Cultivating Montreal: Community

Agriculture and Urban Renewal

Alfonso Morales, PhD

Associate Professor

Urban and Regional Planning

The University of Wisconsin – Madison

State AND Society

An Integrative Framework

Trends and Context

EconomicHistoricalDemographicPoliticalLand Uses andConditions

Urban Agricultural Regulations

HealthProductionProcessingDistributionWaste & Energy

Outcomes, Feedback, SuggestionsEconomicHealthSocialPolitical/legal

Food Security Framework

www.community-food.org

Health – What We Know,

How We Know

Alaimo, K., Packnett, E., Miles, R. A., & Kruger, D. J. (2008). Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Urban Community Gardeners. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior,

Outcome: Urban adults who participate in community gardens are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables

Health – Contemporary Practices

• Organizational Design and Innovation:– Community Supported Agriculture, etc.– Insurance benefits– Market Locations

• Healthy Food from Healthy Soils– U.S. Environmental Protection guidelines for

agriculture in brownfields

Health – What We Are Learning

Database of research on the benefits of community gardens:

http://www.communitygarden.org

Economic Development: What We Know, How We Know

• Integrated vision, speciation with many niches– Production, what scale, what to do with

the product and surplus if any, how distributed what business model?

Fruixi! Local Food Access

Economic Development:Contemporary Practices

Federal

Food Hub

State

StateOrganizations

andFood Policy

Councils

Local

City Ordinances

Economic Development:Experimentation and New

Activities

Example Cities

Chicago, IL

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City: Mobilization and Rules Changes

Chicago: Food Councils and Complex Organizational Structure

Policy Challenges and Fostering City Support

Responses

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Photo Credits and Acknowledgements

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