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Innovation Project (Parts of Food System (Growing Food, Harvesting,…
Innovation Project
Parts of Food System
Growing Food
Harvesting
Transportation
Processing
Packaging
Consume
Dispose
Selling
Principles For Building Resilient Communities
Promote equity
Leverage community assets
Understand vulnerabilities
Redefine how and where to build
fBuild the business case
Design with natural systems
Maximize co-benefits
Harness innovation and technology
Ag Practices
Largest Source of Pollution than Any Industrial Sector
Fertilizer
Runnoff
Dead zones
Hypoxia
Yield Growth Rates Dropping
Uncetiain we can meet demand
Innovative Crop Systems
Increase Need
Urban Centers
Sustainable Food System
Jobs for Locals
Decrease Environmental Impact
Population / Urbanization
Poplution Increasing
In 35 yrs, 2/3 (2.5 Billion) will iive in urban centers
1/2 of people live in urban centers
Urbanization
Demand in Urban Centers
Climate Change
Extreme weather affects food growth
Flooding affects tranportation
Fires in CA
Food Deserts
Food Desert: Access to affordable, healthy food options (aka fresh fruits and veggies) is limited or nonexistent
About 23.5 million people live in food deserts. Nearly half of them are also low-income
Lack special diet foods and culturally relevant foods
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas.aspx
circular economy
keeping products and materials in use
regenerating natural systems
designing out waste and pollution
Benefits of Buy Local
reducing your food miles
More Accessible
Fresher Produce
Local workforce
Food from CA
90 percent of the broccoli
99 percent of artichokes, 99 percent of walnuts, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery, 95 percent of garlic, 89 percent of cauliflower, 71 percent of spinach, and 69 percent of carrots