Campus Connections to Food Systems

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Campus Connections to Food Systems

• Kelly Burwell
• Colleen Butterfield

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How Far Did Your Breakfast Travel?
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Food Systems and Global Climate Change Why We
Make Campus-Community Connections
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Food System
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Transportation Of Our Food

• Foods can sometimes travel up to 5,000 miles
  before it reaches the consumer.
• Redundancy in food trade increases emissions
• 93 of all food is transported by truck.
• 1/3 of all U.S. energy consumption is used by the
  food system.

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842 million people are undernourished
worldwide, 10 million of them in the
industrialized world, even though enough food is
produced to adequately feed everyone on the
planet. -FAO 2003
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Unequal Access to Foods

• Unequal distribution is increasing.
• Food prices continue to increase.
• Many people who live at or below the poverty line
  cannot afford to eat healthy/nutritious foods.
• Access to foods are limited for people who live
  in low income neighborhoods

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Making Campus-CommunityConnections Through
Service Learning
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School Gardens

• 11 Elementary Schools in Salinas
• Fostering connections to the earth food
• Making healthy food choices

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• -Training program for aspiring farmers
• Organic Farm
• Lease land to graduates for cheap
• Provide a market

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Soledad Street Community Garden
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What you can do

• Shop at Farmers Markets/Farm Stands
• Support Community Gardens
• Turn lawn space into a garden!
• Locally grown produce at grocery stores
• Buy seasonal produce