This document discusses plans to cultivate a resilient food system in the River Road neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon. It outlines both long-term and short-term issues regarding food security and community food systems that the project aims to address. The neighborhood has assets like experienced residents and large lots with fertile soil that can support this work. Challenges include city codes and organizing neighbors. Examples provided include existing community gardens, education programs, and the potential for food forests and manufacturing related to sustainable agriculture. Next steps discussed are gathering feedback, follow-up meetings, grant writing, and partnerships.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad & 35 cents to feed a child pizza. What do you think schools feed our children?
The CoCo San Sustainable Farm in Martinez, CA is a project of the Earth Island institute, a non-profit environmental incubator in Berkeley.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad. Schools can not afford that. The food bank can not get salad vegetables because they are highly perishable and unavailable locally. We will be providing some free and some reduced-price produce to schools and the food bank by growing produce at a very low cost.
We will grow produce on 33 acres of unused Central Contra Costa Sanitary District buffer land, using recycled agricultural-grade water, which is otherwise discharged into the Bay. This recycled water is high in organic nitrogen, providing free fertilizer.
The Food Bank is a mile from the farm and will pick up the produce and use existing systems to distribute it to schools and clients.
Hence, we are deploying under-utilized resources to nearly eliminate 4 of the major costs of food production: LAND, WATER, FERTILIZER, and TRANSPORTATION.
Our business model is to generate revenue by selling 75% of the crops; renting community garden plots with classes; selling advertizing at the farm and on our website; and charging a fee for special services and events. Because we are a non-profit, we will also generate income from donations and grants. We will be sharing net revenues with Central San, financially benefiting rate-payers.
One of the goals of the farm is to educate. Every aspect of science touches a farm such as physics, soil science, hydrology, meteorology, and nutrition. We are working with State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Teacher of the Year, the Community College Board, and an expert who created internships for NASA to integrate the farm into school curricula.
The farm will be an incubator for green jobs. We will partner with other sustainable businesses to showcase their products and teach aspects of jobs related to these industries.
The environment will also benefit. Plants sequester carbon and clean the air. We reduce the major types of carbon pollution associated with food production: FOSSIL FUEL- BASED FERTILIZER and TRANSPORT. We will also rebuild barren soil and increase ground water, benefiting two adjacent creeks.
Sanitary districts all over the world have unused buffer land and throw away recycled water. Sanitary districts in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties discharge about 200 million gallons of water into the Bay on a dry day and 1 billion gallons of water on a rainy day.
Our business model is scalable and once proven, other sanitary districts can emulate to not waste this precious resource.
The farm will produce a Win-Win-Win for public health, education, the environment, the economy, and rate-payers.
An apple a day will not keep the doctor away. But a salad a day might!
Inspiration from Yewol for all of us (ICRISAT Policy Brief 14)ICRISAT
How communities joined hands to replenish the ecosystem that belongs to them in Ethiopian highlands. Five years ago, communities in the dry highlands of the Yewol mountains found it difficult to grow even their staple crops. In the rainy season, rainwater gushed down the slopes eroding the soil. Free grazing of cattle and unreliable rain affected the productivity so much that crops began to dwindle along with their livestock. Migration was the only way out for some. Food shortage stalked the residents and it still is a reality for some. At a time when the people were struggling with the situation, a watershed initiative was started by concerned local researchers with the support of the government. The project brought in the needed change among communities to join hands and work together to replenish the dwindling resources of their homeland, Yewol, which in Amharic means for all of us.
Project proposal to Fingal County Council for the establishment of a 'Fingal Food Forest' as a community resource & anchor tourist attraction for north county Dublin.
CoCo San Sustainable Farm is a non-profit urban farm project on sanitary district buffer land, using recycled water and sustainable farming practices that reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration in soil. This project focuses on reducing nutritional poverty. It's four goals are: Food Equity; Environment; Education; and Economic Development.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad & 35 cents to feed a child pizza. What do you think schools feed our children?
