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Farm to Table, Food Justice, and the Evolution of Food System Land Use:
How Community Planners and Developers are Moving Markets and Growing the Sharing Economy
Presentation at the Southern New England American Planning Association (SNEAPA) Conference
October 21, 2016
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Introductions• James Stevens, ConsultEcon, Inc., Moderator• Orion Kriegman, Boston Food Forests• Jessie Banhazl, Green City Growers• Maria Moreira, World Farmers / Flats Mentor Farm• Thomas J. Martin, ConsultEcon, Inc., Respondent
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Farm to Table• Food chain
from agricultural production to consumption
http://www.dirtyandthirty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/farm-to-table2.jpg
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Food Justice• Food Justice is communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat healthy
food. Healthy food is fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, workers, and animals. People practicing food justice leads to a strong local food system, self-reliant communities, and a healthy environment.
Definition from http://www.justfood.org
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Evolution of Land Use: Forests
Source: New England Food VisionSource: http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/65757
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Decline in New England Farming
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Evolution of Land Use: Decline in New England Farming
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Evolution of Land Use: Decline in New England Farming
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Evolution of Land Use: Decline in New England Farming
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Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed as of 1987
Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed
0.02% to less than 2%
2% to less than 5%
5% to less than 10%
10% to less than 20%
20% to less than 30%
Compiled by the Farmland Information Center using estimatesfrom USDANRCS, 2007 National Resources Inventory
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Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed
0.02% to less than 2%
2% to less than 5%
5% to less than 10%
10% to less than 20%
20% to less than 30%
Compiled by the Farmland Information Center using estimatesfrom USDANRCS, 2007 National Resources Inventory
Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed as of 1992
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Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed
0.02% to less than 2%
2% to less than 5%
5% to less than 10%
10% to less than 20%
20% to less than 30%
Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed as of 1997
Compiled by the Farmland Information Center using estimatesfrom USDANRCS, 2007 National Resources Inventory
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Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed
0.02% to less than 2%
2% to less than 5%
5% to less than 10%
10% to less than 20%
20% to less than 30%
Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed as of 2002
Compiled by the Farmland Information Center using estimatesfrom USDANRCS, 2007 National Resources Inventory
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Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed
0.02% to less than 2%
2% to less than 5%
5% to less than 10%
10% to less than 20%
20% to less than 30%
Percentage of Agricultural Land Developed as of 2007
Compiled by the Farmland Information Center using estimatesfrom USDANRCS, 2007 National Resources Inventory
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New England Food Vision• Today, 90% of food consumed in New England is externally sourced from outside New England
• Vision for more land devoted to farming food in the region consumed in the region
• To achieve 50% of food consumed sourced from New England, vision identifies the need to change the amount of land area devoted to farming / food production from 5% to 15% of total land area
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Farmland in New England and other nearby states, New York and New JerseyChanges in Land in Farms
(Acres)
StateLand in Farms 2007
Land in Farms 2012
Net Change 2007 to
2012
Percent Change 2007 to
2012
Total Land Area (in thousands of
acres)
2007 Farmland to Total Land
Area
2012 Farmland to Total Land
Area
Connecticut 405,616 436,539 30,923 7.62% 4,842.36 8.38% 9.02%
Maine 1,347,566 1,454,104 106,538 7.91% 30,842.92 4.37% 4.71%
Massachusetts 517,879 523,517 5,638 1.09% 7,800.06 6.64% 6.71%
New Hampshire 471,911 474,065 2,154 0.46% 8,952.65 5.27% 5.30%
New Jersey 733,450 715,057 -18,393 -2.51% 7,354.22 9.97% 9.72%
New York 7,174,743 7,183,576 8,833 0.12% 47,126.40 15.22% 15.24%
Rhode Island 67,819 69,589 1,770 2.61% 1,033.81 6.56% 6.73%
Vermont 1,233,313 1,251,713 18,400 1.49% 9,216.66 13.38% 13.58% Source: Census of Agriculture (Land in Farms) and Census 2010 (Land Area)
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Boston Food Forest Coalition
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Our mission: to build nourishing relationships between neighbors, land, and food in the city.
Our strategy: to help neighbors and community partners transform empty lots and urban wilds into highly productive and community run food forest gardens.
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What is a Forest Garden?
