FOOD IS A TRIP

Food security in the GGA is a major concern within urban areas, and the overall cost and distance travelled associated with the transportation of food is not feasible to sustain its population and environment in 2040.

78% of the food retail market is monopolized by three big-box grocers — Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro.

THE PROBLEM

of the market is controlled by 3 corporations

78%

current food trade deficit, equating to 80,000 jobs

$4billion $6billion

trips that people make pertains to food

1 of 5 Every "meal" we eat requires approximately 20 fuel-driven trips

wasted on paid labour sitting in gridlock, annually

Canadians is considered

obese

of food entering the GTA goes to the landfill

40% 1 of 4

QUALITY EFFICIENCY

OPPORTUNITIESOF SCALE

RECIPROCITYCOMMUNITYENGAGEMENT

NO TRANSPARENCY EQUALS NO CHOICE

OUR PRIORITIESGOALS & FOCUS

Levels the playing field

Open, accessible and self-regulating

Social ability

Database managementLeveraging data

WORKING MODELSEXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL EXISTING SYSTEMS

DIFFUSED NETWORKS

OUR SYSTEMOBJECTIVES OF RE-ENVISIONEDFOOD SYSTEM

PRODUCTION

PROCESS

STORAGE

DISTRIBUTION

CONSUMING

WASTE

FOOD CYCLE

DIGITAL CONNECTION

AGRO NODES TRANSPORT

CORE COMPONENTSSYSTEM OF SYSTEMS

Users Flexibly Respond to Request

Digital Market

Tim

e to

Sho

p!

Preferences Your BillTotal Groceries $$$$$

Distance Travelled XXkmTranportation Cost $$$$

ValuesLifestyleLocation (postal code)

Soup Tonight? Yes!

LAST MILEPost Your Grocery List.

Options will become available depending on your requests

HOW WE CONNECT

PERIFRUITSVEGETABLESMULTICULTURAL FOODSCORNCHICKENSHEEP

URBANHERBESSPROUTSFRUITSVEGETABLESEGGS

INTERNATIONALFRUITS OFF-SEASONVEGETABLES OFF-SEASONFOOD SPECIALTIESCOFFEE BEANSEXOTIC PRODUCE

PRESERVING FRUITSVEGETABLESCHICKENSHEEPBEEF

ARTISANAL JAMHONEYSAUCESCANNINGWORLD FOOD

PROCESSING &PRESERVING

JAMMAPLE SYRUPCANNINGABBATOIR

RURALPORKBEEFMILKCEREALSWILD FOOD

HOW WE GROWAGRO DIAGRAM

URBAN GOAL

15%PERI-URBAN GOAL

25%RURAL GOAL

35%

ORIGIN OF FOOD:BREAKDOWN

SMALL SCALEPedestrian transport has been calculated to account for journeys of around 500 m, at a rate of 3km/hr and can accomodate up to 35 L.

Cycling can account for journeys of up to 30km radius and at a rate of up to 20 k/h, with a capacity of around 200 L per journey.

MEDIUM SCALEStreetcars, subway, buses and medium sized trucks for neigh-bour hood scale vehicles.

LARGE SCALEShipping and rail will cover the large scale transport option.

HOW WE MOVETRANSPORTATION DIAGRAM

TRANSPORTATIONBREAKDOWN

MEDIUM SCALESTREETCARSUBWAYCARBUSMED. CARGO VEHICLE

SMALL SCALECYCLINGWALKINGELECTRIC RICKSHAWMICRO TRUCKS

INTERNATIONAL SCALECARGO SHIPCARGO AIR

LARGE SCALESHIPRAILLRG ROAD VEHICLE

As this is a flexibly designed system, the capacity exists to grow and adapt. 

