Food Security Beyond Backyards Food Production in the
Food Security: Beyond Backyards Food Production in the City
Donna Ferretti FPIA CPP Planning Institute of South Australia
Zannie Flanagan CEO, Strategic Planning, and Marketing Adelaide Showground Farmers Market
Debbie Saegenschnitter Registered Landscape Architect outerspace landscape architects
In 1996, countries at the World Food Summit agreed that: ‘Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle. ’
• An Ecological Footprint is a measure of how much productive land water they require to produce all the resources they consume and to absorb all the waste they generate, using prevailing technology. It is measured in global hectares.
• Average Australian has ecological footprint of 7. 7 hectares or 4. 2 planets. • Fair resource use is 1. 8 ha person. • Food is approx. 48% of our footprint.
HOW FAR DOES OUR FOOD TRAVEL FROM THE FARM TO OUR TABLE? ? • • Australian Orange juice 2, 024 km Lettuce 54 k Beef 298 km Fresh milk 348 km Tinned baked beans 3, 132 km Oranges from California 12, 879 km Oranges from Australia 567 km Tomatoes from your back yard 10 m
• 40% waste to landfill is food • 2004 Australians wasted $5. 3 billion in food or the equivalent of 186 kg person per year
• • Ensure no more loss of productive land to housing Population caps Use of open space for food production Community gardens Backyard gardening Reuse of food waste – food rescue Food co-operatives
ENSURE NO MORE LOSS OF PRODUCTIVE LAND TO HOUSING
POPULATION CAPS
USE OF OPEN SPACE FOR FOOD PRODUCTION
“Flowers grow in flower gardens …vegetables grow in vegetable gardens… and people grow in community gardens. ” Auckland City Council
http: //www. ozharvest. org/
http: //www. foodconnect. com. au/
Links The centre for education and research in environmental strategies www. ceres. org. au Ecological footprint www. epa. vic. gov/ecologicalfootprint/ Oz Harvest www. ozharvest. org Food Connect www. foodconnect. com. au Sustainable communities www. scnpsp. wordpress. com which contains all of these links and more if you are interested
Angela Hazebroek President Planning Institute of Australia SA Division
Panel Susan Phillips – City of Onkaparinga Debbie Saegenschnitter – outerspace landscape architects Andrew Bishop – Land Management Corporation Zannie Flanagan – Adelaide Showground Farmers Market
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