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Section B
Future Perspective
3-Ps: The Community Food Security Method
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Projects
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Partnerships
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Policy
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Projects
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Community gardening and urban agriculture: show more promise for
community building than for promoting food security
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Food co-ops: limited impact on low-income communities; limited
business management capacity
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Partnerships
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Anti-hunger coalitions: food only, neglect poverty; ignore economic
disparities
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Coalitions start to broaden: anti-hunger, sustainable agriculture,
and public health begin to join forces
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Emergence of obesity and diabetes issues broaden coalitions; food
system’s connections become apparent
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Partnerships

Anti-hunger coalitions: food only, neglect poverty; ignore economic
disparities

Coalitions start to broaden: anti-hunger, sustainable agriculture,
and public health begin to join forces

Emergence of obesity and diabetes issues broaden coalitions; food
system’s connections become apparent
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Convergence: Policy
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Supermarket development (food to the people): projects that would
not succeed without policy
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New Haven, Connecticut
Fresh Food Financing Initiative (Pennsylvania)
Public transportation (people to the food)
-  New bus routes in Hartford
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More Convergence
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Farmers’ markets (projects, partners, and policies): connecting
justice and sustainability—farmers’ markets grow in low-income
areas; Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program and EBT
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Community supported agriculture: private innovation and public
strategies
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Unifying 3-Ps: Food Policy Councils (FPCs)
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Specific geographic and jurisdictional focus
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Considers all elements of the food system
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Multi-stakeholder orientation
1.  Coordinates food system players
2.  Influence local or state food policy
3.  Food democracy in action
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FPCs: Issues and Results
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Farmland Preservation (Connecticut and Montana)
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Nutrition rules in schools (New Mexico)
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Improved food economy (Michigan)
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Improved WIC Program (Hartford)
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Farm to School (New Mexico and New Haven)
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Sustainability planning (Portland, Oregon)
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Challenges
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Oligopolistic forces of multi-national agribusiness
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Food banking still dominates public’s understanding of hunger and
poverty
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Low-wage economy and need for living wages—holding the for-profit
sector accountable
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Obesity threatens nation’s health and health care cost containment
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Opportunities
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Local and state food policy
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Over 100 FPCs in North America
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New York City food strategies
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Cleveland and urban agriculture
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Gardening, cooking, and food democracy as pathways to individual
self-reliance and community health
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Finding the Balance
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Food system comprised of many parts (and many uncommon
connections)
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Can’t forget hunger’s cause (poverty)
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Can’t focus on only your food (your health)
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Farmer has right to earn a livelihood, but not at expense of
consumer or the natural resources
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Closing the food gap is a multi-faceted enterprise that requires we
connect many dots
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