The CoCo San Sustainable Farm in Martinez, CA is a project of the Earth Island institute, a non-profit environmental incubator in Berkeley.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad. Schools can not afford that. The food bank can not get salad vegetables because they are highly perishable and unavailable locally. We will be providing some free and some reduced-price produce to schools and the food bank by growing produce at a very low cost.
We will grow produce on 33 acres of unused Central Contra Costa Sanitary District buffer land, using recycled agricultural-grade water, which is otherwise discharged into the Bay. This recycled water is high in organic nitrogen, providing free fertilizer.
The Food Bank is a mile from the farm and will pick up the produce and use existing systems to distribute it to schools and clients.
Hence, we are deploying under-utilized resources to nearly eliminate 4 of the major costs of food production: LAND, WATER, FERTILIZER, and TRANSPORTATION.
Our business model is to generate revenue by selling 75% of the crops; renting community garden plots with classes; selling advertizing at the farm and on our website; and charging a fee for special services and events. Because we are a non-profit, we will also generate income from donations and grants. We will be sharing net revenues with Central San, financially benefiting rate-payers.
One of the goals of the farm is to educate. Every aspect of science touches a farm such as physics, soil science, hydrology, meteorology, and nutrition. We are working with State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Teacher of the Year, the Community College Board, and an expert who created internships for NASA to integrate the farm into school curricula.
The farm will be an incubator for green jobs. We will partner with other sustainable businesses to showcase their products and teach aspects of jobs related to these industries.
The environment will also benefit. Plants sequester carbon and clean the air. We reduce the major types of carbon pollution associated with food production: FOSSIL FUEL- BASED FERTILIZER and TRANSPORT. We will also rebuild barren soil and increase ground water, benefiting two adjacent creeks.
Sanitary districts all over the world have unused buffer land and throw away recycled water. Sanitary districts in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties discharge about 200 million gallons of water into the Bay on a dry day and 1 billion gallons of water on a rainy day.
Our business model is scalable and once proven, other sanitary districts can emulate to not waste this precious resource.
The farm will produce a Win-Win-Win for public health, education, the environment, the economy, and rate-payers.
An apple a day will not keep the doctor away. But a salad a day might!
Inspiration from Yewol for all of us (ICRISAT Policy Brief 14)ICRISAT
How communities joined hands to replenish the ecosystem that belongs to them in Ethiopian highlands. Five years ago, communities in the dry highlands of the Yewol mountains found it difficult to grow even their staple crops. In the rainy season, rainwater gushed down the slopes eroding the soil. Free grazing of cattle and unreliable rain affected the productivity so much that crops began to dwindle along with their livestock. Migration was the only way out for some. Food shortage stalked the residents and it still is a reality for some. At a time when the people were struggling with the situation, a watershed initiative was started by concerned local researchers with the support of the government. The project brought in the needed change among communities to join hands and work together to replenish the dwindling resources of their homeland, Yewol, which in Amharic means for all of us.
Project proposal to Fingal County Council for the establishment of a 'Fingal Food Forest' as a community resource & anchor tourist attraction for north county Dublin.
CoCo San Sustainable Farm is a non-profit urban farm project on sanitary district buffer land, using recycled water and sustainable farming practices that reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration in soil. This project focuses on reducing nutritional poverty. It's four goals are: Food Equity; Environment; Education; and Economic Development.
Food (agriculture) production and distribution is estimated to cause approximately 25% of global warming (UN), which is causing drought in many areas. Agriculture uses 80% of the ground and surface water, increasing the water shortage. AgLantis is creating an urban farm right in the middle of heavy industry and will use hydroponic greenhouse production which yields as much as 40 times the produce using 10% of the water. The farm is on unused public buffer land, uses recycled agricultural grade water and is an innovate, replicable solution that dramatically decreases the carbon and water footprint of food production and distribution. Using recycled water high in nitrogen and phosphorus also eliminates the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers. The UN estimates 40% of agriculture is lost from farm-to-mouth. Growing in urban centers dramatically decreases that loss, much of which is due to long distane transportation.
