http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/en/ This slide was presented by Alison Bley-Palmer, director of the centre for sustainable food systems, on the occasion of the expert consultation on an indicator framework to assess city region food systems and monitor the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, held in FAO HQ, on 13-14 April 2016. It gives an overview of the city region food system work that is being done in Toronto, by going through the definition, delimitation, and assessment of the city region food system.

1. City
Region
Food
System
Process
and
preliminary
findings
Sally
Miller,
CRFS
Project
Researcher
Lauren
Baker,
Toronto
Food
Policy
Council
Alison
Blay-­‐Palmer,
Director,
Centre
for
Sustainable
Food
Systems,
CIGI
Chair
in
Sustainable
Food
Systems
ablaypalmer@wlu.ca

2. Task
Force
meeJngs
• Define/
bound
the
City-­‐Region
Food
System
• Overview
of
a
CRFS
• Constant
iteraJon
of:
ü Indicators
(how
and
what)
ü Goals
ü ParJcipants
(stakeholder
consultaJons
and
Task
Force)
ü Progress

3. WHAT IS THE TORONTO CITY
REGION?
September
2015

4. Toronto
Census
Metropolitan
Area
#
1
September
2015

5. #
2
September
2015

6. #
3
September
2015

7. Toronto Region Agricultural Lands
#
4
September
2015

8. #
5
September
2015

9. Urban
Food
ProducJon
Toronto
East
Source: Parks, Forestry and
Recreation, City of Toronto
#
6
September
2015

10. Greater
Toronto
and
Hamilton
Area
#
7
September
2015

11. Greater
Golden
Horseshoe
#
8
September
2015

12. WHAT
IS
A
CRFS?

13. Food
System
Summary
-­‐
CRFS
Process and
Methodology (draft)

14. Stakeholder
Overview
November
2015

15. January
2016
Indicator
analysis
matrix

16. Farmer
income from
sustainable
food
Increase
economic growth, jobs
and agricultural viability
Targets for
supply chain by
region and
commodity
New
innovative
food
products
Local food
procurement
targets for public
sector
Improve
health, well-being and
social sustainability
Improve
stewardship of
resources and land
base management
Agricultural
inputs and
production
Storage,
processing and
manufacturing
Wholesale
and distribution
Marketing,
catering, and
retail
Consumption
Organic
waste
management
Food and
farm policy
Democratic
engagement
Education
Healthy food for all,
sourced as regionally as
possible, and as sustainably
produced, processed,
packaged, and distributed
as possible
Guaranteed
Annual
Income
Food
insecurity
indicators
Reduced
packaging
Community/
mid-scale
composting
School
lunch
programs
Policies
re: food
advertising
Food policy
councils/
regional
alliances
Neighbour-
hood food
networks
Local food
procurement
policies
Number
of food
hubs
Healthy
food job
training
Increased
local food
consumption in
households
%
distribution
through Can. Fed.
of Independent
Grocers
% import
substitution
through urban
farming
Increased
local food in
Ontario
restaurants
Food
and farm
co-ops
Ad
campaign
promoting food
sector as industry
to watch
Food
entrepreneurs/
networks/
supply chains
Increase $s
for marketing
fruits and veg
No quality
food deserts
Shift to
optimal
diet
Food miles
(shorter supply
chains)
Neighbour-
hood food
assets
Increased
social
equity
Decreased
diet-related
chronic
diseases
Reduce
$s for
marketing to
children
Supports for
new entrants
to agriculture
% of supply
chain
reorientation by
commodity
Supports for
transition to
organic
Increased
number of
Foodland
Ontario
products
% of
food
processed
locally
Energy
capture and
efficiency
Increased
nutrient
cycling
(compost
quality)
Programs
that support
shift to local
markets
% of import
replacement
Increased
support for
start ups
Reduced
food waste at
each step of
supply chain
% in IPM
% in organic
production
Regional
food policy
council to link
urban and
rural
Education for
basics: growing,
cooking,
preserving, etc.
Food
literacy
training
(OAFE)
January
2016

