What does food sensitive planning mean and why is it important?> 2. Some background on your project (FSPUD)> 3. Some international examples of food

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1 What does food sensitive planning mean and why is it important?> 2. Some background on your project (FSPUD)> 3. Some international examples of food sensitive planning 6 th October (if you 2011 use any> to guide Jenny your Donovan work)> 4. Reflect on the role that planners play in facilitating food sensitive> planning and urban design Melbourne University presentation 19/04/11

2 Planning is about improving the welfare of people and their communities by creating more convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive places for present and future generations. (American Planning Association)

3 Limited; Highly contested; and, Typically hardwired for a particular purpose (s).

4 The chain of activities beginning with the production of food and moving on to include the processing, distributing, wholesaling, retailing and consumption of food and eventually the disposal of waste (American Planning Association)

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6 Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design Seeks to set an agenda for planning and urban design that; Recognises the importance of food in supporting our wellbeing; and, Reconciles that with the other objectives of planning and urban design.

7 FSPUD philosophy; we need to design places that: Provide people with circumstances that facilitate them to meet their needs; Are less vulnerable to emerging threats; and, Don t just meet one need but meets multiple needs, wherever possible.

8 FSPUD is And thinking rather than or thinking

9 Not a new idea.

10 Features of FSPUD; Sets an agenda for discussion Avoids precluding beneficial outcomes Outlines not just what to do but why it should be done. Sheds a light on the barriers (fewer and more permeable than you might imagine!) Provides advocates with ammunition

11 FSPUD principles; 1.Support secure and equitable access to the Food necessary for a healthy and fulfilling life 2.Make healthy and sustainable Food choices easy and convenient choices. 3.Encourage use of spaces and places to Meet many diverse needs, reconciling Food production and exchange with housing, enjoyment of open spaces and recreational areas, urban cooling, skills and jobs, socialising and community celebration. 4.Provide opportunities for those who wish to participate in growing, exchanging, cooking and sharing Food. 5.ldentify and invest in the safe use and re-use of urban resources (soil, water, nutrients, 'waste') that can support viable and sustainable Food Production. 6. Protect and/or enhance urban and surrounding ecosystems and increase biodiversity (including, but not limited to, bees, openpollinating fruit trees, native vegetation). 7. Ensure decisions reflect the long-term value and broader community benefits of access to productive land and experienced producers. 8. Encourage investment and innovation through secure tenure and supportive Operating environments for both community and commercial Food enterprises. 9. lncrease resilience, by designing to keep options open for future use of space and resources. 10. Acknowledge and support diversity and sovereignty (the right to have informed choice) over what, how and where people produce and eat Food.

12 Producing food Processing and transporting food Consumer access and utilisation Waste and reuse Health and fairness Sustainability and resilience Livelihoods & opportunity Community & amenity

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14 FSPUD characteristics

15 Requires many changes at many of levels, though often not large changes

16 FSPUD provides insights into how it can be be applied to; 1)Different strategies 2)Different stages in the planning process 3)Different compositions/ contexts

17 4) Making submissions re Budget Setting to influence how budget priorities are set. 5)Cultivating culture change so that decision makers understand why food issues are an appropriate focus for their time and energy.

18 Putting FSPUD into practice Strategic initiatives E.g. Buffer between residential and agricultural land to protect both and help minimise length of boundary interface and reduce conflicts

19 Local initiatives E.g. street design opportunities

20 Local initiatives E.g. Vacant lots in emerging community used to grow sunflowers, hemp or similar low maintenance crops to ensure it can continue to be productive.

21 Local initiatives E.g. Streets and buildings orientated so as many lots as possible enjoy a right of sunshine in their back gardens.

22 Putting FSPUD into practice Local initiatives

23 FSPUD = a recipe rather than just a list of ingredients

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26 Conducive Environment Liveability Defecit Unconducive Environment

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28 Improved amenity Greater Resiliance Social Inclusion Planning for food Resource Efficiency Better Health

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