Cold Climate Greenhouse - A Manual for Designing and Building a Cold Climate Greenhouse in Minnesota ~ University of Minnesota
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
2018 Open Space Conference - The Importance of Working Lands in a Changing WorldOpenSpaceCouncil
*Please note that animations in this presentations are not visible when viewed through Slideshare.
- Kara Heckert, California State Director, American Farmland Trust
- Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Jamison Watts, Executive Director, Marin Agricultural Land Trust
- Loren Poncia, Owner and Producer, Stemple Creek Ranch
These panelists spoke at the 2018 Open Space Conference - Conservation in a Time of Change - on May 10, 2018 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. More info on the website: http://openspacecouncil.org/community-events/conference/
Food (agriculture) production and distribution is estimated to cause approximately 25% of global warming (UN), which is causing drought in many areas. Agriculture uses 80% of the ground and surface water, increasing the water shortage. AgLantis is creating an urban farm right in the middle of heavy industry and will use hydroponic greenhouse production which yields as much as 40 times the produce using 10% of the water. The farm is on unused public buffer land, uses recycled agricultural grade water and is an innovate, replicable solution that dramatically decreases the carbon and water footprint of food production and distribution. Using recycled water high in nitrogen and phosphorus also eliminates the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers. The UN estimates 40% of agriculture is lost from farm-to-mouth. Growing in urban centers dramatically decreases that loss, much of which is due to long distane transportation.
Cold Climate Greenhouse - A Manual for Designing and Building a Cold Climate Greenhouse in Minnesota ~ University of Minnesota
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
2018 Open Space Conference - The Importance of Working Lands in a Changing WorldOpenSpaceCouncil
*Please note that animations in this presentations are not visible when viewed through Slideshare.
- Kara Heckert, California State Director, American Farmland Trust
- Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Jamison Watts, Executive Director, Marin Agricultural Land Trust
- Loren Poncia, Owner and Producer, Stemple Creek Ranch
These panelists spoke at the 2018 Open Space Conference - Conservation in a Time of Change - on May 10, 2018 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. More info on the website: http://openspacecouncil.org/community-events/conference/
Proposal for sustainable food system to benefit under nourished school childr...Susan Evans
GoodtoChina is a social enterprise that designs solutions for social innovation and sustainability that encourage a paradigm shift from non-sustainable behavior towards sustainable and healthy behavior. We tackle urban challenges by creating opportunities for change through the development of contemporary systems and environments and by providing tools and education to influence a change in people behavior: as a consequence of these interventions we help to propel new opportunities for social and environmental reform and economic revenue through changes in demand and supply to traditional systems.
Each strategy and design solution addresses the 3 pillars of sustainability, namely, social, environmental and economic.
Our umbrella goal is to create environments whereby people, business and environment are healthier and happier.
The impact from the systems we propose can be measured across both tangible and non-tangible elements that include: happiness, pollution, energy usage, renewable energy, food sources, renewable materials & construction.
We do this through a variety of products and services:
Sky Farms is one of our products and services
Sky farms: An innovative platform of experiential urban farming which encourages sustainable and healthy living, supports a paradigm shift from the conventional food model, which is rural, disconnected and monoculture to an alternative contemporary approach which is urban, connected and distributed.
