integrating urban agriculture & urban stormwater: an anacostia pilot
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Integrating Urban Agriculture & Urban Stormwater: An Anacostia Pilot
Dwane Jones, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Sustainable Development College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES)
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Agenda
• Context (UDC + Washington, DC)
• Overview: Sustainable DC + Urban Ag. + Urban Stormwater Management
• Anacostia Urban Farm Project Specifics
• Our Approach
• Lessons Learned
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University of the District of Columbia
• Urban, land-grant, HBCU
• 50 undergraduate and graduate academic degree programs
• UDC-CC
• 5,400 students
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Muirkirk Research Farm
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• Architecture & Community Planning
• Nutrition & Dietetics
• Environmental Studies
• Health Education
• Nursing
• *PSM: Urban Sustainability
• *PSM: Urban Agriculture
• PSM: Water Resources Management
The Center for Sustainable Development Land-Grant Centers & Academic Programs in CAUSES
Academic (Degree) Programs
December 2014
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• Research • Academics • Extension • Engagement
UDC CAUSES: Center for Sustainable Development
Graphic: SP AusNet
• Urban Waters Federal Partnership
• Public & Private
Urban Agriculture/DCHA
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308’ 128’
290’
Parking Pad
(shared)
125’ 610’
325’
440’
230’
Mixed Use/Retail Development Site
Capitol Heights Metro
Farm Site: UDC
Farm Site: Freedom Farms
Objectives
Promote local, urban agriculture •
• Promote urban stormwater management
• Promote the value of water
• Minimize fish consumption from Anacostia
• Develop educational curricula
• Create jobs and enhance job skills
• Improve public health
• Support community partners and promote similar initiatives
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Fulfilling the Mission
• Promote clean urban waters.
• Reconnect people to their waterways.
• Water conservation.
• Use urban water systems to promote economic revitalization and prosperity.
• Encourage community improvements through active partnerships.
• Be open and honest: listening to communities is the best way to engage them.
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Fulfilling the Mission
• Focus on measuring results and evaluation to fuel future successes.
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Federal Partners
Partners (short list)
District Partners
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Non-Profit Sector
Partners (short list)
University Partners
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Urban Waters Federal Partnership
Fred Pinkney, USFWS
Lisa Pelstring Advisor, Urban Environmental Issues Offices of Water and Science and Fish, Wildlife, and Parks U.S. Department of Interior Dana Robison,
Public Health Service
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• People migrating to DC
• 646,449 in 2013 from 633,427 in 2012
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“The future needs an agricultural system that produces about 50 percent more food to feed the world's 9 billion people by 2050; that provides adequate nutrition; that substantially raises the levels and resilience of incomes and employment for most of the world's poor/that provides environmental services such as absorbing carbon, managing watersheds, and preserving biodiversity; and that uses finite land and water resources more efficiently.”
Source: World Bank, 2013
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CAUSES Urban Food Systems Model
Rep
licate
Aquaponics: fish and produce
Source
Muirkirk Farm
Community Partners
Vendors
Prepare
Business Kitchen
Incubation Space
Food Truck
Distribute
Food Truck
Farmers Markets
Retail
Green Resources
Compost Facility at Muirkirk
Anaerobic Digestor
• Economic Analyses
• Entrepreneurship • Environmental Impacts
• Communications/Marketing • Maintenance and Management
• Business Planning and Management • Technical Assistance
• Food Preparation • Healthy foods/minimize fishing from Anacostia • Policies and Legal Processes
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Aquaponics
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Aquaponics
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Integrating Urban Ag & Urban Stormwater
Graphics: April Phillips, 2013
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Integrating Urban Ag & Urban Stormwater
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CoRaborotors:
Mary Queen of Vietnam Conuoonity Development Corporation
Spackman Mo•sop Michaels
Louisiana State University Urbai Landscape lab
Tulane tity G!ntl!r
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Integrating Urban Ag & Urban Stormwater
Graphics: April Phillips, 2013
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Farming Site @ 5900 East Capitol Blvd., NE
308’ 128’
290’
Parking Pad
(shared) 125’
610’
325’
440’
230’
Mixed Use/Retail Development Site
Capitol Heights Metro
Farm Site: UDC
Farm Site: Freedom Farms
Farmer’s Market
Food Truck
*Illustration Purposes Only
= aquaponics = green infrastructure
= hoop house Aerial Photo: = raised beds Courtesy of DCHA
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Center for Sustainable Development
Jeffrey Catts, Washington Parks and People
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CAUSES Demonstration Project Model
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• Exploration
• Concept
• Feasibility
• Preparation
Pro
ject
Re-Evaluate
Stop
Pilot Demonstration
Scale Up
Rep
licate
Adapted from CCIA
Our Approach
Constant communication (weekly conference • calls, daily emails, etc.)
• Discover linkages between projects and potential partners (align project with mission)
• Quarterly large group meetings with updates
• Develop teams
• Community engagement
• Request financial and technical assistance
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Lessons Learned
• Alignment of project milestones with federal (and other) funding availability.
• Be flexible. Consider alternatives.
• Develop a local and/or regional comprehensive strategy with local partners.
• While financial resources may not always be available, technical assistance may be.
• Partner with Universities, particularly land-grant universities.
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Federal Partners
Partners (short list)
District Partners
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Non-Profit Sector
Partners (short list)
University Partners
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Integrating Urban Agriculture & Urban Stormwater: An Anacostia Pilot
Questions?
Dwane Jones, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Sustainable Development
UDC’s Center for Sustainable Development provides relevant and innovative applied research and education to students, District residents, and the world in the areas of sustainable infrastructure, sustainable spaces, urban economics and entrepreneurship, and behavioral and social change.
udc.edu/causes “Healthy Cities-Healthy People” [email protected]
Integrating Urban Agriculture & Urban Stormwater: An Anacostia Pilot
Questions?
Dwane Jones, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Sustainable Development
College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES)
UDC’s Center for Sustainable Development provides relevant and innovative applied research and education to students, District residents, and the world in the areas of sustainable infrastructure, sustainable spaces, urban economics and entrepreneurship, and behavioral and social change.
udc.edu/causes “Healthy Cities-Healthy People” [email protected]