HOW WE SHARENODES DIAGRAM

MEDIUM SCALECOMMUNITY FOOD CENTRESFARMER’S MARKETSSCHOOLS/COLLEGESSTORESCHURCHES

SMALL SCALEBOXESSTORESSUBWAYSFARMER’S MARKETS

PROCESSINGPRESERVING

REGIONAL

EXCHANGESTORAGE

END OF ROAD ORIN POSTAL CODE

FUNCTION

SCALE

REPACKINGEDUCATION

NEIGHBOURHOOD

LARGE SCALETERMINALS

THESHARING CYCLE

education exchangestorage

process

preserving repacking

EXAMPLE NODE:TERMINAL / URBAN

CURRENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

METROLINKS 25 YEAR PLAN TTC SUBWAY SYSTEM

TRANSIT CITY

BIXI SYSTEM

LARGE SCALE MEDIUM SCALE SMALL SCALE

INTEGRATED FOOD SYSTEM

METROLINKS 25 YEAR PLAN TTC SUBWAY SYSTEM

TRANSIT CITY

BIXI SYSTEM

LARGE SCALE MEDIUM SCALE SMALL SCALE

Locating small nodes at the neighbourhood level allowing for last mile delivery to be done by bicycles, walking, rollerblades, and other forms of trasportation not detrimental to the environmentLocating medium and small

nodes along city wide transit routes

Locating Large and Medium nodes along GO train lines and bus lines to move food

500m

The Farm(Pari)

Large/ Medium Terminal located near regiional transportation node.

Medium to small terminal located in an urban area. In this case near a subway station.

Delivery to house or to local neighbourhood food shed.

User has the option pick up food at the terminal.

Local food shed located roughly every 500m.

Delivered by a small company who specializes in rollerbladding.

Urban Farm

Delivery truck that moves from farm to farm.

Green Belt

Dense Environment

Nodes

Agriculture

Transportation

SCENARIOUSER SCENERIO: How did the squash and spices get there?

SCENARIO ONEUSER SCENERIO: Opportunity

IDEA!

I CAN DO IT

WE CAN DO IT

I NEED A DISTIBUTOR IN THE CITY

DIGITAL MARKET

LAST MILEAPPROVED

KEY TRANSPORTATION MOVES

•DIFFERENTMINISTRIESATBOTHTHEFEDERALANDPROVINCIALLEVELPROVIDE INITIAL INVESTMENT INTO THE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

•CONTINUETOEXPANDREGIONALFORMSOFTRANSPORTATION(METRO-LINKS 25 YEAR PLAN)

• FINDNEWTRANSITOPPORTUNITIESCLOSERTOPERI-AGRICULTURE

•EXPANDLOCALTRANSPORTATIONOPTIONSTOPROVIDEOPPORTUNITIESFOR INNOVATIVE IDEAS AROUND GOODS MOVEMENT

HOW IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN

ONTARIO JOBS WHICH RELY ON A SOLID FOOD AND FARM SECTOR

752,000

FOOD ECONOMY

MAKING IT HAPPEN

• DEVELOPFULLCOSTPRICINGPOLICY

• RECOGNIZEPROVINCIALFOODSAFETY&INSPECTIONATTHESAMELEVEL AS FEDERAL INSPECTIONS

• ALLOWMOBILEABATTOIRSAS“KILLANDCHILL”FACILITIES

• EXEMPTFARMERSFROMPROCESSINGTAXESSOTHEYCANEXTEND THEIR BUSINESS

• CONTINUETHEIMPLEMENTATIONOFLOCALFOODPROCUREMENTPOLICY AS ALREADY DEVELOPED

• CREATEINCENTIVESFORALLUSERS

• REDUCEWASTE

UNECESSARY FOOD ASSOCIATED TRIPS

BY

30%

ELIMINATE THE TO-DO LIST:

CHOOSE DIFFUSION BECAUSE...WHY THIS SYSTEM DESIGN IS AWESOME

A wider variety of fresh produce is available across the whole of our urban area.

Opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation are increased.

Increased food security for the region.

Improved animal welfare, yay happy cows!

Increase access to local and fresh foods

Integrate our food and transportation system