dec 10 2013 urban food innovation corridor

Urban Food Innovation Corridor. November 10 2013

“To have the courage to start, one cannot expect to have all the answers. The planning of a city is a process that always allows for corrections. Opening communication channels for the population to contribute, inform and correct is key. A path has to be open for the population to assume the process as its own – to become agents”

-Jaime Lerner, former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil


Thank you for coming today.

This isn’t everyone who’s interested.

This may not work.


LAUNCHING AN URBAN FOOD INNOVATION CORRIDOR FOR RALEIGH


FOOD BUSINESS INCUBATOROFFICE SPACEJOB TRAININGURBAN FARMINGPRODUCTION KITCHENTEACHING GARDENFARM STAND http://www.crossstpartners.com/Baltimore_Food_Collaborative_Campus.html

http://www.getlocal.coop/borrisokane/community-composting-enterprise-presentation-info-graphic/


http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines/Rogero-vows-to-press-ahead-with-Urban-Food-Corridor-198483091.html


http://www.intervale.org/what-we-do/mission-vision/


http://eventful.com/burlington/venues/intervale-center-/V0-001-001509410-9 http://www.intervale.org/free-public-tours-at-the-intervale-center/


http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=3541


A CITY’SRELATIONSHIP

TO FOOD


2010: 403,892 population


2030: 800,000 population


“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/


“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


http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/why-it-so-incredibly-difficult-fight-urban-inequality/7519/

“incredible wealth and advantage thrive alongside increasingly intractable pockets of concentrated disadvantage”


http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas.aspx#.UoKW6hayQwM

Food deserts in Raleigh


“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


Southeast Raleigh Kroger supermarkets


BIG ENOUGH+

SMALL ENOUGH


URBAN FOODINNOVATION


from “Cities, Poverty, and Food: Multi-Stakeholder Policy and Planning in Urban Agriculture”,Marianne Dubbeling et al.


Home gardens

Community gardensFarm training

Municipal compost

Community composting

Co-op groceries

Farmers markets

Farmstands

Local aggregators

Urban farms

Vertical systems

Cottage industry

Food incubatorsFestivals

City Food markets

Farm to table


What might happen on the Corridor?

Fresh food distributionHealthy corner storesHome garden + community garden programUrban farmsCommunity kitchensComposting centersEventsWalking trail, signs, mileageCatalytic investment: hubs, incubators, schoolsFarm to restaurant, farm to schoolFarmers markets (more)Branded district + agri-tourism


“Urban public spaces can promote health and well-being, learning, conflict resolution, and tolerance, solidarity, economic benefit, urban security, democracy.”

-from “Convivial Urban Space” Shaftoe


1. CITY RELATIONSHIP w FOOD

2. RIGHT SIZE, PLACE, ASSETS

3. FOOD = URBAN INNOVATION


Stakeholderoutreach

Partnerships + capacity building

Local actions


Three scales of action:

BIG

MIDDLE HUMAN

Policy, Marketing,Big Systems

Food SystemConnectivity +

Capacity

Organizing, Teaching,

Health


1: Imagine your organization gets on board with the corridor. What are the first one or two steps you take to help make it happen? (impactful, achievable)


1: Imagine your organization gets on board with the corridor. What are the first one or two steps you take to help make it happen?(impactful, achievable)

2: In your group, what are the favorite 2 or three ideas on this list?(impactful, achievable, + COLLABORATIVE)


3: Who’s missing from those collaborative first steps?

4: What resources are needed to make them happen?


Stakeholderoutreach

Partnerships + capacity building

Local actions

dec 10 2013 urban food innovation corridor

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food deserts

local food movements

urban agriculture

urban security

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