Dimock: Impact of Drought on Agriculture, Food Systems and Public Health
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Impact of Drought On Agriculture, Food Systems & Public Health
Michael Dimock
Think & Do Tank
Road Maps to Victory
Backbone for CA Food Policy Council
New Rules & Incentives to Guide Food & Farming
Model 21st Century Food & Farm Policy in California
California Food Policy Council
Healthy Food
AccessEnsure that CA's food policy
truly represents the needs of
our communities by coalescing
their power.
Small
Farm
Viability
Regional
Infrastructure
School Food
Environment
Workers
25 Food Policy Bodies * 71% of CA voters * 1st FPC Organized Bottom Up
Accelerate change at local level by sharing best practices
Work collectively to advise on future
focused state & federal law
Build local food systems through
regional collaboration
Ecological
Farming
Report commissioned by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan
Photo by Carson Jeffres, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
Pre-Drought Snowpack vs. 2050
Scripps Institute of Oceanography (2008)
Not a static state, but a process that alters behavior
and practice over time.
Our use of human, ecological and financial capital today
today does not degrade the ability to continue creating
health and resilience through food and fiber production.
Sustainability Definition
Photo by Luis Franke, Laguna Blanca Farm
Photo courtesy of Dan Imoff
Food Safety Modernization Act
(FSMA)
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