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Drilling 4 SOILsustainability, local food systems, Urban Agriculture, Economic Development, Food Security

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Elements of Progressive Food Policy

FeedingAlberta

The Future of Sustainable Local Food Systems in Calgary

Beer Garden

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

The UK’s Soil Association announced that if all British farmland was converted to organic farming, at least 3.2 million tonnes of carbon would be absorbed by the soil each year - the equivalent of pulling almost 1 million cars off the road.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believes 89% of agriculture’s global greenhouse gas mitigation potential is from carbon sequestration.

Organic Farming can Tackle Climate Change

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

Sustainable Ag 2.0

•Market Gardening = Employment

•Small Plot Intensive: SPIN

•Small Scale Livestock = Worms

•Egg Production & Dairy

•Small Scale Infrastructure

•Plant/Sow & Harvest/Processing

•CSUF = Urban Farm = Biz

•Value Added & Repurposing

•Farmer’s Market

•SAGA = Sustainable AG Academy

iTUBIntensively & Totally Utilized Bio

Sustainable Ag 2.0

AccessBuildCultivateDistributeEatFarmGardenHarvestInvest

Sustainable Ag 2.0

HOW TO FEED 750,000 Calgarians:

1. Calgary = 745 Square Kilometre(s) = 74500 Hectare(s) = 184,093 Acres = 8,019,113,260. Sq Ft

2. Calgary Local Food System = 272 sq. kms UNTOUCHED land held in reserve for future growth = 27,200 Hectares = 67,212 Acres = 2,927,783,633 Sq Ft

3. 272 sq kms = 731,945 gardens that are 4,000 sq ft (area required to feed 1 person for a year sustainably & biointensively.)

Thank You!

Everyone Eats.

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Paul@paulinate.com

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