Sky farms are designed to support social innovation and sustainability: they connect and engage communities, educate and enable sharing in collaborative socially desirable environments
Impact: positively impact the psychology and quality of life of urban residents by repurposing unused spaces and so encourage a re-distribution of the food chain, increase knowledge of how to grow local organic food, increase green space in the city that will help to reduce hot island city effect and reduce energy usage for cooling and heating,
A short booklet that describes how and why Bioversity International carries out research for development in agricultural and tree biodiversity. The booklet gives information about why agricultural and tree biodiversity matters for sustainable development, our strategic initiatives, where we work and our areas of scientific expertise. Find out more on www.bioversityinternational.org
Several Innovative Sustainability Initiatives for Various Sectors in RCE Grea...ESD UNU-IAS
This presentation was part of the RCE Americas Meeting 2017 in Vancouver, Canada on Sustainable Communities: Exploring the Role of ESD in Development of a “Green Culture”.
Nutrition-sensitive Landscapes - Biodiversity as a win win in Barotse, ZambiaBioversity International
Presentation given by Bioversity International Scientists Gina Kennedy and Fabrice Declerck on how taking a nutrition-sensitive approach is creating a 'win win' in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia by deploying biodiversity for both improved nutrition and for healthy agricultural ecosystems.
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/diet-diversity/nutrition-sensitive-landscapes/
This work is carried out in partnership with the CGIAR Research Programs on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health and Aquatic Agricultural Systems, the Earth Institute, Colombia University and Wageningen University.
Presentation about how regenerative agriculture sinks carbon in soil and helps reverse global warming. Plant photosynthesis uses CO2 in the atmosphere and microbes sequester carbon in soil by eating plant exudates at roots which are sugars. Protecting microbes is critical to drawing down atmospheric CO2 and sinking it in soil. Conventional agriculture kills the microbes in the soil and adds CO2 to the atmosphere. Regenerative agriculture is carbon negative.
A review of 3 big ideas: Paradigm shift, Neoliberalism vs Gaian Paradigm, Systems change.
See also addendum - Dynamic Diffusion.
Clare Strawn, Ph.D. May 2017
2. Food Security:
Long Term Issues- preparedness in a changing world,
resilience at times of disaster, sustainable agricultural
methods
Short Term Issues- feeding the under nourished and
homeless, healthy diets for children and seniors,
availability
Community Food System:
Long Term- access to food in neighborhood during
emergency, resilience through community
Short Term- availability of fresh food for seniors, hands-
on food experience for children, building community
4. What we have going for us
Community vision (River and Garden District)
Land with class 1 soil. Big lots and public land
Many properties as active models
Expertise and Design frameworks
Innovative entrepreneurs
Permaculture convergence
Active young people
CHALLENGES:
City/county annexation and codes – infill development push
Organizing collective action among neighbors
6. Cooperative cultivation
on private land
Vistara - Donated to senior food
program and fed a summer
workforce
Question Mark farm – Donated food
to Occupy and Burrito Brigade
Avant gardeners
7. Support for family gardens
Jan’s house and numerous other family gardens
9. What neighborhood garden
projects do you know of?
Avant Gardeners and other work
parties/brigades
Propagation fair March 28 – Whiteaker school
Upstart Nursery, veg starts give-aways
Community Supported WWOOFer program
Beekeeping
Neighborhood nurseries and garden consulting
Education programs
10. Examples from other neighborhoods
Friendly Fruit Tree Project and Common Ground Garden
Last year City Fruit in Seattle gleaned 27,948 pounds
of unused fruit from residential properties and donated
22000 pounds to food banks
Portland http://farmmyyard.org/
11. CSA /farm stand – food distribution
Soil building micro enterprise
Compost cooperative
Light manufacture
green houses, garden carts,
solar food dehydrators
Seed and plant exchanges
Greenhouse starts
Food for restaurants
Food preservation
Bee keeping
Herbs and medicinals
POTENTIAL ENTERPRISE
13. What defines a food forest?
An intentionally designed ecological
system
A large diversity of perennial species:
trees, shrubs, flowers, and ground-
covers.
Multiple layers (3 or more) of vegetation
from canopy to soil level.
A strong emphasis on food production."
