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Mapping Local and Regional Food Systems. Indiana State GIS Conference, Bloomington, IN, May 9th , 2012. Picture by Christine Nolan. Structure. Background The Well Traveled Yogurt Pot Food-miles Concept: Pros & Cons Freight Movement, food-related commodities, USA & IN
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Mapping Local and Regional Food Systems Indiana State GIS Conference, Bloomington, IN, May 9th , 2012 Picture by Christine Nolan
Structure • Background • The Well Traveled Yogurt Pot • Food-miles Concept: Pros & Cons • Freight Movement, food-related commodities, USA & IN • Online Demonstration- Food System Flows and Assets
The Well Traveled Yogurt Pot Yogurt culture, paper, resin, glue Corn & Wheat powder Strawberries Labels & Plastics Jam Glass Jars Milk Source: Stefanie Böge, The Well-traveled Yogurt Pot, World Transport Policy & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1995 Map developed by the PCRD
The Well Traveled Yogurt Pot • For one truck-load of yogurt in southern Germany , a theoretical truck-load had to move 1,005 KM. • Environmental consequences- emissions of SO2, Nox, and dust • Diesel and fossil fuel expenses (non-renewable energy sources) “In general, volume of road freight (tons) is stagnating, volume of freight movement (ton-miles) is increasing”………Stefanie Böge, 1995 Source: Stefanie Böge, The Well-traveled Yogurt Pot, World Transport Policy & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1995
Food-Miles Concept • “Farm to the Fork”- distance traveled by food (Angela Paxton, 1994) • Energy used, GHG emissions, other environmental impacts • Promotes locally grown foods, local producers and farmers • The Soil Association in the UK monitors the import of organic produce to UK by the air freight • Benefits of organic farming (social and economic) versus costs (GHG emissions during production, transport by air freight, etc.) • In UK, the air freight is used for 1% of fresh organic produce causing 11% of GHG emissions of the food sector
U.S. Freight Movement • In 2007, the total value of freight moved was $ 11.7 trillion, weight was 12.5 billion tons, and movement was 3.3 trillion ton-miles • All modes are included- trucks, rail, water, air, pipeline, and multiple modes (parcel, courier, USPS, truck & rail, etc.) • Cereal grains, ranked 2nd by weight; only food-related item in the top 10 commodities in 2007 (1.5 billion tons) Source: BTS, Table 01-58, National Transportation Statistics Freight Facts & Figures, 2011
Movement of Food-related Commodities • Freight Analysis Framework 3 • Oak Ridge National Laboratory • Commodities • Freight movement by 7 modes • Truck, Rail, Water, Air, Multiple modes, Pipeline, Other modes • 7 commodities- live animals/fish, cereal grains, other ag. prod., animal feed, meat/seafood, milled grain products, other food stuffs
Online Demonstration FSNAT FIAT http://prodgis.agriculture.purdue.edu/Freight/flexviewer/index.html http://prodgis.agriculture.purdue.edu/FarmersMarket/flexviewer/index.html
Thank you! Contact: Indraneel Kumar, ikumar@purdue.edu Andrey Zhalnin, azhalnin@purdue.edu Purdue Center for Regional Development Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall, Suite 266 203 Martin Jischke Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907