cultivating montreal: community agriculture and urban renewal
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Cultivating Montreal: Community
Agriculture and Urban Renewal
Alfonso Morales, PhD
Associate Professor
Urban and Regional Planning
The University of Wisconsin – Madison
State AND Society
An Integrative Framework
Trends and Context
EconomicHistoricalDemographicPoliticalLand Uses andConditions
Urban Agricultural Regulations
HealthProductionProcessingDistributionWaste & Energy
Outcomes, Feedback, SuggestionsEconomicHealthSocialPolitical/legal
Food Security Framework
www.community-food.org
Health – What We Know,
How We Know
Alaimo, K., Packnett, E., Miles, R. A., & Kruger, D. J. (2008). Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Urban Community Gardeners. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior,
Outcome: Urban adults who participate in community gardens are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables
Health – Contemporary Practices
• Organizational Design and Innovation:– Community Supported Agriculture, etc.– Insurance benefits– Market Locations
• Healthy Food from Healthy Soils– U.S. Environmental Protection guidelines for
agriculture in brownfields
Health – What We Are Learning
Database of research on the benefits of community gardens:
http://www.communitygarden.org
Economic Development: What We Know, How We Know
• Integrated vision, speciation with many niches– Production, what scale, what to do with
the product and surplus if any, how distributed what business model?
Fruixi! Local Food Access
Economic Development:Contemporary Practices
Federal
Food Hub
State
StateOrganizations
andFood Policy
Councils
Local
City Ordinances
Economic Development:Experimentation and New
Activities
Example Cities
Chicago, IL
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City: Mobilization and Rules Changes
Chicago: Food Councils and Complex Organizational Structure
Policy Challenges and Fostering City Support
Responses
The EndLa Fin
Photo Credits and Acknowledgements
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katypearce/38880231/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/51004712@N08/5111480343/http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoguyinmo/5489394195/
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