WelcomeSustainable Food Systems: Building

the Foundation for Prepared Communities

Jim Bloyd, MPHChair, Food & Nutrition Section

Illinois Public Health Association 70th Annual Meeting, Lombard, IllinoisJune 14, 2011 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Youth Development, Jobs, Community Owned Solutions

Fresh Moves mobile produce store

Fresh Moves mobile

produce store

Green Youth Farm Chic Botanic Garden

Sustainable Food Systems Model

Source: 2007 ADA Primer on Sustainable Food: Healthy Land, Healthy People

Retail food-price increases, 1985 to 2000 Source: Muller (2004) cited by Wallinga (2009)

Source: Wise, T. cited by Wallinga (2009)

Source: Color of Food; Yvonne Yen Liu andDominique Apollon, Ph.D.

Applied Research Center arc.org

White House Garden 2011 KGI.org Kitchen Gardeners

International

America’s “Subsidy Garden”

Observed changes in growing season temperature for crop growing regions for 1980-2008.

• Health promoting• Sustainable• Resilient• Diverse• Fair• Economically Balanced• Transparent

Principles of a healthy, sustainable food system