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Finding Synergy: Developing Long Term Food Goals for Upper Manhattan

Finding Synergy: Developing Long Term Food Goals for Upper Manhattan. A proposal for discussion at the Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan by the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College. Re-Cap of Last Meeting: Establishing Common Themes. Re-cap of Last Meeting: HFUM MAP.

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Finding Synergy: Developing Long Term Food Goals for Upper Manhattan

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  1. Finding Synergy: Developing Long Term Food Goals for Upper Manhattan A proposal for discussion at the Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan by the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College

  2. Re-Cap of Last Meeting: Establishing Common Themes

  3. Re-cap of Last Meeting: HFUM MAP

  4. Looking Ahead: A proposal Over the next 3-6 months, convene a working group of Upper Manhattan food groups to develop shared long term goals for local food groups in order to: • Find common ground that unites us • Maximize our cumulative impact • Use limited resources more efficiently • Create a culture of sharing and collective action • Avoid duplication of effort

  5. Common Goals To spark discussion, over the last 6 months we have consulted with various groups to draft possible common goals. They are presented here not as a finished product but as a first draft that can be developed and refined over time.

  6. Some Questions to Ask on Each Goal What’s happening now? What groups are active in this domain? What have been achievements over last 5-10 years? What are brick walls blocking progress? What are windows of opportunity for moving forward? What can be achieved in Upper Manhattan and what requires citywide or national action? What metrics are available for tracking progress?

  7. For example: Increase number and affordability of alternative sources of healthy food. What’s happening now? Green carts Farmers Markets Food box distribution CSAs School-based food distribution What else? What groups are active in this domain? Harvest Home Corbin Hill Food Project GROW NYC DPHO Harlem Seeds Who else?

  8. Goal: Increase number and affordability of alternative sources of healthy food. What have been achievements over last 5-10 years? • In 2002, no farmers market in East Harlem. • Now five in East Harlem and others in Central Harlem and Washington Heights

  9. Goal: Increase number and affordability of alternative sources of healthy food. What are brick walls blocking progress? What are windows of opportunity for moving forward? DOHMH interest in alternatives, state funding, food hub task force Inadequate distribution system for alternative outlets, high prices for fruits and vegetables, quality

  10. Goal: Increase number and affordability of alternative sources of healthy food. What can be achieved in Upper Manhattan and what requires citywide or national action? Upper Manhattan • Food Coops, CSA’s, etc. • Creation of food hubs • Increase storage opportunities for Green Cart owners Citywide/National • Increase health bucks allocation and distribution • Increase health bucks allotted for Seniors • Increase SNAP dollars and find new incentives for healthier food

  11. Next steps? We invite Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan members interested in developing such goals to join a working group to develop these ideas for presentation to HFUM at our next meeting.

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