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1 Why agriculture & the University? purchasing power resources flexibility innovation 2 Testing ground for new models & new jobs 3 McGill Food Systems Project Institutional food sourcing through:

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  • Why agriculture & the University?
  • purchasing power
  • resources
  • flexibility
  • innovation

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  • Testing ground for new models & new jobs

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McGill Food Systems Project

  • Institutional food sourcing
  • through: community collaboration
  • and applied student research
  • anyone can do this, anywhere

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Background

  • Anthropology and agriculture?
  • Conferences can be useful
  • Tim + Dana tackle an institution

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  • 10 min to explain 12 months

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  • Step 1: develop vision, build support

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  • Step 2: understand the system
  • Summer research:
  • 5 positions, 4 months, 3 questions

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  • 1. Where does our food come

from, and why?

  • 2. Who is in charge of our food

sourcing decisions?

  • 3. How can we - as a community -

improve the sustainability of our food chain at McGill?

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  • Food sourcing database

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On average, how far does a Granny Smith apple travel to reach McGill Dining Hallss?

A) 700km B) 1700km C) 5700km D) 7700km

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Student Food Service Providers Suppliers & Distributors Commodity Brokers Farmers McGill’s Restaurants and Dining Halls Chartwells Sodexo Self-Operated Residence Québec Produce Hector Larivée Non- Québec Produce Produce Brokers

Farm to Plate: Understanding the Institutional Supply Chain

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  • Partners
  • 60 people
  • 150 meetings

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  • Resources for institutional memory

Farm to Plate: Unpacking McGill’s Food Systems Annual purchasing database Organizational charts

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  • Question 3: opportunities for improvement?
  • so much work to be done

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  • Green jobs in first year:
  • Researching: four courses
  • Ordering: $1,000’s at McGill farm
  • Eating: local food for 3,000 students
  • Coordinating: ten student positions
  • Strengthening market for local farmers

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  • Next winter & summer
  • 5 new positions, communications budget
  • institutionalize research opportunities
  • external partners
  • common vision & strategy

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The future?

  • Think Big: Changing culture and

conventions

  • 100% Seasonal Menus
  • Alternatives to corporate food services
  • Direct Sourcing: support local farmers

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  • Optimistic?

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  • Barriers:
  • lots to learn
  • people are busy
  • systems need to be built

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Opportunities:

  • hot topic
  • support
  • funding
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  • Agriculture & the university =

supply & demand

  • Building a local food economy
  • Helping people reconnect to the food they

consume

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  • Anyone, anywhere

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  • Jobs to be filled

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  • http://mfsp.wordpress.com
  • mcgill.foodsystems.project@gmail.com

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