Welcome to the 2020 COLORADO FOOD SUMMIT JANUARY 7, 2020 • DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE The Colorado Food Summit works to build linkages that meet diverse urban food goals while creating viable market opportunities that builds wealth for Colorado farmers and ranchers and rural communities.
Colorado State University Land Acknowledgement
Why are we here?
Growing interest in Colorado produced and processed food and market development
Food systems development strategies involve rural- urban linkages According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, Denver County has 12 farms: • 3 were <$1,000 in sales • 5 were between $1,000-$2,499 • 1 was between $10,000-$19,999 • 2 were between $50,000-$99,999
Selected Convenings
The Colorado Food Summit works to build linkages that meet diverse urban food goals while creating viable market opportunities that build wealth for Colorado farmers and ranchers and rural communities.
To build linkages we need to consider: • Our natural resource base; • What communities want and value; • The scales and commodities of agriculture in the state; • Available (or needed) infrastructure; • Diverse markets that meet all food needs while improving producer viability; • Who is at the table; • The role of policy; • And much more!
Your charge for today’s summit: • Build new relationships; • Try to understand different perspectives; • Consider potential opportunities and tradeoffs associated with different policies, programs or initiatives; • Commit to action!
Special thanks to Chef Simone and the team at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science who enthusiastically worked with us on the CO Proud meal!
Closing remarks by Deputy Mayor Happy Haynes!
Special thanks to: Doug Caskey and the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board Chef Simone and the team at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science who enthusiastically worked with us on the CO Proud meal!
Thank You to the Advisory Committee!
Special Thanks to: • Matt McFadden , MM Outreach Solutions • Dana Stillman , Inspire Graphic Design • Melanie Brooks, Flying Giant Photography • Molly Fortune and everyone at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science • James Hale , Research Associate and Evaluator • Bridget Baxter , Project Manager • All of our volunteers!
Thank You to our Project Partners!
Need help finding your way? 1. Look for a volunteer wearing the CSU green shirts. 2. Floor Maps are available here: https://www.dmns.org/visit/plan- your-visit/floor-maps/
Want to access the information you heard today after the event? • All presentations will be posted on our website: https://foodsystems.colostate.edu/events/colorado-food- summit/agenda/ • Each session has at least two note takers, and we will post summaries of the notes on our website.
Don’t forget to tweet! We want to hear from you! #COFoodSummit
John Reich Scientific Program Director Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
Kate Greenberg Commissioner Colorado Department of Agriculture
Blake Angelo Coordinator Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council
LEVERAGING DENVER’S FOOD POLICY AND PROCUREMENT POWER JANUARY 7 TH , 2020
COLORADO FOOD ECONOMY Colorado Supply In 2017, $7.5 billion total market value of agricultural products $5.3 billion animal products (70%) $2.2 billion crops (30%) $268M vegetables (3.6%) Colorado Demand In 2016, $27 billion spent on food consumption in Colorado $13B for “at - home” food consumption (grocery, direct) $14B for “away -from- home” food consumption (restaurant, institutions) In 2017, $144M of Colorado product sales sold in alternative markets Direct to Consumer ($30M) Value Added ($23M) Direct to Retail/Institution/Hub ($91M)
HELPING FARMERS CAPTURE MORE OF THE FOOD DOLLAR
FROM FARM 2 SCHOOL TO INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASING
ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS
2020 SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
2030 DENVER’S FOOD VISION
EXPLORING PURCHASING POLICIES SFPC Mayoral Advisory (Nov 19, 2019) Recommended adoption of GFPP For Denver’s Summer Food program. Child and Adult Care programs, and Denver Jail Advances numerous city goals $3.395 million over 5 years to CO food businesses, producers, and farmers Environmental benefits, including carbon and water footprint reduction Public health benefits, including potential impacts on healthy eating for children and other vulnerable populations Improving social and racial equity BVSD Example: Since adopting GFPP in 2016, BVSD has spent $890,700 (41%) in the CO economy – part of 2.19 million meals/year
POWER OF PROCUREMENT US Institutional Food Service = $120 Billion Source : Economic Research Service ( ERS ). 2017 . Market segments . Washington , DC : US Department of Agriculture .
VALUES SHAPE POLICY & PRACTICE T H E G O O D F O O D P U R C H A S I N G P R O G R A M I S A C O M M I T M E N T T O : NUTRITION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY LOCAL ECONOMIES ANIMAL WELFARE VALUED WORKFORCE
MEASUREABLE GOALS, ACCOUNTABILITY + VERIFICATION = MARKET SHIFTS TRANSFORM OUR FOOD SYSTEM THIS IS HOW WE
2019 15 C I T I E S 3 2 I N S T I T U T I O N S $. 9 B I L L I O N A N N U A L F O O D S P E N D
LEVERAGING $895 MILLION
OUR IMPACT LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 740,00 daily meals $150 M annual food LESS MEAT , LOCAL & FAIR HEALTHY & budget BETTER MEAT ECONOMIES SUSTAINABLE 80% of students 28 % reduction in meat $ 12M in new 45 M servings of purchases and local produce reformulated low - qualify for free > 1 B gallon water savings purchases ; sodium bread without annually ; and reduced 220 new food chain jobs ; high fructose corn syrup , $ 70M contracts for 440 workers with higher made from 100 % price school chicken produced wages and better sustainable , local wheat without routine benefits meals antibiotics
Food Systems: Measuring Impacts Meagan Schipanski January 7, 2020 Colorado Food Summit
Sustainability in food choices: Usda.gov Consumer interest • Sustainability is a factor in food purchasing decisions for 6 out of 10 consumers in food production International Food Information Council U.S. Consumer Survey, 2018
Flipping the food system conversation Processing & Production Retail Consumption Distribution
Flipping the food system conversation Processing & Production Retail Consumption Distribution
How can we measure impacts?
Environmental production metrics Land use Water Soil Quality Conservation Energy Soil Use Carbon Greenhouse Irrigation Gas Emissions Water Use S. Rosenzweig Field to Market FieldPrint Calculator
Producer and consumer top sustainability factors • • Crop rotation Reducing amount of pesticides • • Manure as fertilizer Ensuring food affordability • • Wildlife habitat preservation Conserving natural habitat • • Conservation tillage Ensuring sufficient production • • Rotational grazing Conserving farmland • • (Profitability) Less food and energy waste International Food Information Council Farm Journal Producer Survey, 2019 U.S. Consumer Survey, 2018
What are the rural impacts of urban food policies? Consumer or institutional purchasing decision/policy Producer response Environmental and rural impacts No change Shift in Change in consumption: infrastructure, Change in practices food security/ market demand • Land allocation to different dietary quality and/or prices crops • How crops are grown
Opportunities • There can be trade-offs between metrics and challenges • Requires an understanding of regional production systems for defining and • Opportunity to influence sustainability through crop measuring choice as well as focusing on how crops are produced impacts
• Food policy has the potential for mutual rural-urban Bringing benefits everyone to • Opportunity for telling food production stories • Colorado is poised to establish a model for the table developing sustainable and resilient food systems
foodsystems.colostate.edu
LEVERAGING DENVER’S FOOD POLICY AND PROCUREMENT POWER JANUARY 7 TH , 2020 Reminder: Questions can be tweeted using the hashtag #COFoodSummit
DEFINING A WIN/WIN POLICY Works for Producers & Explicit Conversations Works for Institutions about Tradeoffs
MEET THE PRODUCERS: PALISADE PRODUCTION REGION Video Credit: Mark Rose, Colorado State University Extension
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