mapping local and regional food systems
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Mapping Local and Regional Food Systems. Indiana State GIS Conference, Bloomington, IN, May 9th , 2012. Picture by Christine Nolan. Structure. Background The Well Traveled Yogurt Pot Food-miles Concept: Pros & Cons Freight Movement, food-related commodities, USA & IN - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Picture by Christine Nolan
o Background
• The Well Traveled Yogurt Pot
• Food-miles Concept: Pros & Cons
• Freight Movement, food-related commodities, USA & IN
o Online Demonstration- Food System Flows and Assets
Source: Stefanie Böge, The Well-traveled Yogurt Pot, World Transport Policy & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1995
Map developed by the PCRD
StrawberriesStrawberries
JamJam
Yogurt culture, paper, Yogurt culture, paper, resin, glueresin, glue
Corn & Wheat Corn & Wheat powderpowder Labels & Labels &
PlasticsPlastics
MilkMilk
Glass Glass JarsJars
“In general, volume of road freight (tons) is stagnating, volume of freight movement (ton-miles) is increasing”………Stefanie Böge, 1995
o Environmental consequences- emissions of SO2, Nox, and dust
o Diesel and fossil fuel expenses (non-renewable energy sources)
o For one truck-load of yogurt in southern Germany , a theoretical truck-load had to move 1,005 KM.
Source: Stefanie Böge, The Well-traveled Yogurt Pot, World Transport Policy & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1995
o “Farm to the Fork”- distance traveled by food (Angela Paxton, 1994)
o Energy used, GHG emissions, other environmental impacts
o Promotes locally grown foods, local producers and farmers
o The Soil Association in the UK monitors the import of organic produce to UK by the air freight
o Benefits of organic farming (social and economic) versus costs (GHG emissions during production, transport
by air freight, etc.)
o In UK, the air freight is used for 1% of fresh organic produce causing 11% of GHG emissions of the food sector
o In 2007, the total value of freight moved was $ 11.7 trillion, weight was 12.5 billion tons, and movement was 3.3 trillion ton-miles
o All modes are included- trucks, rail, water, air, pipeline, and multiple modes (parcel, courier, USPS, truck & rail, etc.)
o Cereal grains, ranked 2nd by weight; only food-related item in the top 10 commodities in 2007 (1.5 billion tons) Source: BTS, Table 01-58, National Transportation Statistics
Freight Facts & Figures, 2011
o Freight Analysis Framework 3
o Oak Ridge National Laboratory
o Commodities
o Freight movement by 7 modes
o Truck, Rail, Water, Air, Multiple modes, Pipeline, Other modes
o 7 commodities- live animals/fish, cereal grains, other ag. prod., animal feed, meat/seafood, milled grain products, other food stuffs
http://prodgis.agriculture.purdue.edu/Freight/flexviewer/index.html
http://prodgis.agriculture.purdue.edu/FarmersMarket/flexviewer/index.html
Indraneel Kumar, [email protected]
Andrey Zhalnin, [email protected]
Purdue Center for Regional DevelopmentGerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall, Suite 266
203 Martin Jischke DriveWest Lafayette, IN 47907
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