strategies and rationale for designing food systems back into our cities

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healthy, resilient:
the importance of design in
urban food systems
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FOOD SYSTEMS
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URBANLab http://rebargroup.org/tacoshed/!

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http://www.urbandesignlab.columbia.edu/?pid=nyc_foodshed!

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http://www.balmainrozelle.com/White%20Bay%20Eco%20City%20Masterplan.pdf!

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FOOD PROJECTS
AS TOOLS
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http://www.foodsystemsplanning.com/gemuesekorb!

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“convivial public spaces are at the heart of
democratic living and are one of the few
remaining loci where we can encounter
difference and learn to understand and
tolerate other people”
-henry shaftoe. Convivial urban spaces!

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http://www.solfoodmobilefarm.org/?page_id=78! http://trekwithus.com/southern-charm-in-richmond/!

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http://www.fiveboroughfarm.org/urban-agriculture/!

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Home gardens
Community gardens
Farm training
Municipal compost
Community composting
Co-op groceries
Farmers markets
Farmstands
Local aggregators
Urban farms
Vertical systems
Cottage industry
Food incubators
Festivals
City Food markets
Farm to table
benefits of urban food systemsexamples of urban food projects

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ON DESIGN
THINKING
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http://v2.centralstory.com/_gfx/squiggle.png!

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“food is an incredibly powerful tool for
connecting seemingly disparate issues . . . food
is basically a design tool. If you design for food
and food systems, you will inevitably address
all considerations needed to create a
sustainable, workable community.”
Nicola Twilley. http://urbanomnibus.net/2010/02/food-and-the-shape-of-cities/!
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“food is an incredibly powerful tool for
connecting seemingly disparate issues . . . food
is basically a design tool. If you design for food
and food systems, you will inevitably address
all considerations needed to create a
sustainable, workable community.”
Nicola Twilley. http://urbanomnibus.net/2010/02/food-and-the-shape-of-cities/!
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PRINCIPLES4
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Diversity = Resilience
GREEN the whitespace
Get into new conversations
Think in systems
Collaborate around social intentions

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Diversity = Resilience
GREEN the whitespace
Get into new conversations
Think in systems
Collaborate around social intentions

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Diversity = Resilience
GREEN the whitespace
Get into new conversations
Think in systems
Collaborate around social intentions

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Diversity = Resilience
GREEN the whitespace
Get into new conversations
Think in systems
Collaborate around social intentions

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Diversity = Resilience
GREEN the whitespace
Get into new conversations
Think in systems
Collaborate around social intentions

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Diversity = Resilience
GREEN the whitespace
Get into new conversations
Think in systems
Collaborate around social intentions

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“Eventually everything connects -
people, ideas, objects. The quality of
the connections is the key to quality
per se.”
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Charles Eames!

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Diversity = Resilience
GREEN the whitespace
Get into new conversations
Think in systems
Collaborate around social intentions

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ACTION5
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as a culture, we have designed
food systems out of cities.
it’s time to design them back in.

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http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Government/
images/FAP%20cover%20image.jpg!
http://www.urbangardensweb.com/wp-content/
uploads/2009/12/105_eastern_market_for_web.jpg!

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I have a meeting Thursday with the folks I met at my table last
Tuesday to work on fine tuning our plan for action . . . to get newly
retired teachers involved in school gardens for after school and
summer teaching opportunities . . . We would like to see the produce
from such a garden delivered directly to the Food Bank, the cafeteria
and/or some central SE Raleigh market area/group like the SE
Fertile Ground Food Co-Op. And, we would REALLY like to get in
the conversation about changing sixty years of public school food
policy to ensure that fresh healthy locally grown and dare I say
organic food is the rule, rather than the very rare exception.
-Tami Purdue, Gathering For Good participant. May 25 2014

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how many ways to describe
the performance of a city?

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healthy, resilient.
how many ways to describe
the performance of a city?
of our food?
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bringing design thinking together
with local food systems to create
healthy communities