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Planning for Greater Philadelphia’s Food System April 15, 2012
Planning for
Greater Philadelphia’s
Food System
April 15, 2012
Overview of DVRPC
• Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), created in 1965
• Interstate, intercounty, and intercity agency
• Prioritize transportation funding
• 2 States, 9 Counties, 353 Municipalities
• Issue areas – Transportation, Land Use, the Economy, and the Environment
Interest in Food System Planning
• DVRPC Board Authorizes and Directs Work
– Identified as a Top Priority in September 2007
– Started project in early 2008
• Food cuts across all issues areas
– Transportation
– Land Use
– The Economy
– The Environment
Stakeholder Planning Process
• Phase 1: Objective Study
• Phase 2: Plan
• Phase 3: Implementation
Lancaster County, PA
Cumberland County, NJ
Gloucester County, NJ
Lancaster County, PA
• Not all farming (or farmers) are the same
CONCLUSIONS:
Farming
Urban Farming Specialty Crops
Plain Sect Community Large Regional Brands
Greater Philadelphia’s Food System
Food Supply
Farming and Sustainable Agriculture
Economic Development
Health Fairness
Collaboration
Ecological Stewardship and Conservation
Values & Goals
Indicators Food Sector Employment in Greater Philadelphia (2001 to 2008)
Sources: BLS 2010
Indicators
Household Food Insecurity in NJ and PA (2001 to 2008)
Sources: USDA 2009.
Healthy Habits Stabilizing Neighborhoods
Economic Development Beginning Farmer
Implementation and Partnerships
• Everyone who eats is part of the regional food system
and part of the solutions.
• Greater Philadelphia Food System Stakeholder
Committee
• Member governments (counties and municipalities)
• Technical and Financial Assistance Initiative
Incorporating ideas into
DVRPC’s work
• Long Range Plan
• Transportation Studies – ex. creating a Farmers Market at a Transit Hub
• Smart Growth Studies – ex. exploring food-oriented development; recommendations around siting food carts
What We’re Doing Now
• Stakeholder Committee
• Wrapping up financial & technical assistance initiative funded by the William Penn Foundation
• Assisting with others’ efforts when possible
• Camden Food Economy Strategy
• Monitoring implementation of the Food System Plan (2014 Update)
Thank You! WWW.DVRPC.ORG/FOOD
Alison Hastings
Senior Environmental Planner
215.238.2929
GO TO 2040 Sustainable Local Food
American Planning Association April 15, 2012
About CMAP
• Established in 2005 to better integrate planning for land use and transportation.
• CMAP’s staff was created by merging the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) and Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS).
• New, streamlined regional agency serves seven counties that make up the third largest U.S. metropolitan region
– 7 Counties
– 284 municipalities
– Over 1,200 units of local government
GO TO 2040 Plan Process
A Vision for Northeastern Illinois
Research of Existing Conditions
Public Input on Potential Strategies
Preferred Regional Scenario
GO TO 2040 Plan Overview
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Recommendation chapters: 1. Livable Communities
2. Regional Mobility
3. Human Capital
4. Efficient Governance
– Each chapter has a set of strategic policy recommendations
• Context and Best Practices
Recommendations
• GO TO 2040 recommends the region support sustainable local food by:
– Local production. Facilitating sustainable local food production by supporting urban agriculture and farmland protection.
– Access. Increasing equitable access to fresh, nutritious, and affordable foods.
– Create awareness. Raising awareness by providing data, research, training, and information.
Increase Production
Improve Access
• 9% of region’s residents live in food deserts now
• Goal is elimination of food deserts by 2040
Create Awareness Growing Home, Englewood. Photo courtesy of © Andrew Collings.
