{"id":7160,"date":"2011-11-15T00:05:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T05:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=7160"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:16:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:16:49","slug":"next-city-cafe-on-wednesday-reimagining-green-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/11\/15\/next-city-cafe-on-wednesday-reimagining-green-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Next City Caf\u00e9 on Wednesday: Reimagining Green Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5187\/5857960133_10cc177581_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">High Line Park, NYC - photo by CosmicAutumn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7.00 PM @ Alpha Soul Caf\u00e9, 1015 Wellington Street West, in Hintonburg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you know of a green space in your community that is underused, that is uninspiring, that you avoid, that you wish could be something more?<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s Next City Cafe is about how to reimagine these community spaces and make them into something wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>Bring your imagination, a pen, and your wish list for a local community space &#8212; and with some experienced panelists, we will dream big &#8212; so come on out and spread the word!<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Chris Osler,<\/strong> Community Developer of the Sandy Hill Community Health Center<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Aamina Bedran<\/strong>, Co-founder of the Ottawa Children&#8217;s Garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the bump, the notes from October&#8217;s Next City Caf\u00e9, on the topic of Food Security.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>******************<\/p>\n<p>Why does food security matter in Ottawa?<\/p>\n<p>In  October, the Next City Cafe met to talk about food security in the City  of Ottawa. \u00a0Surrounded by the food of the Alpha Soul Cafe in Hintonburg  -a hot destinations for exciting new restaurants- the discussion  focused on opportunities to better food security in Ottawa. \u00a0With 80% of  the City of Ottawa rural land there is an opportunity for this city to  be a leader in innovative and inspiring projects that link local rural  landscapes with urban ones.<\/p>\n<p>Talking  about food security is a complex issue so the evening began with a  question: \u00a0Why does food security matter in Ottawa? \u00a0The answers all  focused on the obvious: food security matters because we all  need to eat.\u00a0 Specifically, improving access to healthy, local food  resonates into other areas of our lives, for example: better overall  health and prevention of diseases which lessens the burden on the health  care system, decreased reliance on unsustainable transportation systems  that truck food thousands of kilometers and, increased focus on a local  economy that helps build more livable and complete communities. \u00a0\u00a0The  conclusion was that with increasing food prices, \u00a0widening income gap  and the loss of valuable rural farm land close to cities, food security  should be a priority. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justfood.ca\/foodforall\/weblinks\/a-forum-for-food-policy-issues-in-ottawa\/\">Just Food<\/a>, \u00a0\u201cfrom April 2009 to March 2010, 43,000 people in Ottawa visited a Food Bank every month. 37% of these were children.\u201d \u00a0This alarming statistic is further evidence that we need to prioritize food security.<\/p>\n<p>According  to the Next City Cafe participants, there are many opportunities to  improve food security in Ottawa. \u00a0Supporting local farms and businesses,  educating people to make healthy and sustainable food choices, making  sure that everyone has access to nutritious food, increasing local food  distribution networks, providing education and incentives to encourage  new farmers, connecting the supply with the demand and developing local  food processing infrastructure are all suggestions that were discussed  during the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The first panelist Jason Gray, the Community Harvest Coordinator at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawafoodbank.ca\/\">Ottawa Food Bank<\/a>,  works with local farmers to harvest fresh produce that is then  distributed to people in need throughout Ottawa. \u00a0Since the closure of  the Loblaws fresh food distribution center in Ottawa, farmers are forced  to send their produce to the main distribution center in Toronto where  it is then shipped back to stock restaurants and stores here in Ottawa.  \u00a0The closure of this terminal has left a void in the distribution  network and made access to local food difficult for large retailers and  restaurateurs who don\u2019t have time to deal directly with many farmers.  \u00a0The Ottawa Food Bank felt this strongly as they previously relied on  fresh food donations directly from this facility. \u00a0Jason discussed how  the Ottawa Food Bank has had to develop a distribution hub of their own  that buys or receives donations of excess fresh food directly from local  farmers which it then distributes to food bank hubs across the city.  \u00a0This year they gleaned, grew and accepted donations of almost <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawafoodbank.ca\/2011\/11\/community-harvest-season-wraps-up\/\">46, 000 lbs<\/a> of local fresh produce. \u00a0\u00a0Members of the audience representing the  Ottawa food industry were interested in how this model could be  reproduced to provide a centralized distribution point for local food in  the Ottawa area.<\/p>\n<p>The  next panelist was Emily Sinclair; an urban planner with MMM Group and  an advocate of food security planning initiatives. \u00a0She discussed how  planners and developers have a wonderful opportunity to incorporate food  into new buildings in the city by including space for community  gardens, rooftop gardens and neighbourhood food infrastructure. \u00a0She  also challenged the planning department to make food security a priority  in the Official Plan and other planning documents. \u00a0The city planning  department also needs to acknowledge and preserve existing land uses  that contribute to a city\u2019s food security (e.g. community gardens; fruit  trees in parks) and ensure that zoning restrictions don\u2019t hinder food  retailing in neighbourhoods; e.i. create zoning requirements that  encourage diverse and healthy food retailing options \u2013 think the food  truck debates.