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Planning for

Greater Philadelphia’s

Food System

April 15, 2012

Overview of DVRPC

• Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), created in 1965

• Interstate, intercounty, and intercity agency

• Prioritize transportation funding

• 2 States, 9 Counties, 353 Municipalities

• Issue areas – Transportation, Land Use, the Economy, and the Environment

Interest in Food System Planning

• DVRPC Board Authorizes and Directs Work

– Identified as a Top Priority in September 2007

– Started project in early 2008

• Food cuts across all issues areas

– Transportation

– Land Use

– The Economy

– The Environment

Stakeholder Planning Process

• Phase 1: Objective Study

• Phase 2: Plan

• Phase 3: Implementation

Lancaster County, PA

Cumberland County, NJ

Gloucester County, NJ

Lancaster County, PA

• Not all farming (or farmers) are the same

CONCLUSIONS:

Farming

Urban Farming Specialty Crops

Plain Sect Community Large Regional Brands

Greater Philadelphia’s Food System

Food Supply

Farming and Sustainable Agriculture

Economic Development

Health Fairness

Collaboration

Ecological Stewardship and Conservation

Values & Goals

Indicators Food Sector Employment in Greater Philadelphia (2001 to 2008)

Sources: BLS 2010

Indicators

Household Food Insecurity in NJ and PA (2001 to 2008)

Sources: USDA 2009.

Healthy Habits Stabilizing Neighborhoods

Economic Development Beginning Farmer

Implementation and Partnerships

• Everyone who eats is part of the regional food system

and part of the solutions.

• Greater Philadelphia Food System Stakeholder

Committee

• Member governments (counties and municipalities)

• Technical and Financial Assistance Initiative

Incorporating ideas into

DVRPC’s work

• Long Range Plan

• Transportation Studies – ex. creating a Farmers Market at a Transit Hub

• Smart Growth Studies – ex. exploring food-oriented development; recommendations around siting food carts

What We’re Doing Now

• Stakeholder Committee

• Wrapping up financial & technical assistance initiative funded by the William Penn Foundation

• Assisting with others’ efforts when possible

• Camden Food Economy Strategy

• Monitoring implementation of the Food System Plan (2014 Update)

Thank You! WWW.DVRPC.ORG/FOOD

Alison Hastings

Senior Environmental Planner

ahastings@dvrpc.org

215.238.2929

GO TO 2040 Sustainable Local Food

American Planning Association April 15, 2012

About CMAP

• Established in 2005 to better integrate planning for land use and transportation.

• CMAP’s staff was created by merging the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) and Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS).

• New, streamlined regional agency serves seven counties that make up the third largest U.S. metropolitan region

– 7 Counties

– 284 municipalities

– Over 1,200 units of local government

GO TO 2040 Plan Process

A Vision for Northeastern Illinois

Research of Existing Conditions

Public Input on Potential Strategies

Preferred Regional Scenario

GO TO 2040 Plan Overview

• Challenges and Opportunities

• Recommendation chapters: 1. Livable Communities

2. Regional Mobility

3. Human Capital

4. Efficient Governance

– Each chapter has a set of strategic policy recommendations

• Context and Best Practices

Recommendations

• GO TO 2040 recommends the region support sustainable local food by:

– Local production. Facilitating sustainable local food production by supporting urban agriculture and farmland protection.

– Access. Increasing equitable access to fresh, nutritious, and affordable foods.

– Create awareness. Raising awareness by providing data, research, training, and information.

Increase Production

Improve Access

• 9% of region’s residents live in food deserts now

• Goal is elimination of food deserts by 2040

Create Awareness Growing Home, Englewood. Photo courtesy of © Andrew Collings.

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Implementation: Policy

• Federal food policies and regulations

• Farmland protection programs

• Urban agriculture

• Institutional support and procurement

processes

• Build regional capacity

• Link anti-hunger & local foods

• Illinois Fresh Food Fund

Implementation: Research

• Improved data collection and dissemination – Production

– Distribution/hubs

– Infrastructure needs

– Economic analysis

– USDA

• Collaboration – Other regional planning agencies

• NIRPC – Northwest Indiana Local Food Study

Implementation: Technical Assistance

• Training and Information sharing

• Incorporate local food in comprehensive plans and ordinances

– CMAP Local Food Chapter Outline (completed June 2011)

– CMAP Model Local Food Ordinance (Summer 2012)

Local Technical Assistance (LTA)

• $4.25 million grant

• Provide staff assistance – 11 new staff and existing staff

• Competitive – Partnerships

– Part of an existing plan

• 64 local Gov., nonprofits, &

intergovernmental orgs

• Next round May 2012

Current CMAP Local Food Projects

• Green Healthy Neighborhoods-Summer 2011 – Local Food Production and Access

• Blue Island-Summer 2011 – Local Food in comprehensive plan

• Lake County-Summer 2011 – Liberty Prairie Reserve Master Plan

– County Local Food Advisory Council

• Kane County-Winter 2012 – Inventorying Vacant/under utilized land

– Set model criteria for evaluating local food potential

Regional Local Food Activity

• Kane County – Updating Comprehensive Plan-food and farm component

– Fit for Kids Program

• Suburban Cook County – Food Systems Steering Committee

– Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)

• City of Chicago – Updated local food related ordinances

• Openlands-McHenry County – Food and Farmland Assessment

Amy Marie Talbot Associate Planner, LEED AP atalbot@cmap.illinois.gov

Questions?

