The document discusses the oil and food crisis and the importance of local farming. It shows that between 2007 and 2008, gas prices rose 30% and the average food travels 1,500 miles before being consumed. However, locally grown food in Iowa traveled just 150 miles versus over 13,000 miles if sourced conventionally. There is a growing interest in local and urban agriculture to reduce transportation costs and reliance on distant farmland due to high energy prices. Urban farming can benefit the environment by using natural processes instead of heavy machinery and chemicals which have damaged 38% of global farmland since World War II.

2. A LOOK INTO FUEL AND FOOD ECONOMICS
REDISCOVERING THE IMPORTANCE OF FARMING

3. THE OIL AND FOOD CRISIS
SECTION 1

4. THE OIL AND FOOD CRISIS
SECTION 1

5. BETW EEN
PERC ENT
ROS E 30
AS P RICES AND 2008
G 2007
THE OIL AND FOOD CRISIS
SECTION 1

6. ON AVERAGE FOOD TRAVELS 1,500
MILES BEFORE BEING CONSUMED
BETW EEN
PERC ENT
ROS E 30
AS P RICES AND 2008
G 2007
THE OIL AND FOOD CRISIS
SECTION 1

7. ON AVERAGE FOOD TRAVELS 1,500 IN 1965, 787,000 COMBINATION
MILES BEFORE BEING CONSUMED TRUCKS WERE REGISTERED IN THE
UNITED STATES, AND CONSUMED
6.658 BILLION OF FUEL
BETW EEN
PERC ENT
ROS E 30
AS P RICES AND 2008
G 2007
THE OIL AND FOOD CRISIS
SECTION 1

8. ON AVERAGE FOOD TRAVELS 1,500 IN 1965, 787,000 COMBINATION
MILES BEFORE BEING CONSUMED TRUCKS WERE REGISTERED IN THE
UNITED STATES, AND CONSUMED
6.658 BILLION OF FUEL
IN 1997, THERE WERE
1,790,000 COMBINATION
BETW EEN TRUCKS THAT USED 20.294
PERC ENT
ROS E 30 BILLION GALLONS OF FUEL
AS P RICES AND 2008
G 2007
THE OIL AND FOOD CRISIS
SECTION 1

9. DATA COLLECTED FOR THE STATE OF IOWA
BY RICH PIROG OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

10. Distance as if through
Food Item Source Distance Traveled
conventional channels
Chuck Roast Dan Specht 75 miles 675 miles (CO)
(Clayton County, IA)
Potatoes Farmers Market 10-15 miles 1,300 miles (ID)
Carrots Our garden 40 feet 1,700 miles (CA)
Green Beans Our garden 40 feet 1,700 miles (CA)
Onions Farmers Market 10-15 miles 1,700 miles (CA)
Purple Cabbage Farmers Market 10-15 miles 1,700 miles (CA)
Tomatoes Our garden 40 feet 1,700 miles (CA)
Yellow Peppers Farmers Market 10-15 miles 1,700 miles (CA)
Olive Bread Farmers Market 10-15 miles 1,700 miles (CA)
Total Miles: 150 miles 13,875 miles
DATA COLLECTED FOR THE STATE OF IOWA
BY RICH PIROG OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

13. LOCAL AND URBAN AGRICULTURE
SECTION 2

14. “GIVEN THE HIGH ENERGY COSTS OF
TRANSPORTING FOOD FROM DISTANT
PLACES, ACCOMPANIED BY THE
CONTINUED LOSS OF FARMLAND IN
METROPOLITAN AREAS, THERE IS
INCREASING INTEREST IN GROWING
MORE FOOD LOCALLY AND
REGIONALLY” (KAUFMAN 6)
LOCAL AND URBAN AGRICULTURE
SECTION 2

15. Subsistence
Agriculture

16. Subsistence
Agriculture
“Subsistence production is cited as a
way to reduce household
expenditures on food, which averages
52-83% of income” (Nugent 72).

17. COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE IN CHICAGO
Subsistence
Agriculture
“Subsistence production is cited as a
way to reduce household
expenditures on food, which averages
52-83% of income” (Nugent 72).

19. URBAN AGRICULTURE: THE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 3

20. IT IS “ESTIMATED THAT SINCE WORLD
WAR II, POOR FARMING PRACTICES HAS
DAMAGED ABOUT 550 MILLION
HECTARES—AN AREA EQUIVALENT TO
38% OF ALL FARMLAND IN USE
TODAY” (HORIGGAN 447)
URBAN AGRICULTURE: THE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 3

21. IT IS “ESTIMATED THAT SINCE WORLD
WAR II, POOR FARMING PRACTICES HAS THE USE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT,
DAMAGED ABOUT 550 MILLION PESTICIDES, AND FERTILIZERS,
HECTARES—AN AREA EQUIVALENT TO HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED
38% OF ALL FARMLAND IN USE THE LAND AND CROPS
TODAY” (HORIGGAN 447)
URBAN AGRICULTURE: THE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 3

22. USE NATURAL PROCESSES: THE USE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT,
MANPOWER, INSECT REPELLENT PESTICIDES, AND FERTILIZERS,
HERBS, AND COMPOST. HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED
THE LAND AND CROPS
URBAN AGRICULTURE: THE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 3

23. THIS WILL STABILIZE SOIL
USE NATURAL PROCESSES:
FERTILITY, CLEAN THE AIR, AND
MANPOWER, INSECT REPELLENT
REDUCE OF COURSE THE CARBON
HERBS, AND COMPOST.
EMITTED BY HAVING FOOD
SHIPPED.
URBAN AGRICULTURE: THE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 3

25. STRUCTURE OF AN URBAN FARM
SECTION 4