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What is the City Exchange Project?• The City Exchange Project idea sprung from a need to be able to
discuss issues and topics on food systems with other organizations
across the US.
• Many times, the only way inter-city dialogue is created between
staff/leaders of different community organizations is through
conference networking.
• The City Exchange Project seeks to electronically convene leaders from
across the country and engage them in relevant and useful
conversations on pressing and pertinent food systems issues from the
comfort of your own office.
Click above for CRFS website
Guiding QuestionsUrban Ag Production • 1.) Please explain the work your organization does with urban
agricultural production e.g. where you farm, what you produce, where you sell, who you employ, etc
• 2.) Does your organization focus on urban agriculture for reasons other than production and profit? For example do you use urban ag as a mechanism for providing job/skills training to youth, adults, unemployed citizens or as a way to congregate and educate neighborhood residents on the importance of growing and eating well, etc.
• 3.) What are some of the biggest challenges to intensive growing in an urban setting?
• 4.) What have been some highlights or successes of your organization as it relates to urban ag? For example: a profitable year as a CSA/farmers market vendor, trained x number of residents in production practices, etc.
Guiding Questions
Land Access
• 5.) What are the biggest obstacles to obtaining and retaining
land for your organization as well as other orgs and individuals in
your community?
• 6.) Do you have any potential solutions to offer municipal
governments, private/commercial landowners that might
improve land access for your org and those who want to engage
in urban agriculture?
Talking Points and Themes
Urban Agriculture
• Profitable production
• Neighborhood resident skill-building and training – internships, paid employment
• Health and nutrition education – youth and adults
• Community development – building social networks, providing positive activities for youth
• Selling mechanisms – CSA, farmers market, market basket, donations, etc
Land Access
• Procuring and retaining land
• Municipal policies for urban growers and urban ag orgs to access land
• “Guerilla gardening”
• Private business/landowner role in accessing land
• Cost of land in urban settings
Facilitator• George Reistad
• Assistant Policy Director – Michael Fields Agricultural
Institute
• Communications Coordinator – Community and Regional
Food Systems Project
Call Participants• Lynette Richards – Metro High School Teacher (retired) – Cedar Rapids,
IA
• Clint Twedt-Ball – Co-founder/Co-Executive Director - Matthew 25 –
Cedar Rapids, IA
• Derek Steele – Health Equity Programs Director – Social Justice Learning
Institute – Los Angeles, CA
• http://bit.ly/1u7GGmF
• Erika Allen – Executive Director, Growing Power-Chicago, Chair -
Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council (CFPAC) – Chicago, IL
• Sonia Kendrick – Founder/Farmer – Feed Iowa First – Cedar Rapids, IA
• Danny Block – Program Admin – Chicago State Univ. – Neighborhood
Assistance Center, Member - CFPAC – Chicago, IL
• Katie Jones – Health Ed Specialist – Linn Co. Public Health, Linn Co.
Food Systems Council – Cedar Rapids, IA
• Kibibi Blount-Dorn – Program Manager – Detroit Food Policy Council –
Detroit, MI
• Carrie Edgar – Community Food Systems Department Head – Univ. of
Wisconsin Cooperative Extension – Madison, WI
Clint Twedt-Ball
• Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director - Matthew 25 - Cedar Rapids, IA
www.hub25.org
Derek Steele
Health Equity Program Director - Social Justice Learning Center
Los Angeles, CA (Inglewood)
http://www.sjli.org/
Photo Courtesy – Growing a Greener World
Click photo above for Growing Power Website
National Projects Director - Growing Power – Chicago,
Chair – Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council
Erika Allen
Growing Power - Chicago
Iron Street Farm
• Growing Power's Chicago Projects
Office officially opened in February of
2002 to manage resource development
and the technical assistance needed to
assist emerging Community Food
Centers and urban and small farm
projects in the metropolitan Chicago
area.
• The Chicago office has established
projects that have received national
recognition and exemplify the mission
of the organization. In Chicago, we are
currently farming over 12 acres of land
within the city!
Sonia Kendrick
• Sonia Kendrick is the founding farmer, a combat veteran, agronomist, and working towards a masters degree in sustainable food systems but mainly just an informed and concerned mother of two amazing children.
• “Whomever controls our food controls us and our democratic right to rule ourselves is rooted in our ability to feed ourselves.” Sonia Kendrick
Feed Iowa First• Mission: To confront food insecurity today and
tomorrow by growing food and farmers.• Feed Iowa First has 12 farms in Linn Co. Iowa. We grow on
underutilized land around churches and business. We also grow on 16 acres of donated farmland. We do not have total yield numbers yet but it is well over 20,000 lbs of vegetables. We currently only have one beginning farmer but we have worked this season with seven other beginning farmers. All of the produce that we grow is donated to food pantries and shelters as well as meals on wheels. We do not charge for the food that we donate.
