Food in cities: the new frontier of rural policy? - Matt Reed

FOOD IN CITIESTHE NEW FRONTIER OF RURAL POLICY?

Rural-fication in the City

Small Scale Communities - face to face

Participation - civic networks

Focus on relations with nature/agri-culture

Socially homogenous (Tribe)

Re-valorisation of ex-industrial areas

www.greaterlondonnationalpark.org.uk

www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk

Smart City Farming

URBAN AGRICULTURE

Demographic changes - Wealthier, ex-urban, older professionals, vs younger, insecure,

MIGRATION

Flattening the difference between rural/urban - Broadband, 3D printing, logistics

ICT

In competition - conservation, agri-business, high social status of rural living

RE-VALORISATION

GLOBALISATION

Rising role of the city not the nation state

Changing Urban/Rural

Relations

About flows not

areas

Food Nexus

exemplar &

product 7

2

7

2

Nutrients Water Land

Food

Wildlife

Community

Jobs

‘Proximate’ food

Food production linked to urban areas

Food Security - household, regional

Carbon reductions

Local distinctiveness

Rural as the hinterlands of cities

Future of rural policy

Increasing role of cities in food chains - preparing for

post-supermarket food supply

Networked rural development - the social gains to be

made by urban/peri-urban agriculture linked to rural

areas

Role for agri-social schemes - rewarding schemes that

bring social benefits

Opportunities for re-wilding and more newly remote

rural

Dr Matt Reed

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01242 714138