2014-05-30 design in urban food systems

NYC Horticultural. May 30, 2014!

healthy, resilient: the importance of design in urban food systems

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[urban] FOOD SYSTEMS

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URBANLab http://rebargroup.org/tacoshed/!


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


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!


“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!


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


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


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 systems examples of urban food projects


ON DESIGN THINKING

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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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PRINCIPLES 4

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Diversity = Resilience

GREEN the whitespace

Get into new conversations

Think in systems

Collaborate around social intentions


“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


ACTION 5

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as a culture, we have designed food systems out of cities.

it’s time to design them back in.


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!


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


how many ways to describe the performance of a city?


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

2014-05-30 design in urban food systems

Design

incredibly powerful tool

systems collaborate

design tool

food systems

inevitably address

considerations needed

workable community

nicola twilley