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Building

Local

FoodSystems

MidOhioRegionalPlanningCommission

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The Right People and the Right StrategiesBrian Williams

Farmland Policy SpecialistAmerican Farmland Trust Webinar

Nov. 15, 2011

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Local

Food

ProductionGoodforconsumers

Goodfor

farmers

Goodfortheeconomy

Goodfortheland

morpc.org/localfood

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WHATisLocalFood?

Definitionsvary:County,

region,state,

watershed

ForMORPC:food

produced,processed,

distributed,consumed

WHATis

local food?

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WHYpromoteLocalFood? Sustainability:

Makefarmsviable

Preserve

farmland Promotehealthy

eating

Accessibilitytoall

Keepconsumerfood

dollarsintheregion

Createjobs

WHYpromote

Local

Food?

Sustainability:

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WHYpromoteLocalFood? Sustainability:

Lessfocused

on

detailed

research,

assessment

Morefocusedoninclusion,commitment,process

Plan:

aseries

of

recommendations

bringingtherightmixofpeopletothetable

gettingcommitmentthroughouttheregion

MORPCgeneral

approach

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Connecting the dots

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WHOshould

be

involved?

Farmers,farmorganizations

Foodrelatedbusinesses

Processorsanddistributors

Economicdevelopment

Antihungeradvocates

Banks,lenders

Healthadvocates

Landuseplanners

Localgovernments

University

researchers Faithbasedgroups

other

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Structure Puttheseinterestson

asteering

committee

orworkinggroup

Assigntaskforcesto

bringinmorepeople

throughouttheregion

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HOWto

assess?

Avoidparalysisbyanalysis

Useavailableresearchanddata

Getsnapshot

of

current

conditions:

~Production ~Processing ~Distribution

~Consumption~Resources

~Barriers

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Theanswer:

Getting from here to here

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HOWto

plan?

Consider

ways

to

overcome

the

barriers

youveidentified

Identifypeople/groups

to

break

down

barriers

Analyze

strategies

used

elsewhere

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Localfood

is

NOT

limited

to:

Farmersmarkets

Community

gardens

Thosepopular

venues

account

for

one

part

of

your

plate,

onepartoftheyear

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Thequestions

in

any

region:

Howdo

we

feed

ourselves

on

local

foodyearround?

Howdo

we

promote

sustainable,

resilienteconomicdevelopment?

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e

answer:

Theanswer:

Processingand

distribution

Thelocal

food

infrastructure

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Which comes first?

Supply or demand?

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Processing

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Distribution

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ImplementationLocal

resolutions

Collaboratewithother

localfoodefforts

Lookat

state

policies

Workwithbusinessgroups

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Foodcouncils

Localcouncilsto

serveeach

of

the

12

counties;

Regionalcouncil

with

representatives

of

eachcounty

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Freshfood

for

all

Localfoodhasa

successfulniche.

Thegoalistomake

itamainstream

success.

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