1. Thaddeus Owen Permaculture and Sustainable Food Systems

2. Financial Permaculture

Community investment

Sustainable entrepreneuring

Local investments

Regenerative business

3. Observe

2007 Data for Traverse City

$32,354,024$13,109,494Total Food Spend $16,288,101 $6,636,254Supermarket $13,419,529 $5,505,400Restaurant $2,646,394$967,840 Convenience/Specialty Food 11,4034,908 Population 5 mile 3 mile Retail Sales Volume 4. Catch and Store Energy

Capture the $32,000,000 leaving the County for food from afar

Encourage farmers selling wholesale to sell more to local consumer (higher profit, less waste)

Re-use food waste as fuel for biofuels and then as compost for organic farms

5. Obtain a Yield

Commercial Kitchen for farm and community use

• Value added products from currently wasted surplus

• Stimulate local entrepreneurs

Feed School Children in Farm to School

6. Produce No Waste

Surplus is canned/preserved

Waste becomes local bio-fuel and compost

Fewer emissions from lowered food miles

Healthier kids and adults from nutritious food

7. Small and Slow

Phase in Solutions to guarantee success

Currently only 1% of area works in agriculture. 35% in retail!

8. Value Diversity

Community Gardens

Diverse Local farms (resiliency)

Backyard Growers

SPIN Farming

Perennials and Annuals

Animals and Plants

9. Overall

Build Resilience into the Grand Traverse Area

Start with food

Build and retain local wealth

Create Jobs

10. What Can You Do?

Take the 72 hour course

Read Designers Manual

Garden

Re-design your life

Become a producer

11. "But the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter." - Bill Mollison 12. THANK YOU

Thaddeus Owen

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