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FUTURE OF FOOD RITSONVYSE
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As diesel prices increase in Sydney, farmers are unable to transport their produce to market. Cheap and reliable oil has led us to grow uninhibited, forcing us to carry above 100% capacity. This presentation gives alternatives to the crisis by creating vertical farming, expanding the production zones and creating a new layout for backyards, golf courses and vertical farms productive zones. We can look to Cuba for an urban agriculture precedent to protect our food supply.
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FUTURE OF FOODRITSONVYSE
the introductionsydney’s role in nsw vegetable production, historical developments
the challenge
future modes of production and their capacity to support us
the vision
challenges facing sydney’s agriculture
the synopsis
1500 growers, 34 % of nsw total
produce 40% of fresh market perishable vegetables in nsw
9% of total land used for growing vegetable in nsw
murrumbidgeee
central and north west
murray
north coast
sydney
nsw vegetable growing regions
we each consume
162 kg of vegetables annually
5
%
Agriculture in the 1950’s
“rural land …
is not land in waiting for
urban development” sydney metropolitan strategy 2005
sw growth centre
crisis
diesel hits $8.59 per litre in sydney
farmers are
unable to transport their produce to market
sydney produce markets
are forced to close their doors
the city is in
turmoil
sustainable food systems
# productive and responsive to changing demand
# resource efficient
# explicit limits on GHG’s and imposes strict
energy efficiency along the entire food chain
# provisions to reduce vulnerability
(from Fresco, 2009, pp. 3-4)
Proposed Production zones
production zone layout
67 of 84 golf courses converted to agricultural land
total area 2278 ha
producing 45 560 t annually
enough to feed 281 234 people each year
1139 ha commercial production
+
half a million community allotments
Remaining course catchments
Each course will provide
8500 20 m²
community allotments +
17 ha commercialproduction
retrofit 50% of buildings in
sydney’s CBD north Sydney
st leonards chatswood
average height 25
stories
power generated from methane digester
fed by waste products generated on site
blackwater used from surrounding communities
total floorspace12.5 Ha per building
three stacking layers per floor
actual growing space 37.5 Ha
ideal opportunities for wind and solar generators to be incorporated into the design
50% of towers Average height 25 storiesenoughvegetables to feed
416 400 people
939 074 separate houses
yard size 200m²
180 161 semi detached houses
yard size 20m²
Conservatively based on 2kg m² per year
production 287 132 t
enough to provide vegetables for
1 772 413 people
50just
%over
vegetables provided for
current 259 000 people
golf courses 281 000 people
vertical farms 416 400 people
backyards 1 772 413 people
total
sydney can provide enough vegetables to feed
2 728 813 people
leaves 1 471 187 people with no vegetables
by 2031 population expected to be
5 300 000 people
leaves 2 571 187 people with no vegetables
precedent
cuba: urban agriculture
havanna, cuba’s capital has
200,000 urban farm plots, ranging in size from a few metres to a
hectare producing yields between 6 and 30 kilos per square metre.
urban agriculture became a
necessity for survival and by 2000 production had climbed to more than
600,000 metric tonnes.
after the crisis of 1989, cuba was
faced with a shortage of petroleum necessary to transport, refrigerate, and store food available from the rural agricultural sector
further greenfield development must stop right now if we are to have a secure food future
cheap reliable oil has allowed us to grow uninhibited for 100 years forcing us
100% above our carrying capacity
we will have twice as many people as we can support
retain the knowledge that exists within sydney’s agricultural community
implement education programs both in schools and throughout the community
devise governmental policy to obtain land where necessary to ensure the cities food security
a proactive not reactive approach to minimise potential damage of the crisis
limitations
our scope only included vegetablesdid not include -meat-grains-
fruit-
yet with the inability to grow enough vegetables we must assume that these foods would only augment the problems associated with vegetables
‘food production… will remain the single most important form of human land use’
(Fresco, 2009, p.
4)
Matthew Ritson: [email protected] Timothy Vyse: [email protected]
