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Food Systems Planning

Food Systems Planning. What is a Food Systems Planner?. Projects and Partners Policy: Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council Planning: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning go to 2040 plan Farmers Market Development: Bronzeville Community Market

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Food Systems Planning

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  1. Food Systems Planning

  2. What is a Food Systems Planner? • Projects and Partners • Policy: Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council • Planning: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning go to 2040 plan • Farmers Market Development: Bronzeville Community Market • Farmer Opportunities: Sustain & FamilyFarmed • Urban Agriculture: Chicago Botanic Garden • Food Traditions: Slow Food

  3. What is a food system? TO

  4. Sustainable Food Systems Four Pillars of Sustainability Environmental Economic Social Equity Cultural Vitality

  5. Food Shed Geographic boundaries of where local food comes from, like a watershed

  6. Food Miles Most food travels an average of 1,500 miles to reach our plate

  7. Local Food

  8. APA Policy Guide to Community and Regional Food Planning

  9. General Issues • Loss of Farmland • Aging Farmers • Protecting Agriculture • Role of Federal, State & • Local Government

  10. Links with the Economy • Globalization of the food system • Rural decline • Economic impact of local purchasing • Local purchasing policies • Labor and markets for food products

  11. Links with Health • Farm subsidies of certain crops • Obesity and food choices • Obesity and the built environment • Food contamination

  12. Links with Ecologic Systems • Energy use in food systems • Water in agriculture • CAFOs • Loss of biodiversity • Fisheries • Waste

  13. Links with Social Equity • Hunger and food insecurity • Emergency food preparedness • Food stamps • Supermarket initiatives • Access to land • Immigrant labor in the food sector

  14. Food Culture • Ethnic and cultural cuisine • Native American communities • Urban agriculture

  15. Comprehensive Food Planning & Policy Food Policy Councils: Civic Engagement Federal, State, Local Government

  16. The pleasure of food

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