Drilling 4 Soil: The Case for Urban Ag & Food Policy

Elements of Progressive Food Policy 2010 World Town Planning Day OnlineConference 08Nov10 Feeding Cities The Future of Sustainable Local Food Systems

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Right to Food UNHRD Article 25 Town City Food Policy Food System Assessment Land Inventory Economic Development #1 Barrier = Access to Land Targets: % of population accessing local food City of 1M = 10B food items/year

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Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0
Market Gardening = Employment
Small Plot Intensive: SPIN
Small Scale Livestock = Worms
Egg Production & Dairy
Small Scale Infrastructure
Plant/Sow & Harvest/Processing
CSUF = Urban Farm = Biz
Value Added & Repurposing
Farmer’s Market
SAGA = Sustainable AG Academy
iTUB Intensively & Totally Utilized Bio

HOW TO FEED 750,000 Calgarians:
Calgary = 745 Square Kilometre(s) = 74500 Hectare(s) = 184,093 Acres = 8,019,113,260. Sq Ft
Calgary Local Food System = 272 sq. kms UNTOUCHED land held in reserve for future growth = 27,200 Hectares = 67,212 Acres = 2,927,783,633 Sq Ft
3. 272 sq kms = 731,945 gardens that are 4,000 sq ft (area required to feed 1 person for a year sustainably & biointensively.)

Land Inventory
London, England = 22 acres
Oakland = 1200 acres
Calgary = almost 100,000 acres

Beer Garden

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Drilling 4 Soil: The Case for Urban Ag & Food Policy

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