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Implementation: Policy
• Federal food policies and regulations
• Farmland protection programs
• Urban agriculture
• Institutional support and procurement
processes
• Build regional capacity
• Link anti-hunger & local foods
• Illinois Fresh Food Fund
Implementation: Research
• Improved data collection and dissemination – Production
– Distribution/hubs
– Infrastructure needs
– Economic analysis
– USDA
• Collaboration – Other regional planning agencies
• NIRPC – Northwest Indiana Local Food Study
Implementation: Technical Assistance
• Training and Information sharing
• Incorporate local food in comprehensive plans and ordinances
– CMAP Local Food Chapter Outline (completed June 2011)
– CMAP Model Local Food Ordinance (Summer 2012)
Local Technical Assistance (LTA)
• $4.25 million grant
• Provide staff assistance – 11 new staff and existing staff
• Competitive – Partnerships
– Part of an existing plan
• 64 local Gov., nonprofits, &
intergovernmental orgs
• Next round May 2012
Current CMAP Local Food Projects
• Green Healthy Neighborhoods-Summer 2011 – Local Food Production and Access
• Blue Island-Summer 2011 – Local Food in comprehensive plan
• Lake County-Summer 2011 – Liberty Prairie Reserve Master Plan
– County Local Food Advisory Council
• Kane County-Winter 2012 – Inventorying Vacant/under utilized land
– Set model criteria for evaluating local food potential
Regional Local Food Activity
• Kane County – Updating Comprehensive Plan-food and farm component
– Fit for Kids Program
• Suburban Cook County – Food Systems Steering Committee
– Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)
• City of Chicago – Updated local food related ordinances
• Openlands-McHenry County – Food and Farmland Assessment
FOOD SYSTEMS AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES
April 15, 2012
National Planning Conference Los Angeles, CA
Donald R. Belk, AICP, REDI Regional Planner
THE REGIONAL IMPERATIVE
Sandhills Ecoregion
Fall Line Region
Populated Places
Federal Lands
Installation
State
County
Map courtesy of Elisabeth Jenicek, USACE, CERL Laboratory
Sandhills Ecoregion
Fall Line Region
Populated Places
Federal Lands
Installation
State
County
GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
Sentinel Landscapes: Linking Working Lands, Resource Conservation,
and the National Defense
North Carolina is a ‘Dillon’s Rule’ State ‘Regional Planning ‘ relatively recent activity! County & Municipal Planning highly stratified ‘Great Divide’ between Agriculture & Economic Development
CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTATION
A New Paradigm for North Carolina
Agriculture: an economic sector that relies on land Farmland/Forestland: part of Green Infrastructure Integrating Green Infrastructure into Local Land Use Plans to Direct New Growth Cows don’t go to school, and trees don’t call 9-1-1
FOOD SYSTEMS AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES
Planning – the Missing Element: Creating ‘Land Awareness’
REGIONAL PLANNING MODEL
Fayetteville
Sanford
Southern Pines
Raeford
Lillington
Spring Lake
Hope Mills
Eastover
Pinehurst
Aberdeen
Dunn
Erwin
Urban
Rural
Fort Bragg
The local food movement is sparking new growth in Agriculture Agriculture is NC’s Largest Industry Agriculture and other ‘working land’ uses provide ‘compatible’ land uses surrounding NC’s six major military installations
FOOD SYSTEMS AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES
Why is ‘Local Food’ Important to the Military & the State of North Carolina?
UNITING NC’S TWO LARGEST INDUSTRIES
Food And Fuel For the Forces (FF4F) The Military as ‘Good
Neighbor’ Decrease loss of working lands to ‘incompatible’ uses Fosters Place-Based Economics
BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION
The “Rotten” Side of the Local Foods Movement
‘Ag in the Middle’ being squeezed out Military Food Procurement Bureaucracy GAP Certification Barriers Imposed by Buyers
WHAT’S STIFLING GROWTH OF THE LOCAL FOODS MOVEMENT?
Issues and Challenges
Lack of Awareness Among Individual and Institutional Buyers You Want it When? Incorporating Seasonality
BARRIERS TO INSTITUTIONAL MARKETS
Institutional & Infrastructure Barriers
Fact: California peaches are not from NC.
Ambiguous or conflicting product specifications ‘Perverse Incentives’ Limited Funding for Regional Food System Enhancement Projects
BARRIERS TO INSTITUTIONAL MARKETS
Institutional & Infrastructure Barriers
‘High-Performance Carrots’
Preaching the Green Growth gospel ‘County Land Teams’ breaking down traditional silos Food Hubs coming on line Legislative actions on the horizon
OVERCOMING BARRIERS…
…What’s Happening Now
Nature Friendly Planning
Statewide Action Plan for Creating Local Food System Economy: The Ten Percent Campaign Assessment of ‘Buying Local’ at military installation facilities FF4F is ‘on the radar’ at DoD
OVERCOMING BARRIERS…
Current Efforts
S518: Food Systems & Regional Planning Activities
APA’s 2012 National Planning Conference
April 15, 2012
Speakers:
Alison Hastings, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Amy Talbot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Donald Belk, Fort Bragg Regional Alliance
Moderator:
Laura Goddeeris, Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems
Learning Objectives
• Learn how three regional planning agencies have integrated food system planning into broader long-range and sustainability planning efforts.
• Explore the potential for regionally-integrated food systems to promote economic resiliency, preserve environmental quality, and improve community health.
Agenda
• Introduction
• Greater Philadelphia
• Chicago Metropolitan Region
• Fort Bragg, North Carolina
• Questions & Answers
MSU Student Organic Farm | Jeremy Moghtader
MSU dining hall | Kathryn Colasanti
Growing
Processing
Distributing
Retailing
Preparing
Consuming
Disposing
On what land?
Using what methods?
How far must food travel?
Who are the farmers?
Does everyone have access?
How healthy is our food?
At what cost to the environment?
What jobs are involved?
Opportunities for Planners
• Integrate food issues into comprehensive/other plans • Conduct assessments and inventories; analyze and map
data • Develop policies, programs and incentives • Engage stakeholders and foster partnerships • Support elements of food systems such as:
– Agricultural viability – Community health – Ecological sustainability – Equity
APA Policy Guide on Community & Regional Food Planning, 2007
Why a Regional Scale?
• Larger, global system more anonymous
• Promote maximum resilience Ruhf & Clancy, 2010
– Better balance of food demand & supply
– Appropriate for land use, energy, water, other resource management
– Diversity
• Federal interest in linking rural & urban areas
• Align with other regional planning efforts
Laura Goddeeris, Outreach Specialist