21. Short and long term benefits to
individuals, families, community, Eugene
Impact of gardens on home economy and personal health
Impact of social capital (community) on quality of life
Impact on food security for vulnerable populations
Regional economic benefits of localization
Neighborhood showcase of permaculture design and new visions
Eugene on map for innovation
Creation of neighborhood light manufacturing and employment
Resilience in time of climate change
22. NEXT STEPS
Feedback Cards
Follow up meeting on Monday, March 23. 7 pm Rec
Center. 1400 Lake Drive
Write grant for Eugene Community program May 15
deadline
2015 shovel ready projects for Permaculture Convergence
Volunteering with the Permaculture Convergence at the
Rec Center in August
Powerpoint presentation will be on River Road Community
Organization Website.
23. For inspiration:
Impact of gardens on home economy and personal health
www.cura.umn.edu/publications/NPCR-1348.pdf
Impact of social capital (community) on quality of life
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3661291/
Impact of school garden projects http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/13152
Delicious Development: The Powerful Role of Local Food in Job Creation”
http://www.postcarbon.org/delicious-development-the-powerful-role-of-local-food-in-job-creation/
Monroe sharing garden http://thesharinggardens.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIDDvj4RxYM
Yes Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/cities-are-now
Zoning and legal support http://www.localfoodrights.com/
http://communityrightslanecounty.org/
Seattle http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/04/07/learning-from-seattles-urban-community-
gardens/
Contact information:
Prout Institute: Ravi Logan Clare Strawn www.proutinstitute.org info@proutinstitute.org
Heiko Koester urbanecogardens@gmail.com
Dan Armstrong: http://mudcitypress.com/
Avant Gardeners: https://www.facebook.com/groups/eugeneavantgardeners/
Permaculture Convergence: Jan Spencer http://www.northwestpermaculture.org/
School Garden Project http://schoolgardenproject.org/
Green Horn Lane: https://www.facebook.com/groups/104682389664525/
Editor's Notes
One of the outcomes of the recent listening sessions was the neighborhood desire to be known as the River and Garden district. I took this back to the Prout institute (housed right here on Horn Lane) and we got inspired to envision organizing the community to create a sustainable food system. Tonight we want to present some ideas and possibilities which we hope will inspire cooperation amongst neighbors.
How any people here have a garden? How many would like to have access to fresh organically grown food in your neighborhood?
What is resilience? The ability to adapt to changes - economic changes and climate changes. Social relationships, community, is the fabric of resilience. And Food Grows Community.
Dan is an author and food security activist. He was one of the founders of the Southern Willamette Valley Bean and Grain Project. He has also served on the Board of the Eugene Farmers Market. Few people in Eugene have looked as deeply at, or been as intimately involved with, the issue of food security for our community.
Our neighborhood currently spends about $41 million a year on food. (3.4% of L cnty based on population)
10% spent locally would keep $4 million in the community.
Ravi Logan is the Executive Director of the PROUT Institute an you can find him at Dharmalaya on Horn Lane. He has written and lectured on ecology, economics, social theory, history, and yoga philosophy. A neighborhood leader and visionary, At the core of his expression through the PROUT Institute, Ravi weaves together a depth of spiritual experience and a strong desire for social transformation. Ravi is responsible for the development of the Community Transformations Program and many River Road community development initiatives.
Existing projects – jan Spencer instigated reviving the filbert grove. Neighbors got to know each other. Harvested 50 lbs of filberts in first year
Ravi – talk about Vistary
Avant Gardeners stand up and say something
AUDIANCE brainstorming on identifying existing projects
SEQUE to POSSIBILITIES
Morning Glory café – Clare and Josh bought house with big land
Beeoloque
Heiko Koester is a Eugene based Permaculture designer and teacher. Heiko specializes in assisting clients with home landscape conversions. For twenty years he has applied unconventional gardening techniques to creating lush jungles filled with food medicine, and beneficial habitat.
In the process he has experimented with a huge diversity of useful plants and created his own model for bioregional landscaping.