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Sustainable Decisionmaking
for Farmers Markets
Michigan State University Extension
Greening Michigan Institute
Sustaining Community Prosperity Team
May 9, 2014
Take Home Message
Sustainability > Green
Move from unsustainable, to “less unsustainable” to “more sustainable.”
Sustainability Outcomes
Sustainability activities and enterprises should lead to the following outcomes and conditions
Ecological Integrity
Economic Vitality
Social Equity Aesthetic Understandi
ng
Civic Engagemen
t
Systems thinking
Critical Thinking
Personal Developme
nt
Ecological Integrity Competency—knowledge of basic ecological principles and the ability to apply ecological science to current issues.
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/ecologicalintegrity/
Economic Vitality—knowledge of how to apply economic systems to the equitable benefit of society.
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/economicvitality
Social Justice—equitable sharing of benefits of sustainability strategies
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/socialjustice
Aesthetic Quality—recognition of the basic human value of beauty and understanding of how to apply it to communities.
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/aestheticquality
Civic Responsibility—the use of knowledge of the responsibilities of citizens and communities in dialogue, decision making and capacity building on local, regional and global issues.
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/civicresponsibility
Systems Interdependence/Thinking—ability to recognize multiple systems and feedback loops at play in an issue and understanding of the need to incorporate multiple groups, perspectives and institutions in decision making.
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/systems
Critical Thinking— The ability to recognize, invite and consider a full range of evidence, strengths and weaknesses across different modalities recognizing uncertainty, biases and assumptions; and using that range in capacity building and the decision making process.
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/criticalthinking
Personal Growth (Personal Development and Self-Awareness)—understanding one’s personal values and those of others related to issues, and being provided the opportunity for growth and capacity building.
http://msusustainabledecisions.com/personalgrowth
Purchasing
LandAir
LaborTransportation
Materials
Shelter
Water
Energy
Sustainability Sectors
Food
Waste
What is a sustainable farmers’ market?
An market that leads toward attainment of 8 positive outcomes as applied to a range of sectors
Ecological Integrity
Social Equity
Economic Vitality
Aesthetic Under-standing
PersonalDevelop-ment
CriticalThinking
Civic Engage-ment
Systems Thinking
Energy EI-E SE-E EV-E AU-E PD-E CT-E CE-E ST-EWater
EI-Wtr SE-Wtr
EV-Wtr AU-Wtr PD-Wtr CT-Wtr CE-Wtr
ST-Wtr
Recycling
EI-R SE-R EV-R AU-R PD-R CT-R CE-R ST-RPurchasing
EI-P SE-P EV-P AU-P PD-P CT-P CE-P ST-PFood
EI-F SE-F EV-F AU-F PD-F CT-F CE-F ST-FShelter
EI-S SE-S EV-S AU-S PD-S CT-S CE-S ST-STransportation
EI-T SE-T EV-T AU-T PD-T CT-T CE-T ST-T
Materials
EI-M SE-M EV-M AU-M PD-M CT-M CE-M ST-MLabor
EI-Lab SE-Lab
EV-Lab AU-Lab PD-Lab CT-Lab CE-Lab
ST-Lab
Air
EI-A SE-A EV-A AU-A PD-A CT-A CE-A ST-ALand
EI-Lan SE-L EV-Lan AU-Lan PD-Lan CT-Lan CE-Lan
ST-Lan
Waste EI-Wst SE-Wst
EV-Wst AU-Wst PD-Wst CT-Wst CE-Wst
ST-Wst
Ecological Integrity
Social Equity
Economic Vitality
Aesthetic Under-standing
PersonalDevelop-ment
CriticalThinking
Civic Engage-ment
Systems Thinking
Energy EI-E SE-E EV-E AU-E PD-E CT-E CE-E ST-EWater
EI-Wtr SE-Wtr
EV-Wtr AU-Wtr PD-Wtr CT-Wtr CE-Wtr
ST-Wtr
Recycling
EI-R SE-R EV-R AU-R PD-R CT-R CE-R ST-RPurchasing
EI-P SE-P EV-P AU-P PD-P CT-P CE-P ST-PFood
EI-F SE-F EV-F AU-F PD-F CT-F CE-F ST-FShelter
EI-S SE-S EV-S AU-S PD-S CT-S CE-S ST-STransportation
EI-T SE-T EV-T AU-T PD-T CT-T CE-T ST-T
Materials
EI-M SE-M EV-M AU-M PD-M CT-M CE-M ST-MLabor
EI-Lab SE-Lab
EV-Lab AU-Lab PD-Lab CT-Lab CE-Lab
ST-Lab
Air
EI-A SE-A EV-A AU-A PD-A CT-A CE-A ST-ALand
EI-Lan SE-L EV-Lan AU-Lan PD-Lan CT-Lan CE-Lan
ST-Lan
Waste EI-Wst SE-Wst
EV-Wst AU-Wst PD-Wst CT-Wst CE-Wst
ST-Wst
Michigan Farmers Market Examples
Ann Arbor http://www.a2gov.org/government/publicservices/systems_planning/energy/solarcities/Pages/default.aspx (Civic Responsibility and Energy)
Canton Farmers Market (Canton, MI) http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/announcements/garden-plastic-recycling-at-the-farmers-market (Recycling and Civic Responsibility)
Michigan farm markets among those accepting Bridge cards http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2011/07/southwest_michigan_farm_market.html (Social Justice and Food)
Growth creates challenges for farmers market success – Julia Darnton MSUE News http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/growth_creates_challenges_for_farmers_market_success (Critical thinking and Labor)
Michigan Healthy Communities (MI Dept of Community Health) http://mihealthtools.org/mihc/FarmersMarkets.asp and http://www.mihealthtools.org/mihc/documents/FarmersMarketSFpolicy2.pdf (Aesthetic Quality and Air)
Adrian Farmers Market http://www.lenconnect.com/article/20120707/NEWS/307079942/0/SEARCH (Land and Ecological Integrity)
Downtown Market (Grand Rapids) http://downtownmarketgr.com/green (Ecological Integrity and Shelter, Materials)
Ann Arbor
http://www.a2gov.org/government/publicservices/systems_planning/energy/solarcities/Pages/default.aspx
(Civic Responsibility and Energy)
Canton Farmers Market
http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/announcements/garden-plastic-recycling-at-the-farmers-market (Recycling and Civic Responsibility)
Bridge Cards
Michigan farm markets among those accepting Bridge cards http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2011/07/southwest_michigan_farm_market.html (Social Justice and Food)
Downtown Market (Grand Rapids)
http://downtownmarketgr.com/green (Ecological Integrity and Shelter, Materials)
Growth creates challenges
Growth creates challenges for farmers market success – Julia Darnton MSU Extension News http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/growth_creates_challenges_for_farmers_market_success (Critical thinking and Labor)
Michigan Healthy Communities
MI Department of Community Health http://mihealthtools.org/mihc/FarmersMarkets.asp and http://www.mihealthtools.org/mihc/documents/FarmersMarketSFpolicy2.pdf (Aesthetic Quality and Air)
Adrian Farmers Market
http://www.lenconnect.com/article/20120707/NEWS/307079942/0/SEARCH (Land and Ecological Integrity)
