The Green Economy: From the Margins to Centre Stage
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Presentation by Karen Hutchinson, Executive Director, Caledon Countryside Alliance at the 2009 Ontario Trillium Foundation professional development conference.
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The Green Economy: From the Margins to Centre Stage
- 1. Repowering Our Local Food System The Green Economy – From Margins to Centre Stage Karen Hutchinson, Executive Director Caledon Countryside Alliance – Eat Local Caledon Ontario Trillium Foundation Conference New Thinking for New Times, November 6, 2009
- 4. But I don’t like root vegetables…So let’s get the barriers out of the way first!
- 6. Local Food from Caledon and Area on April 30, 2009
- 8. Lunch at Building the Infrastructure for Local Food In Ontario Conference in Toronto on May 1, 2009
- 18. From Sustain Ontario >55,000 farms in Ontario From 1996-2006 Ontario lost 15% of its farms Negative net farm incomes Average age of farmers is 53 years 4 companies control over 80% of market share in food retail Food is a social determinant of health Over 35% of children 2-11 overweight or obese 1/3 adults overweight or obese Cost of obesity over $7 billion nationally Poverty induced costs related to health care are $3 billion in Ontario Health, Food and Farming in Ontario
- 28. Youth Programs – School Gardens, Cooking Classes, Youth Grow Group
- 30. Youth Grow Group – Summer Cooking and Gardening
- 31. Caledon Crunch – 4000 Students and Staff at 8 Caledon Schools, 5 Caledon Apple Orchards, Town Hall Staff at 11:00 am on September 29 th , 2009 - all crunching apples connected by a live countdown on Radio Caledon
- 42. Thank you to the staff and volunteers of the Ontario Trillium Foundation for believing in our vision and supporting us to deliver leading edge programs.
Editor's Notes
- 1. Iowa, Michigan, Vermont, Pennsylvania, the West Coast and many other locations are all involved in re-powering their local food systems. Systems. 2. Eat Fresh and Grow Jobs Study, Michigan, Sept 2006 – economic model to show Michigan can improve economy by creating linkages between farmers and consumers. 3. From Leopold Centre in Iowa, local produce = local profits – farmers’ markets, CSA’s, institutional sales. 4. Chicago – November 2008 – Brian Snyder Presentation from Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture - New evidence that small farms are now breaking into higher income brackets and building a new local food and farm economy with serious growth potential - Building alliances and networks to supply bigger orders - A number of Pennsylvania farms are grossing more than $500,000 with the CSA model – most still are in the under $50,000 bracket - Hooking up farms with their local markets is a proven path to increased farm profitability
- Who is involved in Local Food: Sustain Ontario – Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming (www.sustainontario.com) Local Food Plus – local and sustainable food for institutional and retail procurement and certification (www.localfoodplus.ca) Toronto Food Policy Council Caledon Countryside Alliance/Eat Local Caledon Foodlink Waterloo Food Down the Road - Kingston Ontario Culinary Tourism – Ottawa, Niagara, Muskoka, Prince Edward Country, Norfolk and many more Slow Food Foodshare The Stop GTA Agricultural Action Committee Farm Fresh Maps – Waterloo, Wellington, Peel, Halton, Durham and more Farmers, chefs, foodies, environmentalists, business people, government, academics, gardeners And so many more in villages, towns and cities across the Province
- Main organizers and co-sponsor for Toronto Food Policy Council’s Annual Local Food Conference from 2003 -2006 2003 - Eat Local, Buy Local, Sell Local 2004 - Eat Local, Buy Local, Sell Local - Community Farmers Markets 2005 – Farm Folk, City Folk – How New Alliances Can Bring Local Food to the Table 2006 – Local Food Success Stories from London and the UK 2006 - What Does Local Food Really Mean? Getting Down to Business with Local Jobs, Sales and Economic Development Worked with a larger committee, to organize and sponsor the 2009 Annual Local Food Conference 2009 – Building the Infrastructure for Local Food in Ontario
- In Waterloo Region local production of total vegetables (excluding greenhouse vegetables) increased by 129.1 % between 2001 and 2006 while the provincial and national data indicated decreases for these crops during the same time period: 8.6 % in Ontario and 6.5 % in Canada (Statistics Canada). Region of Waterloo Public Health created Foodlink to building capacity for the local food economy. Foodlink helped develop the Elmira Produce Auction Cooperative (EPAC), a group operated by members of the local farming community that sells locally-grown produce three times a week by means of an auction. It is likely that EPAC has been an impetus for farmers to grow more vegetables.
- 2002 – Buy Local Guide for Headwaters 2003 – 2006 – Key organizer and sponsor of Local Food Conferences 2006 – Founding partners on Grown in Peel Guide 2007 – First Eat Local Week 2007- 2009 – Making Connections, Local Dinner Series, Monthly Newsletter 2008 – Launch of Inglewood Farmers’ Market Launch of www.eatlocalcaledon.org 2008 - 2009 – Eat Local Month 2008 – Launch of Caledon Crunch 2007-2009 - School Work (cooking classes, seed starting, school gardens) 2009 – Founding partner on Caledon Farmers’ Market 2009 – Caledon Crunch – 4000 Caledon elementary students and staff at 8 schools and staff at Town Hall crunched on a Caledon grown apple at once joined by live broadcast on Radio Caledon 2009 – Take a Bite Out of Climate Change Program– promoting a climate friendly diet with workshops, demonstrations, information at public events including markets with a local food pledge
- This is already happening Detroit where Motor City is changing to a food and farming haven.