Posts Tagged ‘food security’
Fighting Food Deserts: Integrated Farms and Housing, South Bronx NY
Posted in Models by Kate Archdeacon on January 15th, 2010
Source: SustainWeb
The Blue Sea Development Corporation has a reputation for integrating emerging environmental technologies into high quality, affordable housing developments across New York City. Their new state of the art affordable housing complex planned for the South Bronx, NY, will feature a 10,000 square feet (930 sq meters) fully integrated rooftop farm, designed by BrightFarm Systems.
The greenhouse will use left-over heat from the residential portion of the building and water harvested from the greenhouse roof. The farm will be used to provide fresh, perishable vegetables to a local non-profit food cooperative. The rooftop farm will be able to supply enough produce to meet the annual fresh vegetable needs of up to 450 people. Like many inner city, low income communities, the South Bronx suffers from food deserts, where residents lack access to fresh vegetables at affordable prices.
The rooftop farm will make a significant contribution to food access and public health in the neighborhood.
Source: SustainWeb
Tags: food security, South Bronx, urban agriculture, Urban Design and Built Form
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Toronto Food Policy Council- An Example for the World
Posted in Models, RDAG by Devin Maeztri on April 16th, 2009
The City of Toronto created the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC) in 1991 in the absence of federal and provincial leadership on food security.
TFPC partners with business and community groups (including City Councillors and volunteer representatives from consumer, business, farm, labour, multicultural, anti-hunger advocacy, faith, and community development groups) to develop policies and programs promoting food security – the TFPC has been instrumental in putting Food Security and Food Policy development squarely on the municipal agenda in Toronto
Tags: community, food security, local food production, sustainable agriculture, Toronto Food Policy, urban agriculture
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Fish and food security
Posted in Research by Devin Maeztri on December 8th, 2008
This abstract was recently listed on Australian Policy Online. To see the original document visit Fish and food security.
Fish and food security
Johann Bell / Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Posted: 21-11-2008
The right to food security is central to human development and many of the major human rights treaties. It is also implicit in Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals – eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. Food security is under threat in the Pacific. Agricultural production is not keeping pace with population growth and two thirds of Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) are now net importers of food. Regrettably, the low nutritional quality of many of these imports has increased the incidence of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
Tags: Australian Policy Online, Fish, Food, food security, The Pacific Community
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