Dec 10 2013 Urban Food Innovation Corridor

“To have the courage to start, one cannot
expect to have all the answers. The
planning of a city is a process that always
allows for corrections. Opening
communication channels for the
population to contribute, inform and
correct is key. A path has to be open for
the population to assume the process as
its own – to become agents”
-Jaime Lerner, former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil
Urban Food Innovation Corridor.November10 2013

Thank you for coming today.
This isn’t everyone who’s interested.
This may not work.


LAUNCHING AN

URBAN FOOD
INNOVATION
CORRIDOR
FOR RALEIGH

FOOD BUSINESS INCUBATOR
OFFICE SPACE
JOB TRAINING
URBAN FARMING
PRODUCTION KITCHEN
TEACHING GARDEN
http://www.crossstpartners.com/Baltimore_Food_Collaborative_Campus.html
FARM STAND
http://www.getlocal.coop/borrisokane/community-composting-enterprise-presentation-info-graphic/


http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines/Rogero-vows-to-press-ahead-with-Urban-Food-Corridor198483091.html


http://www.intervale.org/what-we-do/mission-vision/


http://eventful.com/burlington/venues/intervale-center-/V0-001-001509410-9


http://www.intervale.org/free-public-tours-at-the-intervalecenter/

http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=3541


A CITY’S
RELATIONSHIP
TO FOOD

2010: 403,892 population

2030: 800,000 population

“Raleigh must figure out where to
put 120,000 dwelling units and
170,000 jobs in the next 20 years.”
http://raleighpublicrecord.org/news/2013/02/11/raleigh-planners-look-to-roi-for-future-growth/


“urban farming and local food movements
are increasing in popularity and
profitability as the eco-conscious
Millennials and the health-conscious
boomers increasingly demand to know
what’s in their food and where it comes
from”
-Nate Abrams, www.policymic.com


“incredible wealth and
advantage thrive alongside
increasingly intractable
pockets of concentrated
disadvantage”
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/why-it-so-incredibly-difficult-fight-urban-inequality/7519/


Food deserts in Raleigh
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas.aspx#.UoKW6hayQwM


“when any of our systems are broken, the
pain is usually felt first – and worst – in
those communities that historically have
been excluded from opportunity and
access.”
-Hesterman. Fair Food


Southeast Raleigh
Kroger supermarkets


BIG ENOUGH
+
SMALL ENOUGH

URBAN FOOD
INNOVATION


from “Cities, Poverty, and Food: Multi-Stakeholder Policy and Planning in Urban
Agriculture”,MarianneDubbeling et al.


Home gardens

Vertical systems

Community gardens
Farm training

Community composting

Urban farms
Local aggregators

Municipal compost
Farmers markets
Farmstands
Festivals

Food incubators

Co-op groceries

City Food markets
Farm to table


Cottage industry

What might happen on the Corridor?
Fresh food distribution
Healthy corner stores
Home garden + community garden program
Urban farms
Community kitchens
Composting centers
Events
Walking trail, signs, mileage
Catalytic investment: hubs, incubators,
schools
Farm to restaurant, farm to school
Farmers markets (more)
Branded district + agri-tourism


“Urban public spaces can promote health
and well-being, learning, conflict
resolution, and tolerance, solidarity,
economic benefit, urban security,
democracy.”
-from “Convivial Urban Space” Shaftoe


1. CITY RELATIONSHIP w FOOD
2. RIGHT SIZE, PLACE, ASSETS
3. FOOD = URBAN INNOVATION


Stakeholder
outreach


Partnerships +
capacity building

Local
actions

Three scales of action:
BIG

Policy, Marketing,
Big Systems

MIDDLE

HUMAN

Food System
Connectivity +
Capacity

Organizing,
Teaching,
Health


1: Imagine your organization gets on board
with the corridor. What are the first one or
two steps you take to help make it happen?
(impactful, achievable)


1: Imagine your organization gets on board
with the corridor. What are the first one or
two steps you take to help make it happen?
(impactful, achievable)
2: In your group, what are the favorite 2 or
three ideas on this list?
(impactful, achievable, + COLLABORATIVE)


3: Who’s missing from those collaborative
first steps?
4: What resources are needed to make
them happen?


Dec 10 2013 Urban Food Innovation Corridor

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