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Food forest gardens support the urban environment by:• sequestering carbon in large trees and soil• reducing urban heat-island effect• retaining water and reducing runoff• remediating toxic soil• working with existing site elements• providing community green space
BEFORE AFTER
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Egleston Community Orchard’s annual harvest festival brings out the entire neighborhood!
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Food forest gardens provide numerous benefits:• Require fewer annual inputs (e.g. water, fertilizer), making maintenance easier.• Well-suited for intensive production on small urban lots.• Polyculture design anchored by highly productive perennials (berries, grapes, fruit and nut trees,
rhubarb, herbs and many other edible but not commonly marketed plants like paw paw).• Among perennials are intercropped annual vegetables (squash, cucumbers, beans, potatoes,
onions, hardy and tender greens, tomatoes, tomatillos, melons, corn, carrots, beets, radishes and peas).
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Food forest gardens foster community participation and collective stewardship:• BFFC provides facilitation and technical assistance.• Neighbors and community groups provide sweat equity.• More neighbors can participate per area than in a community garden.• We provide site ownership through a non-profit land trust.
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Fruit Trees Fruit Shrubs/Vines Perennials Annuals
Donner Pear, Medlar Pear Raspberry Dasheen Bush Marigold
Sweetheart Apricot Blueberry Mint Kale
Cherry (Cornelian, Korean Bush) Gooseberry Ginger
Paw Paw Currants Chards
Beach Plum Elderberry (Nova, York) Strawberry Tomato
Apple (Golden Sentinel, Scarlet Sentinel) Arctic Kiwi Celery
Russian Favorite Pomegranate Grape Cilantro
Hardy Fig Seaberry, Sea Buckthorn Basil
Quince (dwarf Japanese) Goumi Sunflowers
Persimmon Serviceberry Dill
Juneberry Cucumber
Pumpkins
Example Plant List
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Good Design: Meets Articulated Goals
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Good Design: Stacking Functions
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Good Design: A Wide Range of Options
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Reclaiming Food
Perennial Vegetables and Fruit:
Familiar Annuals:
Expanding Our Palettes:
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Kids Mental and Physical Health
These images are from 2015 BFFC events
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Food forest gardens are living classrooms:• We engage youth leaders and school groups on site.• Workshops teach neighbors new gardening skills they can use at home.• Neighbors learn to grow, harvest, and prepare fresh, nutritious foods that supplement
strained food budgets.
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How Walking In Nature Changes the Brain 7.22.2015
Here's Proof Going Outside Makes You Healthier 6.22.2014
New research suggests nature walks are good for your brain 7.29.2015
If children lose contact with nature they won't fight for it 11.19.2012
Tending the Forest Garden: Youth and Adults
Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv documents impacts on mental and physical wellbeing of our new “screen” culture and growing disconnection from nature - what he terms “Nature Deficit Disorder”
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Garden Raising Network
Advisory BoardStaff & Interns
Egleston Community Orchard
Old West Church
Eastie Farm
Boston Nature Center
Italian Home for Children
Jones Hill
Ellington Street
Leland Street
“Community of Practice”(Members)
“Forest Gardens”(Sites)
Board of Directors
Greater Boston Permaculture
Meetup
Speakers Series
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Our third annual apple harvest walk - gleaning from legacy fruit trees in the city.
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Our first neighbor-to-neighbor “garden raising”
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New England Food Vision:
Equity & Sustainability
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BAU => Omnivore’s Delight => Regional Resilience
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Green City Growers
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Build Install Maintain
Produce Educate
WHAT WE DO
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To date, Green City Growers has grown over 150,000 pounds of organic produce and worked hands-on with more than 6,000 individuals, all in under 2 acres of growing space.
Distance traveled measured in feet, not miles.
BY THE NUMBERS
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CORPORATE WELLNESS
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athenahealth Mapfre Abt Associates Verizon National Grid Google Akamai Sasaki Associates Massachusetts Medical
Society Harvard Pilgrim Health
Care
CORPORATE WELLNESS SITES
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Central location Supplies produce to
multiple on-site restaurants
Corporate wellness program with SmartBear
Community program
ASSEMBLY ROW
MIXED USE GARDENS
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Adaptable beds allow for ease of access for residents
SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES
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BEVERLY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CAMP HARBOR VIEW
NOTABLE EDUCATION PROJECTS
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“The residents have been out there a lot to talk and sing to the chickens. They have been talking back!” Cindy Allard,Olmstead Memory Support Program Director, Goddard House
CHICKEN COOPS
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“Our Boylston location’s indoor garden has generated more attention and buzz than any sign or anything else we’ve done to connect people with what we do and our mission.” John Olinto, Founder/Owner of b.good
INDOOR GROWING SYSTEMS
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CREATIVE GROWING SYSTEMSKIDDIE POOL GARDENS AT B.GOOD
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WHOLE FOODS MARKET
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WHOLE FOODS MARKET
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FENWAY FARMS
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VISIBILITY & PUBLICITY
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www.GREENCITYGROWERS.com
Green City Growers, LLC | 600 Windsor Place, Somerville, MA 02143 | (617) 776-1400 | [email protected]
YOUR FARM. ANYWHERE.
