RENNES VILLE VIVIÈRE

FOOD GROWING / SELF FEEDING CITY

Gilles Maréchal

Plymouth, 20th September 2013

RENNES MÉTROPOLE

RENNES MÉTROPOLE

Rennes Metropole = Rennes (city) + 37 municipalities

# 420.000 inhabitants

Planning / agricultural policy : the city archipelago and green belt

LANDSCAPES

QUESTIONS

At what level is Rennes Métropole self-sufficient ?

What area under what conditions to get self-sufficiency ?

Could everybody be fed ?What impact on employment ?Do people want it ?

PROSPECTIVE SCENARIOS

Trend-setting

scenario "Virtuous" scenario

Food regime Current (2150

calories/inhabitant) A lot of meat !!!

Moderated (1900 calories/inhabitant) More cereals / veg.

Farm Production Mixed Organic

Food waste 30 % of the gross resources wasted

20 % of the gross resources wasted

Area considered Farms

Farms + % of public and private gardens,

forests, flat roofs… Marketing local local

Production and food close to current situation

Designed to

maximise RM’s

food autonomy

FOOD CONSUMPTION SCENARIOS

Total of the calories consummed/day

Tendencial scenario Virtuous scenario 2 150 kcal Numb

er of sub-types for

each nutri

ent

1 900 kcal Number of sub-types for

each aliment

Caloric contribution

Caloric contribution

Vegetables 5,91 % 8 17,35 % 8 Vegetable fats 8,93 % 3 8,93 % 3

Fruits 14,58 % 5 14,58 % 4

Cereals 39,21 % 37,00 % Meat 19,80 % 5 10,56 % 7

Dairy 10,11 % 1 8,00 % 2

Eggs 1,47 % 1 3,58 % 1

SPATIAL SCENARIOS

20960%Flat roofs(348 ha)

0%0

109146%Natural areas(2 399 ha)

0%0

117740%Private/public gardens(2 919 ha)

15%442

33430%Forest(1 113 ha)

0%0

34881100%Farm land(34 881 ha)

100%34881

Productive areas

% used in the scénario

Total area available(41 660 ha)

% used in the scénario

Productive areas

Scenario of autonomyTrend scenario

+ 2400 ha

AREA NEEDED TO FEED RENNES MÉTROPOLE

Trend scenario Virtuous scenario

Area needed to feed RM’s population

188 356 ha 97 402 ha

Area of urban greenways available in the scenario

35 322 ha 37 691 ha

% of food autonomy of RM allowed by the scenario

19 % 39 %

OUTER AREAS NEEDED

LOCAL BALANCE IN FOODIMPORT / EXPORT BY MUNICIPALITY

IMPACT ON UNPLOYMENT (WHOLE AREA)

Production Processing Marketing

Trend scenario 4 422 848 6 581

Scenario of autonomy

Vegetable production 3 996

1 167Mixed systems (animals + crops)

2 816

Total 6 812 1167 5 002

12 981

11 851

TURNOVER AND EMPLOYMENT IN LOCAL SALES

Current situation 15 -20 M€ / 500 jobs

Main place : open air markets (42, +50 %)

Co-operative farm shopsDirect sales on the farmBox schemes, CSAsPublic catering