1. Evaluating Innovation and Promoting Success inCommunity and Regional Food SystemsResearch, education, outreach, and advocacy to address food security in urban areas Co-Principal Investigators: Steve Ventura, Professor, Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison Will Allen, CEO, Farmer and Founder, Growing Power, Inc.

2. A collaboration of University of Wisconsin-MadisonGrowing PowerUniversity of Wisconsin-ExtensionMichael Fields Agricultural Institute and numerous community partners: Center for Resilient Cities, Chicago Food Policy Council, CommunityGroundworks, Community Services Unlimited of Los Angeles, Detroit BlackCommunity Food Security Network, Food Project, Growing Home, Hunger Task Force, Iowa County RC&D, Los Angeles Food Policy Council, Michigan StateUniversity, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, Walnut Way ConservationCorp., Wayne State University AND MORESupported by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture USDA Award 2011-68004-30044 3. Project Components Education high school: PEOPLE program college: internships, graduate practicums Outreach training assessment communication webinars and website Research CRFS framework city profiles community innovation fund projects Advocacy Farm bill food policy councils Community Engagement Projects 4. Project Components Education high school: PEOPLE program college: internships, graduate practicums Outreach training assessment communication webinars and website Research CRFS framework city profiles community innovation fund projects Advocacy Farm bill food policy councils Community Engagement Projects 5. Education UW-Madison PEOPLE program Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Programfor Learning Excellence Pipeline to college for students of color andlow income students CRFS addition to PEOPLE: Development of urban agriculture curricula 1 week, 3 week programs High school internships Collaboration with Milwaukee high schools 6. Education PEOPLE and pizza 7. Outreach Webinars Fall 2011 series Spring 2013 series eXtension Community of Practice Website Blogs Resources theses, publications, etc. Videos voices of the people 8. Outreach - website 9. Outreach - website vox populi 10. Project Components Research the (evolving) CRFS Framework Characterizing community and regional foodsystems Enhancing communication Pointing toward evaluation approaches Built on previous efforts several versions of food system cycles Whole Measures, Community Food Security Coalition 11. Project Components Research the (revolving) CRFSFramework 12. Community Engagement Projects Community owned projects defined by and with community partners serving community-identified needs Small and rapid, but consequential (but sometimes they grow!) Oriented to building relationships and trust not parachute solutions balance of leadership overcoming historic antipathy to authority 13. Community Engagement Examples Projects Carrots to Schools CFPAC Land Tenure Strategy CFPAC Supply Chain Workgroup Cover Cropping Vegetable Plots Creating Favorable Ordinances for Urban Agriculture Development of a Statewide Food Policy Council Evaluation of LA Food Policy Council Initiatives Food Enterprise Development Network Food Waste Composting for Urban Soils Gardening for Empowerment Growing Power Inventory Healthy Corner Stores Initiative (North Side Milwaukee) Hunger Task Force Farm Support Institute for Urban Agriculture & Nutrition Lead in Urban Environments South Side Milwaukee Healthy Food Access Coalition 14. Community EngagementProject AccessSouthside Milwaukee Food Influencing consumer behavior and choice Partners: local health service and food retailers Building and supporting local leadership 15. Community EngagementProjecttheir show:Southside Food Access 16. Community Engagement Project Madison Gardens for Empowerment Growing Healthy Soil Milwaukee 17. Community EngagementProjectGrowing Healthy Soil lead in urban environments Collaboration:- Medical College of Wisconsin- 16th Street Health Clinic- Walnut Way Help residents with back yard gardens- Support- Benefits- Risks 18. Community EngagementProjectChicago Grown label CFPAC activity CRFS guided 19. Community EngagementProjectMilwaukee school vegetables Growing Power and the carrot conundrums Cost Processing Sourcing Leading to a melange of local procurement 20. Community EngagementProjectHunger Task Force moribund county prison farm turned into foodpantry supplier 21. CRFS Lessons Collective impact Food justice and food sovereignty Community/university/extensionpartnerships Food system services Scaling up 22. CRFS Lessons Collective impact Food justice and food sovereignty Community/university/extensionpartnerships Food system services Scaling up 23. CRFS Lessons Food Justice Detroit food club -> food coop (innovationfund) Dismantling racism workshops 24. CRFS Lessons Food SystemParallel concept toServicesservicesecosystem Values wheel of framework Builds on CFSC Whole Measures for CommunityFood Systems 25. CRFS Lessons Food SystemServicesMetrics to measure food system services Growing Power inventory Urban markets survey Milwaukee Food Policy Council assessment 26. Looking Forward Within CRFS Innovation Fund Research Graduate practicums Enduring beyond CRFS Institute on Urban Agriculture and Nutrition Wisconsin Food Policy Council The Good Food Revolution