• Our current project is building a walipini fish farm next to a low income school. We are planning to take the waste from the school and feed it to black soldier flies then feed the black soldier flies to the fish and have the fish connected to a hydroponic system that will allow us to grow lettuce for the school to have a salad bar.
• Our goal is to get 500 acres of underutilized land turned into vegetable production that would provide the almost 26,000 food insecure in our county with the bare minimum of vegetables a day. We believe that the next generation of farmers are in the city and need to be brought out of the city as a social effort in order to ensure that we are fed into the future. We are also advocates for teaching all children how to feed themselves – A skill that should be as fundamental as writing their names.
Danny Block
Daniel Block – Director, Fredrick Blum Neighborhood Assistance Center, Member – Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council
Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council
• As Co-chair of the CFPAC,
Erika and other board
members facilitate the
development of responsible
policies that improve access
for Chicago residents to
culturally appropriate,
nutritionally sound, and
affordable food that is
grown through
environmentally sustainable
practices.
Katie Jones• Katie Jones is a Health Education Specialist at Linn County Public
Health in Cedar Rapids. In her position, she is involved with many
different coalitions, such as the Linn County Food Systems Council,
and manages the county’s Community Transformation Grant, which
includes activities to improve the food system.
• She received her Master of Public Health in Community and
Behavioral Health from the University of Iowa College of Public
Health in May 2012.
Click above for Linn Co Food Systems
Assessment Snapshot
Linn Co Public Health and
Linn Co Food Systems Council• Public Health - Linn County Public Health (LCPH) serves as the local
health department. LCPH’s mission is “To prevent disease and injuries,
promote healthy living, protect the environment and ensure public
health preparedness.” Linn County is the second most populous county
in Iowa. LCPH is located in Cedar Rapids, which is the second most
populous city in Iowa.
• Food Systems Council - The Linn County Food Systems Council was
created by the Linn County Board of Supervisors in March 2012.
Recently, the Council completed a comprehensive food system
assessment with assistance through Linn County’s Community
Transformation Grant.
• Cedar Rapids Blue Zones Project - This project has different
Community Policy subcommittees, which work on achieving certain
city-level policy and environment goals related to healthy eating, like
supporting urban agriculture.
Detroit Food Policy Council• The creation of the Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) stemmed
from a directive included in the Detroit Food Security Policy (DFSP)
that the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network drafted.
• Detroit City Council members adopted and approved all the
recommendations in the DFSP in 2008-2009 and the Detroit Food
Policy Council had its first meeting in late 2009.
• One of the largest issues that DFPC and other community-based orgs
and coalitions are working on is equitable access to city-owned land
(about 60,000 parcels)
Click above for more info on DFPC Click above for 2012 DFPC Public
Land Sales Report
Carrie Edgar
Department Head & Community Food Systems Educator
Dane County Cooperative Extension
http://fyi.uwex.edu/danefoodsystem/
Dane County Extension
• Dane County UW Extension is working to help build a diverse
and inclusive community food system that is economically
viable, environmentally sound and socially just for all Dane
County residents. Our goal is to provide information,
resources, and links on the wide variety of farming, gardening,
and other important information and activities that happen in
Dane County
• Dane County UWEX Production Resource Page
• http://fyi.uwex.edu/danefoodsystem/production/
Madison Food Policy Council
• As a member of the Madison Food Policy Council, Carrie Edgar helps shape decisions on how the City of Madison addresses food systems related issues within the community spanning from community gardens to the emerging Madison Public Market Division concept to healthy food retail in under-served communities.
Click photo above for Madison Food
Policy Council Goals and Objectives
Dane County Food Council• DCFC is a committee of the Dane County
Board comprised of citizens and County Board Supervisors. Carrie created DCFC to encourage active collaboration to explore issues and develop recommendations to create an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable local food system for the Dane County region.
• There are 4 main action-based goals of DCFC
• Develop food and agriculture policy recommendations for Dane County
• Advocate for food and agricultural policy that supports our vision for the Dane County food system
• Promote public education and outreach on food and agriculture issues
• Collaborate with the Dane County Food Coalition, Madison Food Policy Council, Healthy Food For All Plan and other community groups in addressing food system and agriculture issues
Click above for DCFC
Action Plan