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The Cultivated Campus Five IDEAS to strengthen SUNY’s CORE

The Cultivated Campus Five IDEAS to strengthen SUNY’s CORE. SUNY Sustainability Conference 2013 Samina Raja, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning Principal Investigator, Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab School of Architecture and Planning

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The Cultivated Campus Five IDEAS to strengthen SUNY’s CORE

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  1. The Cultivated CampusFive IDEAS to strengthen SUNY’s CORE SUNY Sustainability Conference 2013 Samina Raja, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning Principal Investigator, Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab School of Architecture and Planning University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

  2. Outline Why care about sustainable food systems Four IDEAS for SUNY campuses A new initiative - Growing Food Connections

  3. How the Food System works Food production Resources |land, water, sun, … Actors |farmers, people, bees, businesses, … Policies |federal, state, local… Technology |food, transport, media,… History and culture |….. Disposal Food processors and manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors Consumption Retail and restaurants

  4. How the Food System works doesn’t work 5 reasons

  5. Consolidation The food system that serves 311,590,000 people in the US looks like this… Number of entities INSERT BOTTLENECK IN THE FOOD SYSTEM IMAGE/DIAGRAM 1 2,100,000 Farmers & ranchers 59,000 Food processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors 790,000 Retailers and restaurants

  6. Consolidation The food system that serves 311,590,000 people in the US looks like this… Sales revenue INSERT BOTTLENECK IN THE FOOD SYSTEM IMAGE/DIAGRAM 1 $375,000,000,000 Farmers & ranchers $1,140,000,000,000 Food processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors $1,128,000,000,000 Retailers and restaurants

  7. Winners and losers Packaging Transportation Finance & Insurance Food processing Farms & agribusiness 2 Retail Trade Food Services Energy Other 12¢ 4¢ 19¢ 4¢ 14¢ 38¢ 7¢ 4¢ 4¢ “Other” comprises advertising (2¢) and legal and accounting (1.8¢) Source: USDA, Economic Research Service Numbers may not add to 1.00 due to rounding

  8. Education Vs. Marketing $371,400,000 USDA spending on 3 Advertising dollars spent on ALL $300,000,000 three nutrition education products (including research)

  9. Profit over health Price we pay for the same caloric content 4 $6 High nutrition LOW profit VS $1 Low nutrition HIGH profit

  10. Public Health Consequences 4

  11. BMI levels among college students Public Health Consequences 4

  12. Non-systemic view 5

  13. Why the Cultivated Campus? SUNY campuses are a place-based community where nearly half a million students study, EAT, work, play, and live (within 30 miles) Campus food systemshave the potential to serve SUNY’s CORE mission Curriculum Operations Research Engagement

  14. The Cultivated Campus Five IDEAS

  15. The Cultivated Campus Integrate CORE to build campus food systems

  16. The Cultivated Campus Demonstrate on-site Procurement from within a 30-mile radius Land for university community garden(s) Farm-to-cafeteria initiatives Vendors that strengthen the food system

  17. The Cultivated Campus Educate (not just) through curriculum Focus on administrators, faculty, and students

  18. The Cultivated Campus Assess progress using tangible, agreed-upon, metrics (we do it to our students) Production| Produce grown on campus or % procured locally Distribution| % of food cooked/served on campus with locally grown produce Consumption| % of fruits and vegetable consumed by students on campus Disposal| % of food-waste composed and re-used

  19. The Cultivated Campus Sustain through long term institutional policies

  20. Thank you Additional information at www.foodsystemsplanning.ap.buffalo.edu

  21. A New Initiative at UB Promote community food security and agricultural viability POLICY & PRACTICE RESEARCH EDUCATION growingfoodconnections.org

  22. Change is happening Buffalo NY

  23. Change is happening Buffalo NY

  24. Story of Buffalo • Located on the shores of Lake Erie • Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, noted landscape architect and public health advocate • About a quarter million people live in the city; about a quarter of Buffalonians are children

  25. Story of Buffalo • A majority of Buffalonians are white 60% of children are non-white 52% 60%

  26. Story of Buffalo Challenges • Persistent food insecurity and poor diet especially among children • High incidence of diet-related risk factors and disease • High poverty rates and low median income • Low educational attainment • Abundant vacant land • Broken food system DRAFT – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE, COPY, OR SHARE WITHOUT PERMISSION

  27. Story of Buffalo Rebuilding the food system from the ground up

  28. Food System Education: Working on Other Local Farms

  29. Story of Buffalo

  30. Story of Buffalo

  31. Story of Buffalo Rebuilding the food system from the ground up DRAFT – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE, COPY, OR SHARE WITHOUT PERMISSION

  32. Story of Buffalo Where does urban and regional planning and policy fit in?

  33. Story of Buffalo

  34. Story of Buffalo Where does municipal government planning and policy fit in?

  35. Story of Buffalo Where does municipal government planning and policy fit in? Food-blind Oppositional Cautiously engaged

  36. Thank you for your attention Questions

  37. Where does planning fit in? Suburbanization Sanitary reform City Beautiful Housing reform Street car suburbs APA Food system policy 2007 National Environment Protection Act of 1969 Zoning upheld 1926 Interstate Highway Act 1956 2000 1900 1920 1840 1860 1880 1940 1960 1980 1850 1870 1890 1910 2010 1930 1950 1970 1990 Grain elevator 1943 Trolley car 1887 Miasma theory Bacteriology Rise in chronic disease

  38. Planners are responding…help them respond better Planning […] works to improve the welfare of people and their communities by creating more convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive places for present and future generations. Good planning helps create communities that offer better choices for where and how people live. American Planning Association

  39. Planning basics Municipal, county, and regional governments have numerous tools and techniques PLANS General/Comprehensive Land Use Plans Climate Action Plans Environmental Plans Transportation Plans POLICY IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS Regulatory tools Fiscal tools Physical infrastructure Public programs Governance tools

  40. Planning process SETTING THE TABLE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION Visioning Assessment Draft Plan Review Adoption of Final Plan Advisors Community Existing Plan (s) Planning staff Elected officials Consultants

  41. Planning process SETTING THE TABLE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION Visioning Assessment Draft Plan Review Adoption of Final Plan POLICY TOOLS Regulatory Fiscal Physical infrastructure Public programs Governance tools Advisors Community Existing Plan (s) Planning staff Elected officials Consultants

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