southwest bc foodsystemdesignandimplementationplan-march202013
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South-west British Columbia Bio-regional Food System
Design and Implementation Plan
Kent Mullinix
Vancouver Food Policy Council March 20, 2013
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Background
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“Cumulatively B.C. [farming] is not a healthy industry”
Garnet Etsell, Chair
B.C. Agriculture Council Vancouver Sun, June 11, 2011
2010- B.C. agriculture grossed $2.5 billion, lost $87 million
B.C. lost 25% of its farms over last decade
Agriculture can’t compete economically for land (despite the ALR)
Economics
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Ag of the Middle
The trend
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Agriculture contributes 10- 25 % of GHG emissions- up to 50% for the
whole agri-food system
B.C. provincial government mandate-
all municipalities must reduce GHG emissions
by 80% by 2050
Moreau et al. 2011
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Canadian inflation 2008
Overall- 1.2 %
Food overall- 7.3 %
Cereal products- 12.4 %
Fruits/ vegetables- 26.9 %
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News, 2009
Food costs outpacing inflation
www.conservancy.bc.ca/imagecatalog/UBC-Farm.jpg
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Agriculture’s EROEI = 1:5 on average
1:10 or greater for some
Formerly agriculture represented a net energy gain (2.5:1 in 1940)
Energy intensive dependent on fossil fuel
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Hubbert’s Peak: Global Oil Depletion
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“Resurgence of local agriculture, bottling, canning, processing eminent”
M. Simmons Global Oil Depletion and Implications for the Pacific Northwest, 2006
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The right question: What kind and configuration of food system is appropriate for my life place and what is its potential?
Global vs. local?
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Agri-Foods Real Challenge
Substantial re-regionalization of agri-food to compliment and balance the global system…
www.conservancy.bc.ca/imagecatalog/UBC-Farm.jpg
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and in doing so capture a significant portion of the food market
for regional economies.
The opportunity
$5.5 billion in south-west B.C.
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Sister projects
Yukon and South-west British Columbia
Bio-regional Food System Design and Implementation Plan
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Bio-regions
Areas that shares similar topography, plant and animal life, and human culture
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Project goal
Engage communities of interest and broad stakeholders in the design of a realistic, practical, comprehensive bio-regional food system design
and implementation plan
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Southwest British Columbia
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The Yukon
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Regional agri-food systems- maximize supply predicated on ecology and environmental capacity
of place
Pre-production
Production
Indigenous foods
Processing/ storage
Distribution
Sales
Waste management
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3 phases over 3 years
Phase 1- resource and capacity assessment
Phase 2- design of food system
Phase 3- implementation plan development
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Preliminary design directives
Identify production and business opportunities
Provide for indigenous foods
Significantly enhance the regional economy
Create good jobs
Reflect diverse perspectives and needs
Address critical environmental issues (GHGs, biodiversity, nitrate leaching)
Maximize regional food self-reliance
Strengthen regional communities
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Implementation plans
Planning principles
Policies
Tools
Strategies
Governance
Timeframe
Evaluation methods
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Stakeholder engagement critical in all phases
Indigenous and non-indigenous communities and peoples
Non- government organizations
Municipal and Provincial Government
Agri-food sector
Business
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A roadmap
Clear
Realistic
Practical
Doable
Empirically based
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Potentials fully delineated
Contribution to regions economy
Job creation
SMS business opportunity
Food self-reliance
Ecological footprint reduction
Community health and capital
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The project team
25 investigators
7 universities
Private sector collaborators
Yukon and BC
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Committed to full transparency
Advisory committee
Funders and funds use fully disclosed
Study team, objectives, methodologies fully disclosed
Ongoing status reports on ISH website
All outcomes public domain/ open access
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A global network of regional agri-food systems
A 21st century, post-industrial vision
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Our request of the Vancouver Food Policy Council
Endorsement of the project
Assign a VFPC liaison
Encourage the City of Vancouver to support the project
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Questions
1. How can the KPU Bio-regional Food System project advance the Vancouver Food Strategy and the Metro Regional Food System Strategy?
2. What should a bio-regional food system be like and achieve?