<\/p>\n<p>One of the participants identified the <a href=\"http:\/\/thecommonground.ca\/\">Hendricks Farm Project<\/a> in Chelsea, Quebec as an interesting and local development project that  will incorporate an organic farm and food centric retail space into the  multi-use housing development. \u00a0Other participants discussed how  developers working towards LEED certification of their buildings should  incorporate urban agriculture into their plans.<\/p>\n<p>The  next panelist was Sarah Levesque-Walker, a food security activist who  works with Just Food. \u00a0Sarah discussed the exciting new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justfood.ca\/ottawa-food-hub\/\">Community Food and Urban Agriculture Hub<\/a> project that Just Food is developing at their new site in Blackburn  Hamlet. \u00a0\u00a0This centre will provide land and training for new farmers,  infrastructure such as processing and storage facilities for existing  farmers and incubation spaces for local food-based businesses. \u00a0It will  also be a hub for food related public education programs.<\/p>\n<p>Another project that Sarah discussed was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justfood.ca\/foodforall\/\">Food for All<\/a>, a community led policy project that is helping develop a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justfood.ca\/foodforall\/food-action-plan\/\">Food Action Plan for Ottawa<\/a>.  \u00a0\u00a0This project has identified policy and programing that will increase  food security in the city in areas such as, healthy school food, food  access at OC Transpo Stations, edible landscapes, food education and  allowing hens and bees within the urban boundary.<\/p>\n<p>Leonore  Evans, who works at the City of Ottawa on food security issues was the  next panelist. \u00a0Leonore works with people from various departments who  are all interested in the interdisciplinary issues of \u00a0food security.  Leonore discussed how the city is examining the Food for All Project  results to see what has already been implemented, what can be easily  implemented and what is going to require more study before  implementation. \u00a0In the near future, the city hopes to incorporate many  of the suggested policies and program. \u00a0It was encouraging to hear that  the city is responding quickly to the call for action however because of  the interdisciplinary nature of the issues and the absence of a focused  city department it is easy to see how food security responsibilities  can be passed around from department to department without any results.<\/p>\n<p>The  final segment of the evening turned to what actions the participants  would undertake to make food security more of a priority. \u00a0Many people  were encouraged to take-on personal tasks such as approaching local  merchants and demanding more locally grown food. \u00a0Others were inspired  to get involved in providing education on growing food, cooking and  healthy eating at local schools.<\/p>\n<p>The  evening provided a glimpse at the growing food security movement that  is spreading in Ottawa. \u00a0In the week following the event there were many  news items highlighting exciting new projects such as a burgeoning  fruit gleaning projects, a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omafra.gov.on.ca\/english\/food\/events\/12012011eastconf.htm\">Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference<\/a> and the Ottawa Food and Wine show is holding its first ever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawawineandfoodshow.com\/special-events\/foodies-in-the-field\">Farm Tour<\/a>.  \u00a0\u00a0In the coming year it will be interesting to see the rippling effect  these inspiring projects have on the movement to increase access of  locally produced, healthy food to people in need. \u00a0That will be the true  test of a successful food security action plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>________ Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7.00 PM @ Alpha Soul Caf\u00e9, 1015 Wellington Street West, in Hintonburg. 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This week&#8217;s Next City Cafe is about how to reimagine these community<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/11\/15\/next-city-cafe-on-wednesday-reimagining-green-space\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Next City Caf\u00e9 on Wednesday: Reimagining Green Space&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5302],"tags":[4210,3894,3895,4184,2223,4181,4213,1172,4204,1537,1425,4185,1437,4067,4194,4190,4200,4195,4192,4182,4187,4201,4203,4196,4186,4180,4177,4198,4199,2065,4183,4188,4197,4211,4208,2468,4212,4065,4189,4191,4178,4206,4202,507,4193,4205,1369,394,4207,884,4209,421,4179,674,4214],"class_list":["post-7160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-aamina-bedran","tag-alpha","tag-alpha-soul-cafe","tag-at-their-new-site","tag-blackburn-hamlet","tag-centric-retail-space","tag-chris-osler","tag-co-founder","tag-community-harvest-coordinator","tag-eastern-ontario","tag-emily-sinclair","tag-excess-fresh-food","tag-food-2","tag-food-access","tag-food-bank-hubs","tag-food-education","tag-food-industry","tag-food-prices","tag-food-security","tag-food-security-action-plan","tag-food-security-movement","tag-food-security-planning-initiatives","tag-food-security-responsibilities","tag-food-thousands","tag-food-truck-debates","tag-fresh-food-distribution-center","tag-fresh-food-donations","tag-grown-food","tag-healthy-and-sustainable-food-choices","tag-healthy-food","tag-healthy-food-retailing-options","tag-healthy-school-food","tag-hinder-food-retailing","tag-jason-gray","tag-just-food","tag-leader","tag-leonore-evans","tag-local-food","tag-local-food-distribution-networks","tag-local-food-processing-infrastructure","tag-local-food-based-businesses","tag-mmm-group","tag-neighbourhood-food-infrastructure","tag-next-city-cafe","tag-nutritious-food","tag-octobers-next-city-cafe","tag-official","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-children","tag-quebec","tag-sarah-levesque-walker","tag-toronto","tag-unsustainable-transportation-systems","tag-urban-planner","tag-wine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Next City Caf\u00e9 on Wednesday: Reimagining Green Space - Spacing Ottawa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/11\/15\/next-city-cafe-on-wednesday-reimagining-green-space\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Next City Caf\u00e9 on Wednesday: Reimagining Green Space - Spacing Ottawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"________ Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7.00 PM @ Alpha Soul Caf\u00e9, 1015 Wellington Street West, in Hintonburg. 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