FOOD SYSTEMS AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES

April 15, 2012

National Planning Conference Los Angeles, CA

Donald R. Belk, AICP, REDI Regional Planner

THE REGIONAL IMPERATIVE

Sandhills Ecoregion

Fall Line Region

Populated Places

Federal Lands

Installation

State

County

Map courtesy of Elisabeth Jenicek, USACE, CERL Laboratory

Sandhills Ecoregion

Fall Line Region

Populated Places

Federal Lands

Installation

State

County

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT

STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Sentinel Landscapes: Linking Working Lands, Resource Conservation,

and the National Defense

North Carolina is a ‘Dillon’s Rule’ State ‘Regional Planning ‘ relatively recent activity! County & Municipal Planning highly stratified ‘Great Divide’ between Agriculture & Economic Development

CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTATION

A New Paradigm for North Carolina

Agriculture: an economic sector that relies on land Farmland/Forestland: part of Green Infrastructure Integrating Green Infrastructure into Local Land Use Plans to Direct New Growth Cows don’t go to school, and trees don’t call 9-1-1

FOOD SYSTEMS AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES

Planning – the Missing Element: Creating ‘Land Awareness’

REGIONAL PLANNING MODEL

Fayetteville

Sanford

Southern Pines

Raeford

Lillington

Spring Lake

Hope Mills

Eastover

Pinehurst

Aberdeen

Dunn

Erwin

Urban

Rural

Fort Bragg

The local food movement is sparking new growth in Agriculture Agriculture is NC’s Largest Industry Agriculture and other ‘working land’ uses provide ‘compatible’ land uses surrounding NC’s six major military installations

FOOD SYSTEMS AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES

Why is ‘Local Food’ Important to the Military & the State of North Carolina?

UNITING NC’S TWO LARGEST INDUSTRIES

Food And Fuel For the Forces (FF4F) The Military as ‘Good

Neighbor’ Decrease loss of working lands to ‘incompatible’ uses Fosters Place-Based Economics

BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION

The “Rotten” Side of the Local Foods Movement

‘Ag in the Middle’ being squeezed out Military Food Procurement Bureaucracy GAP Certification Barriers Imposed by Buyers

WHAT’S STIFLING GROWTH OF THE LOCAL FOODS MOVEMENT?

Issues and Challenges

Lack of Awareness Among Individual and Institutional Buyers You Want it When? Incorporating Seasonality

BARRIERS TO INSTITUTIONAL MARKETS

Institutional & Infrastructure Barriers

Fact: California peaches are not from NC.

Ambiguous or conflicting product specifications ‘Perverse Incentives’ Limited Funding for Regional Food System Enhancement Projects

BARRIERS TO INSTITUTIONAL MARKETS

Institutional & Infrastructure Barriers

‘High-Performance Carrots’

Preaching the Green Growth gospel ‘County Land Teams’ breaking down traditional silos Food Hubs coming on line Legislative actions on the horizon

OVERCOMING BARRIERS…

…What’s Happening Now

Nature Friendly Planning

Statewide Action Plan for Creating Local Food System Economy: The Ten Percent Campaign Assessment of ‘Buying Local’ at military installation facilities FF4F is ‘on the radar’ at DoD

OVERCOMING BARRIERS…

Current Efforts

THANK YOU!

Contact: Don Belk Regional Planner, Fort Bragg Regional Alliance dbelk@bracrtf.com

S518: Food Systems & Regional Planning Activities

APA’s 2012 National Planning Conference

April 15, 2012

Speakers:

Alison Hastings, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Amy Talbot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

Donald Belk, Fort Bragg Regional Alliance

Moderator:

Laura Goddeeris, Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems

Learning Objectives

• Learn how three regional planning agencies have integrated food system planning into broader long-range and sustainability planning efforts.

• Explore the potential for regionally-integrated food systems to promote economic resiliency, preserve environmental quality, and improve community health.

Agenda

• Introduction

• Greater Philadelphia

• Chicago Metropolitan Region

• Fort Bragg, North Carolina

• Questions & Answers

MSU Student Organic Farm | Jeremy Moghtader

MSU dining hall | Kathryn Colasanti

Growing

Processing

Distributing

Retailing

Preparing

Consuming

Disposing

On what land?

Using what methods?

How far must food travel?

Who are the farmers?

Does everyone have access?

How healthy is our food?

At what cost to the environment?

What jobs are involved?

Opportunities for Planners

• Integrate food issues into comprehensive/other plans • Conduct assessments and inventories; analyze and map

data • Develop policies, programs and incentives • Engage stakeholders and foster partnerships • Support elements of food systems such as:

– Agricultural viability – Community health – Ecological sustainability – Equity

APA Policy Guide on Community & Regional Food Planning, 2007

Why a Regional Scale?

• Larger, global system more anonymous

• Promote maximum resilience Ruhf & Clancy, 2010

– Better balance of food demand & supply

– Appropriate for land use, energy, water, other resource management

– Diversity

• Federal interest in linking rural & urban areas

• Align with other regional planning efforts

Laura Goddeeris, Outreach Specialist

laurag@msu.edu