Sustainability Session. #6: Food Choices

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1 Sustainability Session #6: Food Choices

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3 WHO S AT YOUR TABLE? Name, Organization, What brought you here today? Favorite dish to cook? Favorite local food restaurant? Favorite item(s) from the Farmer s Market?

4 AGENDA Welcome What is an MPower Sustainability Session? Introductions at Your Table Recap of Previous Sustainability Session Framing of Sustainable Food Choices Guest Presentation: Michelle Miller, UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) Past Examples / Actions You Can Take Small Group Discussion MPower Programatics Housekeeping & Next Session

5 Recap of Sustainability Session #5:

6 Recap of Sustainability Session #5:

7 Framing of Food Choices - Nexus Agriculture is currently the largest user of water at the global level, accounting for 70% of total withdrawal. The food production and supply chain accounts for about 30% of total global energy consumption.

8 Framing of Food Choices Global Trends To provide for a population projected to reach 9.3 billion in 2050 and support changing dietary patterns, estimates are that food production will need to increase from the current 8.4 billion tonnes to almost 13.5 billion tonnes a year. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

9 Framing of Food Choices - Energy For every calorie of food that is produced in the United States, 10 calories of fossil fuel energy are put into the system to grow that food.

10 Framing of Food Choices - GHGs

11 Framing of Food Choices - Land Palm Oil: used as a cooking oil the main ingredient for most margarine used in confectionary, ice cream and readyto-eat meals the base for most liquid detergents, soaps, and shampoos the base for lipstick, waxes, and polishes used as an industrial lubricant used as a biofuel

12 Framing of Food Choices Climate Disruptions USDA upgrades Plant Hardiness Zone Map

13 Framing of Food Choices - Soil

14 Framing of Food Choices - Pollination About one-third of the world s crops rely on pollination by animals. From spring to spring , WI lost over 60 percent of its honeybee colonies.

15 Framing of Food Choices - Diversity

16 Framing of Food Choices - Fisheries

17 Framing of Food Choices Agriculture in WI (Farms Production & Food Processing) - Contribute over $156 Billion Annually State s Economy - Provides 413,500 Jobs, 11.9 % of the State s Workforce

18 Framing of Food Choices Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) = 1,000 animal units or more

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25 Framing of Food Choices More than one-third (36.5%) of U.S. adults have obesity. Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, some of the leading causes of preventable death. The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the U.S. was $147 billion in 2008 U.S. dollars; the medical costs for people who are obese were $1,429 higher than those of normal weight.

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27 Framing of Food Choices 40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten. That is more than 20 pounds of food per person every month. Organic matter in landfills accounts for 16 percent of U.S. methane emissions.

28 Framing of Food Choices Local Organic VS..

29 THE 4 SYSTEM CONDITIONS IN THE WORKPLACE

30 1: Extraction We cannot dig up stuff from the earth at a rate faster than it naturally returns Phosphate mine near Flaming Gorge, Utah and replenishes.

31 2: Synthetics & Chemicals We cannot make stuff at a rate faster than it takes to naturally break down into the environment.

32 3: Degradation We cannot cause destruction to the planet at a rate faster than it takes to re-grow.

33 4: Society s Needs We cannot do things that cause other to not be able to fulfill their basic needs.

34 The minimum wage has been frozen at $2.13 an hour for nearly a quarter-century. 70% of tipped restaurant workers are women, 40% of whom are mothers. Why Tipping Is Wrong By Saru Jayaraman, OCT. 15, 2015, NYT

35 Equity Lens Hunger & Food Security in Wisconsin & Dane County, Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC)

36 Equity Lens

37 Center for Resilient Cities, Badger Rock Neighborhood Center and the Badger Rock Middle School Food as Empowerment

38 Food as Empowerment Madison-area Urban Ministry s Just Bakery is a vocational and employment training program specifically designed to meet the needs of men and women returning to the community after incarceration.

39 Food as Empowerment Wages Benefits Working Conditions

40 Special Guest Speaker Michelle Miller, UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS)

41 Past MPower Initiatives Connect Employees w/local Food Farmers Market Sandwich Stand Employee Garden Healthy Vending Options Buy Fresh, Buy Local Food Carts Engagement Events

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44 Resources You're invited to Dane County Food Days! The Dane County Food Council and the Food Day planning workgroup are excited to announce Dane County Food Days 2016, from October 21st to October 23rd Food Days will include multiple events that celebrate local food and highlight ways to reduce food waste. This year s main event, Re-plated: A Community Meal, will showcase a meal made from perfectly edible produce collected from local farm fields and grocery stores that would have gone to waste.

45 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION Where and how does your organization interact with food? Do you host internal / external meetings with groups that include food? Do you have a health and wellness initiative at your organization? How could your organization take steps towards more sustainable food choices?

46 MPower Programatics: 6 Month Meeting Check In Agenda: 1. Articulation of MPower Team s Scope and Responsibility (5 Minutes) 2. Project Progress Review (40 Minutes) 3. Challenges / Barriers (10 Minutes) 4. Vision for the Future (5 Minutes)

47 Housekeeping Follow Up w/resources Sustainable Business Network Meeting: October 26th MPower Office Hours: Every Wednesday 1:00 2:00 PM 6 Month Check Ins: October - November Green Team Meeting / Energy Stewards MPower UPdate Newsletter Badger Bioneers, November 10 th, Union South Next Sustainability Session: December 6th, Project Updates & Communications

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