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WHY URBAN AGRICULTURESustainable Opportunities Summit Food Panel: March 4, 2010

© Feed Denver Urban Farms & Markets, 2010



CHANGING PERCEPTIONS:AGRICULTURE MOVES TO THE CITY

LISA ROGERS

FEED DENVER: Urban Farms & Markets




WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM?




The Challenge

Health Crisis

Agriculture Crisis

Energy Crisis




The Numbers

.2

5. 7

4.9

3.2

5.5

Denver Metropolitan Region Local Farm & Food Economy (Highlights of a data compilation),

Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center (Minneapolis, MN) for Civic Results (Denver, Co) 5/27/08 © Feed Denver Urban Farms & Markets, 2010



TheNumbers

.25.7

4.9

3.25.5

Denver Metropolitan Region Local Farm & Food Economy (Highlights of a data compilation),

Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center (Minneapolis, MN) for Civic Results (Denver, Co) 5/27/08

$5.7 BILLION: How much we spend onfood in Colorado

$4.9 million: How much we food we buydirectly from Colorado farmers

.2%: : How much of our food is produced in Colorado

$3.2 BILLION: How much we could be

buying from Colorado farmers

$5.5 BILLION: How much money we sendoutside of Colorado (and USA) for food




The Solution

CITY FOOD FOR CITY PEOPLE

Growing Real Food Near Where People Eat It




URBAN AGRICULTURE: GROWING REAL FOOD

NEAR WHERE PEOPLE EAT IT

Urban farms are more

productive

Urban farms use less

fossil fuel

Grower to grower: Creating a livelihood on a fresh market vegetable garden, John Hendrickson, CIASOutreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, October 2005






Urban farming is astable, productive

business

Creates the

greenest of jobs






New

fresh food

distribution

streams

Strengthencottage food

industry

Untappedmarket for

local food






Education and

re-training

opportunities

Community andculture building




THE ULTIMATE GOAL

City Food for City People

• Farming entrepreneursmake a living

LocalEconomy

• New businesses creatingthousands of green jobs

GreenJobs

• Access to fresh, healthy,affordable, local food

ImprovedHealth




MEET DENVER’S

URBAN FARMERS © Feed Denver Urban Farms & Markets, 2010



BACKYARD AND NEIGHBORHOOD FARMS

Urban farming CSA shareholder model

Edible Landscaping




Established communities likechurches, clubs, and memberorganizations

Community Gardens

CSA co-op model

Community network

Using under-utilizedcommunity land

COMMUNITY–BASED CITY FARMS




Urban Livestock Dairy and protein production

City sized animals in appropriatecity sized numbers

Honey, eggs, milks, cheeses




COMMERCIAL URBAN FARMS & MARKETS

Vertical Greenhouse Farming Bio-Intensive, Year-Round Production

Aquaculture Fish Farming

Farm Marketplace




The Small Family Farm Moves to the City




WHERE CAN

YOUR FOODCOME

FROM?




What Feed Denver is Doing

Model Farm & Training Center

We are a Growing Power Regional Outreach Training Centerworking with Will Allen and his team.

Community-Based Pilot Programs

Working with neighborhood communities to establish farmbusinesses bringing green jobs and enterprise.

Main Street Urban Farms with Markets

Entrepreneurial Main Street turn-key businesses

City Farms Foundation

Micro-lending and resource sharing program.




GROWING POWER REGIONAL

TRAINING CENTER

International leaders in urbanagriculture

Will Allen, founder, 2008MacArthur Genius Grant

Establishing Regional Trainingprograms throughout the USA




Urban Agriculture

Makes a Better City

Fresh Local FoodProduction

Better Community

Health

Stable Jobs &Skills Training

SupplementalIncome & Small

BusinessOpportunity

ReinvigoratedCottage Food

Industry

StrongerRestaurant

Industry

Better School &

Institutional Food

© Feed Denver Urban Farms & Markets,2010



WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM?




FEED DENVER:URBAN FARMS & MARKETS


Sustainable Opportunities Summit Food Panel: March 4, 2010

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