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World Farmers / Flats Mentor Farm
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Farm to Table, Food Justice, and the Evolution of Food System Land Use
World Farmers Lancaster, MA
Maria MoreiraCo-Founder and Executive Director
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World Farmers
• World Farmers advocates for and supports beginning farmers from farm to market both in the US and Internationally
• Flats Mentor Farm is a key program. FMF provides a space for mentorship among new and beginning immigrant and refugee farmers in the United States who seek land space and production and marketing assistance in a new climate and culture– Started in 1984 and supported over 190 Hmong families by mid 1990s.
Currently supports over 250 refugee farmers– Cultivates an honest model of collaboration and cooperation– Training and support is grounded in respect and cross-cultural
mentorship among farmers and World Farmers staff
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Flats Mentor Farm is located on a70-acre parcel of land adjacent to a Fish & Wildlife Management Reserve
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Farmers at Flats Mentor FarmThe 250 farmers at Flats Mentor Farm are refugees and immigrants from many parts of the globe who have come to New England to make it their own.
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Fabiola standing in front of her High Tunnel, she grows specialty African crops, participated in USDA EQIP program High Tunnel project.
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Production • World Farmers provides training and mentorship
in the following areas:– Tilling and Land Prep– Integrated Pest Management– Pollinator Health – Soil Health and Conservation– Irrigation Systems– Season Extension and High Tunnel Use– Successful Growing Techniques for Ethnic Crops
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• FMF Farmers sell their produce at over 40 Farmers’ Markets:
Farmers’ Markets
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Cooperative Sales• Flats Mentor farmers sell to four wholesale buyers in
the Boston and Worcester areas• All crops sold through the Cooperative are distributed
in low-income communities, providing culturally relevant crops to those who need it most
• The Cooperative sold a peak of over 100 boxes per week this summer
• Wholesale purchasing and sales is a stepping stone for farmers to as they self-assess their interest and ability to move toward commercial farmers
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Challenges
• Land Access – Collaborative and Individual• Farm Infrastructure Payments (e.g. Equip, Irrig)• Marketing Contracts for Farmers
– Grocery Stores need large year-round supply– Corner Stores needs smaller more infrequent
• Ethnic Crops: market and seed access– Therefore food access for the community
• Group Food Safety Certifications (e.g. GAP)
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Opportunities
• USDA Programs for farmers and organizations supporting farmers
• Mentorship model and farmer-led support and solutions• Cooperatives• Food Hub Partnerships• Access and Develop niche marketing opportunities that serves
the community and the producers
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What Can Planners Do…
• PRIORITY: take the time to build trusted relationships with the town, the local farmers, and the community– With these relationships will come the solutions you are looking for
• Some positive examples….
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Policies and Practices that Work• 61 A (MA) – tax break models for supporting agricultural
land use• Partnering with agencies to create long term ag leases (Fish
and Wildlife)– Suggestion: Include an option to break up large tracts of land
(100+) to 10-20 acres -- this supports small and beginning farmers growing a variety of crops
• Land Trusts and Environmental Councils building trusted relationships with farmers
• Right to Farm Ordinances - both rural and urban• City-staffed positions to support access to land for
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Stay in Touch
World Farmers769 Main Street, Box 112
Lancaster, MA 01523www.worldfarmers.org
Maria MoreiraExecutive Director
[email protected](978) 706-7935
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Discussion/Questions• James Stevens, ConsultEcon, Inc., Moderator, [email protected] • Orion Kriegman, Boston Food Forests, [email protected] • Jessie Banhazl, Green City Growers, [email protected] • Maria Moreira, World Farmers / Flats Mentor Farm, [email protected] • Thomas J. Martin, ConsultEcon, Inc., Respondent, [email protected]
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Summary
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