RSA Leeds 2 July event Tom Bliss presentation

Tom Bliss Leeds Met, Leeds Sustainability Institute, Feed Leeds

Incredible Edible • Incredible Enterprise • Incredible Futures

Leeds: Fertile Ground

Leeds72% open space

Good farmlandwith green spokesrunning into the city

From ‘The Urbal Fix’ www.urbal.tv

Source UDP 2006

‘Continuous Productive Urban Landscape’ theory:

33% of fruit and veg produced within built-up area

edible public space project

Viljoen and Bohn 2008

33% within the built up area (inner zone)100% within the outer zone

Plus ‘local food’ within 30 mile? limit

Joining the dots...

LCC Parks and CountrysideLCC Redhall Nurseries

304/383Schools

Allotments

ENTERPRISE

EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY

ENTERPRISE

EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY

Allotments

LCC Parks and CountrysideLCC Redhall Nurseries

ENTERPRISE

LCC Parks and CountrysideLCC Redhall Nurseries

EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY

Allotments

MEASURING CHANGE

TRUG : UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, LEEDS MET / LSi et al

Urban Food Justice(Dr Chiara Tornaghi) Workshop Series, Feed Leeds research projectRevisiting Leeds Food Strategy (?)

Urban metabolism, agro-ecology and the challenge of food security(Prof Les Firbank, Dr Andy Ross, Dr Chiara Tornaghi et al)

• Assessment of main constraints identification of a strategy• Policy brief - built environment, neighbourhood planning and eco settlements• Education and popularisation programme including a film• Experimental gardens• Figures for up-scaling to city level

• Leeds Food Hub

Enough Group - Smart Volunteering

Leeds Met - Leeds Sustainability Institute / Green Vision, Landscape and Planning Dpts• LESSN Leeds Edible Schools Sustainability Network• Living Building Challenge - Strawworks pilot project• Leeds Met Welfare Allotments (Leeds Edible Campus)• Green Infrastructure and neighbourhood planning research• Design and Community projects

Much else...

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