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Health and Food Systems
Urban Land Institute Health Leaders Network
- Nine-month Leadership
Program
- 32 Land Use Professionals
- Equip with Skills and
Knowledge to Improve Community Health Outcomes
Regional Health Planning and Food Systems Initiative Luis - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Regional Health Planning and Food Systems Initiative Luis - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Regional Health Planning and Food Systems Initiative Luis Nieves-Ruiz, AICP Economic Development Manager July 18, 2018 Health and Food Systems Urban Land Institute Health Leaders Network Nine-month Leadership Program 32 Land Use
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Health and Food Systems
- Develop Regional Partnerships
- Identify Food Production Assets
- Recognize Land Use Policy Barriers
- Generate New Jobs and Businesses
- Revitalize Distressed Communities
Regional Food Systems Activities
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Health and Food Systems
Good Food Central Florida
- Build capacity among members of farm-to-table network
- Increase access to healthy food
- Educate public about regional food system
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Health and Food Systems
Orange County Food Production Strategic Plan
Components of the Food Production System
- $30K DEO Grant
- Create Food Production Assets
Inventory
- Agricultural Acreage
- Farms
- Food Processors
- Food Distributors
- Commercial Kitchens
- Identify Policy Barriers to Systems
Development
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Health and Food Systems
Goldsboro Food Entrepreneurship Plan
- HUD Choice Neighborhoods
Initiative Project
- $30K DEO Grant
- Use Food Production to Revitalize
Distressed Community
- Identify Food Entrepreneurship
Opportunities
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Health and Food Systems
Food Zoning Toolkit
- Identify Best National
Practices for the Regulation of Food Uses:
- Urban Agriculture
- Shared Commercial
Kitchens
- Mobile Food Vending
- Identify Funding Sources for
Food Entrepreneurs
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Health and Food Systems
Cycles and Sprouts Program
- Two-year AETNA Grant
- Partnership with Kaley Square,
Play Ground City, Fleet Farming, GFCF, and others
- Increase Vegetable Consumption
in Holden Heights Neighborhood
- Provide Urban Agriculture and
Bicycle Repair Training
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Health and Food Systems
Regional Food Economies Fellowship
- Inaugural Cohort
- One of Eight Fellows Nationwide
- Innovative Work with High
Potential for Impact
- $15K Stipend to Develop Regional
Food Systems Project
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Health and Food Systems
Mapping Regional Food Network
- Identify East Central
Florida’s Food Production Assets
- Review Regulatory
Documents for Region’s Largest Jurisdictions regarding food production uses
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Health and Food Systems
Community Education
- Educate planners and
economic development
- fficials about importance of
regional food systems
- Organize stakeholder forums
across the region
- Explain Economic Impact of
the Regional Food System
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Health and Food Systems
Additional Projects
- DEO Grant Application with City of Orlando to Develop Urban
Agriculture Ordinance
- Lead CHIP Program’s Economic Well-Being Committee
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