually felt first – and worst – in
those communities that historically have
been excluded from opportunity and
access.”
-Hesterman. Fair Food
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46. Food deserts in Raleigh
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas.aspx#.UoKW6hayQwM
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47. Point 1: focused area
Point 2: existing assets
If we build off of existing food
assets, markets, organizations, and needs, we can go
further with less
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52. Point 1: focused area
Point 2: existing assets
Point 3: food projects are tools
Local and urban food gives us a toolbox with multiple
benefits, that can link diverse neighborhoods using
food system opportunities.
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55. from “Cities, Poverty, and Food: Multi-Stakeholder Policy and Planning in Urban
Agriculture”,MarianneDubbeling et al.
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57. Home gardens
Vertical systems
Community gardens
Farm training
Community composting
Urban farms
Local aggregators
Municipal compost
Farmers markets
Farmstands
Festivals
Food incubators
Co-op groceries
City Food markets
Farm to table
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Cottage industry
58. What might happen
on the Corridor?
What tangible benefits
might result?
Fresh food distribution
Healthy corner stores
Home garden + community
garden programs
Urban farms
Community kitchens
Composting centers
Events and Art
Walking trails, signs, mileage
Catalytic investments:
hubs, incubators, schools
Farm to restaurant, farm to school
Farmers markets (more)
Branded district + agri-tourism
Lots more . . .
Food access
Food jobs
Garden opportunities
Physical activity and obesity
prevention
Crime reduction
Civic participation
Solid waste reduction
Stormwater management
Vacant lot maintenance savings
Active public space
Greenhouse gas reductions
Sense of place
Community social capital
Higher home ownership
Increased property value
Stronger local economy
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59. Point 1: focused area
Point 2: existing assets
Point 3: food projects are tools
Point 4: think clusters
Clustering food projects together provides mutual
benefit through proximity,
and shared marketing and branding opportunities
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63. Point 1: focused area
Point 2: existing assets
Point 3: food projects are tools
Point 4: clusters
Point 5: let communities fill the vision
The corridor is a framework - imagine an open
scaffolding – where projects, organizations, and
communties define their own patterns of flexibility and
self-expression
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This is the source of food for most of us. If this is our only experience, the idea of clusters or corridors is hard to get excited about. Food isn’t complicated…
Before we get into clusters and corridors, let’s talk about food. The need to solve food is connected across global, regional, and community levels.The benefits we can realize from food often emerge at the community and local levels.Global pressures:Energy costs, Rising population,Climate unpredictability: Threaten mainstream global food supply
Regional:Losing farmersLosing farmland. Threatens regional economy, open space, and food securityCheck out CEFS
Economic: food system is an effective way to remove capital from a community
Social: “incredible wealth and advantage thrive alongside increasingly intractable pockets of concentrated disadvantage”
Social: “incredible wealth and advantage thrive alongside increasingly intractable pockets of concentrated disadvantage”
Local, urban:Public health + obesity,Hunger,Loss of sense of place,Pockets of poverty,Polarized and disconnected society. Threatens quality of life and opportunities for social equity and inclusion
Food is a PRODUCT when solving global hunger, or stocking a supermarket.Food becomes a TOOL for innovation when seen as a solution for local challenges.
local food brings solutionsThis makes sense if you think about how cities formed, evolved, and thrived in parallel with agriculture. Not until the railroads, refrigeration, autos, epidemiology, and efficient modernist zoning that separated uses in cities did agriculture separate from cities.
local food brings solutionsThis makes sense if you think about how cities formed, evolved, and thrived in parallel with agriculture. Not until the railroads, refrigeration, autos, epidemiology, and efficient modernist zoning that separated uses in cities did agriculture separate from cities.
local food brings solutionsThis makes sense if you think about how cities formed, evolved, and thrived in parallel with agriculture. Not until the railroads, refrigeration, autos, epidemiology, and efficient modernist zoning that separated uses in cities did agriculture separate from cities.
For small businesses and business types with slim margins, it’s a big dealExplain clusters:What’s a cluster? Abstract idea, can take many forms, sizes, industries.These are transferable ideas.Economic, ecological, and social reasons for clustersExample of the chdf talking to the farmer, passersby sees and remembers, tourist asks whats going on?
Called "one of the most ambitious social-service experiments of our time," by The New York Times, the Harlem Children's Zone Project is a unique, holistic approach to rebuilding a community so that its children can stay on track through college and go on to the job market.The goal is to create a "tipping point" in the neighborhood so that children are surrounded by an enriching environment of college-oriented peers and supportive adults, a counterweight to "the street" and a toxic popular culture that glorifies misogyny and anti-social behavior. 17000 kids, 100 blocks. Started as 2 blocks, as a cluster of services
Multiple factors must be considered, and this is where you must bridge disciplines. You must use a systems approach to link opportunities with needs.
Like any project, must balance pragmatism and idealism – this favors opportunism, this favors the low-hanging fruit. We don’t have unlimited resources. Reading the city, and knowing how local food works, lets us find the opportunities to align interests, to build collaborative inspiration and common purpose
Let’s start by admitting that we have hunger and health and poverty problems, we have social inequity, we have a desire to attract new, talented people and businesses and opportunity to Raleigh, and we all want fresh, healthy, and affordable food.
Social: “incredible wealth and advantage thrive alongside increasingly intractable pockets of concentrated disadvantage”
What does it mean for our city? How does a city relate to food?Can we create a connection between the local food movement and the needs for equity and opportunity in excluded communities?
Pragmatism. Being smart about new investment, reading your place, and making decisions that will strengthen what is there at the same time you build new opportunity around it.
Sidewalks – can we get more people out on them? Bike lanes – can we use them for bike vegetable delivery?10 bus lines run along or cross the corridor, not including the Moore Sq station, where 21 city bus lines and 11 Triangle Transit lines converge13000-14000 car trips per day are made along Blount and Person streets
Capacity building includes funds, resources (manpower, connections, influence), and stakeholder initiatives