PPT-The Urban Food System

The Hungry Cities Workshop University of Cape Town 09 February 2015 Gareth Haysom ACC and The Hungry Cities Partnership Conceptualising the food system Ericksen 2008 The urban food system. . The Case for a Food Systems Curriculum. While. retail availability of . wholesome and fresh food is fairly widespread in New York City, large swaths of the boroughs are underserved by traditional supermarkets and green grocers. At the same time, food wholesaling and manufacturing are increasingly clustered in some of the self-same neighborhoods that have been classified as “food deserts” by the Department of City Planning. So while the wholesale food sector continues to expand in the South Bronx and places like it, consumer access to the very food prepared, packaged, and wholesaled there has not followed suit. These circumstances present both an abiding irony and a complex challenge for urban communities. Bruce Frayne. Outline. The ‘invisible crisis’. Responses to urban . f. ood . i. nsecurity. AFSUN 11 city urban food security baseline survey findings. Food Security - the ‘big issues’. 25,000 people die every day from hunger and related causes. Get Revved Up!. Bioneers. 2011. Knox College. What is the Food Movement?. Food Day is a national grassroots campaign to:. Reduce . diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods. Support sustainable farms and limit subsidies to big agribusiness. in . Developing. . Countries. . and . Countries. in . Transition. Olivio Argenti , FAO. Key elements. Considerations . on . urbanization, urban food security and role of CLAs. Complex food . systems meeting urban food needs. The Romans created the largest urban system with an excellent transportation system. The Romans were masters of engineering efficiency creating aqueducts, sewers, roads, bridges and great public buildings like arenas and baths.. countries:. What . do we know, and what do we need to know. ?. David Tschirley. Keynote Address for “Hungry Cities: The Global Revolution in Food Systems”. Sponsored by the ILSI Research Foundation. Systems. . in . T. urkey. Lines. in Service. Under. . Construction. . Lines. Lines. . Under. . Project. Urban . Railway. S. ystems. i. n T. urkey. At the end of the 19. th. Century, urban railway transportation began in Ottoman Empire era.. , . Köln - 2016/05/17. GALENA. : Galileo-based solutions for urban freight transport. Panagiotis. . Liakos. , University of Athens. What’s this about?. GALENA. is a . European project. under . HORIZON2020. food . systems &. . farm well-being. - modelling & change. Donald C Cole, Professor, DLSPH. Associate Scientist, International Potato Center. University of Warwick, Food Security Workshop . Amin Dehdarian. École Polytechnique Fédérale . de . Lausanne (EPFL) / . Switzerland. The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition. 23 June 2014. 1. What is the domain of this research?. Why Smart Grids Matter?. Centred. Development. POSSIBLE ROLE FOR . FAO. relating to:. A: Urbanization as a problem and an opportunity in a world of seven billion . B: Youth as a priority group to guarantee the demographic dividend. Rica Bryan, . Health and Wellness Coordinator. Ana Moran, . Community Food Coordinator . Urban Agriculture . at Community Access aims to promote physical health and reduce isolation by creating opportunities for tenants to grow, harvest, and prepare nutrient-rich and culturally appropriate foods where they live. Our programming centers the expertise and lived experience of the tenants, using skill-sharing and knowledge transfer as ways to advance food justice.. 1 BY MR LIM KOK THAI C HIEF EXECUTIVE O FFICER, SINGAPORE FOOD AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AT THE 36 TH SESSION OF THE FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA & THE PACIFIC, 1 0 MA R 202 2 Ag --- . Agenda Day 1. 9:00: Coffee/Networking. 10:00-10:10: Welcome; Opening Remarks. 10:10-10:50: Introductions: The three things I want to have . conversations about are . . ..