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

Elements of Progressive Food Policy

2010 World Town Planning Day OnlineConference08Nov10

FeedingCitiesThe Future of Sustainable Local Food Systems

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Right to FoodUNHRD Article 25

Town City Food Policy

Food System Assessment

Land Inventory

Economic Development

#1 Barrier = Access to Land

Targets: % of populationaccessing 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

iTUBIntensively & Totally Utilized Bio

HOW TO FEED 750,000 Calgarians:

1. Calgary = 745 Square Kilometre(s) = 74500 Hectare(s) = 184,093 Acres = 8,019,113,260. Sq Ft

2. 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 acresOakland = 1200 acresCalgary = almost 100,000 acres

Beer Garden

Thank You!

Paul HughesCalgary

paul@paulinate.com

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