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Linking
Residential
Development
and Food
Access
Through
Community Food SystemsFriday, May 1610:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Presenter: Damien J. Thompson Ph. D, Regis University
Production: In 1910
approximately 72% of the
population of the United
States lived in rural areas.
Simply put, a little over one hundred years ago a far greater proportion of the population was involved in
producing some portion of their own food or lived in
close proximity to a food producer.
Subdividing Agricultural Land
Distribution: Supermarkets
Urban Agriculture: Social Cohesion,
Ecological, Individual and Community
Health
Beekeeping: Biodiversity
Intergenerational
knowledge
exchange: Social
CohesionLand remediation:
Ecological Health
On farm activities such as:
Community Based Food Systems
Cultivate Health
Location
Site Plan
Permaculture Pocket Gardens
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