17. Matrix
to
compare
indicators
January
2016

18. January
2016

19. Legend
1. Indicator,with,no,clear,data,source
2. Indicator,with,one,or,more,data,source,or,public,information
3. Indicator,that,is,critical,with,one,or,more,data,sources
4. Indicator,that,is,critical,and,has,no,data,source
**
Indicator-areas-
(3)/-sustainability-
focus
Improve-health/-well=being-and-
social-sustainability
Increase-economic-growth,-jobs,-
agricultural-viability
Improve-stewardship-of-
environmental-resourcesand-
improve-land-base-management
Food-System-areas-
Agricultural-inputs-
Diversity,of,opportunities,for,food,
production
Economic,value,of,food,production,
sector,in,the,city,region,
Status,of,natural,resource,management
**-Number-of-urban-ag.-production-sites-and-
volumes
-Assessment-of-volume-of-food-that-cannot-be-
grown-in-TO-area-that-could-be-shifted-through-
education-(shift-to-seasonal-menus)
**-Carbon-footprint-of-food-production-(DSF-
measurement)
Local-food-production-volumes-vs.-redundant-
import-over-local-market-volume-of-product-by-
category
**-Levels-of-farm-employment/-income/-wages/-
off=farm-income-(number-of-farms-by-income-
category);-include-migrant-workers
**-Soil-fertility-
Import-substitution-opportunities-(imported-
food-that-could-be-grown-locally-by-volume-and-
value)
**-Multiplier-impacts-of-ag.-economy
**-Water-use-or-waste-in-agriculture-(DSF-
measurement))
Number-of-farms-producing-for-local-markets:-
direct,-retail,-wholesale
Volume-of-imported-food-that-could-be-
replaced-by-local-food
Carbon-sequestration-(DSF-measurement)
Volume-of-product-sold-to-local-markets-from-
local-producers
Volume-of-production-for-local-markets-that-is-
produced-locally-currently
Carbon-storage-(DSF-measurement)
Volume-of-production-using-sustainable,-
organic,-IPM,-no-till,-holistic-management-and-
other-alternative-methods
Farmgate-prices-compared-to-consumer-prices Water-use
Health
Percentage-of-reorientation-of-supply-chain-by-
commodity
Agricultural-practices-range-and-types-(number-
of-organic/-sustainable-acres)
Indicator-table-for-Toronto-City-Region-Food-System-Assessment
,,,,,,,,,,,,,5.,,,Essential,(base),numbers
Key
indicator
assessment
March
2016

20. Assessment
of
indicator
table
• Is
there
missing
informaJon
which
is
criJcal?
• What
criJcal
issues
are
emerging?
• What
are
points
of
overlap
for
areas
of
study
(in
food
system
areas
or
indicator
categories)?
• What
is
the
Jmeline
for
assessment
of
key
indicators?
March
2016

21. March
2016
Emerging
criJcal
issues
• Food
flow
(local
producJon
to
local
markets)
• Quality
of
jobs
in
all
food
system
areas
• Waste
flows
and
end
points
• DemocraJc
engagement
in
food
system
decisions/
policy
• EducaJon
for
all
food
system
areas
March
2016

22. March
2016
EssenJal
numbers
March
2016

23. Top
foods
table

24. Phase
2
• Focus
on
:
A.
The
key
indicators
of
success
and
change
B.
The
links
or
connecJons
between
actors
in
the
supply
chain
(“value
chain”)
• Methods:
The
Golden
Horseshoe
Food
and
Farming
Alliance
database:
Over
50,000
“data
points”
in
the
region:
businesses,
non-­‐profits,
co-­‐ops
that
are
nodes
in
the
regional
food
system
Basis
for
quanJtaJve
situaJonal
analysis
Interviews:
Actors
in
nodes
of
acJvity
and
innovaJon
for
change
and
resilience
in
the
food
system;
explore
links
and
gaps
in
food
webs
Focus
groups:
Based
on
food
webs;
use
backcasJng

25. Grateful
to
supporters