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2 <br /> FOOD SYSTEMS-COMMUNITY &ECONOMIC <br /> DEVELOPMENT <br /> NU KE ORIOSKY-CO.%4IL?NTIY DEl'EILkML-TrAGEiNT-iNC COOPERATnE EXTEN2CVN <br /> 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Slide #2 <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> • rnis pre ser fation Is about Com unify a economic development rivet Is traced In <br /> local food and agricuRure-Itis aba+.rt relationship <br /> • Rxaur�hnul almost all of our history os human beings we've had a veryclose <br /> relatfonstilp with our food:bath physfaally and functionally, <br /> Most recentlywith the advent of Indvsttlollxetf tronsporfatan,po6t-wor5vb&tK3 i <br /> sprowl,zoning of seporote land uses.and the Interstate Highway System,food <br /> cpmcluchion in the US has been excluded find distanced from our communiiers.(for <br /> Nie <br /> fire Mna 1n the hisfary of homanity). <br /> Amdst a divided PLEEGS lanclscapew'e have a growing deWeldemand for a more <br /> rproximate,diverse,and equitable foetid systemm,and the closer sacral relationships <br /> ot come vstn it.The potrdenw-nas c0cally illummnoted hoglites and.Inequities <br /> in our food system.exposing the need and oppaduruty for change. Howdy we <br /> reconcile that dr5conneci2 <br /> • We ore exRerienring a vnfque time in history. Avvarenessond volueiure changing, <br /> demand is chariginro aril nur response mull also Orange. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Slide #3 <br /> VALUE-ADDED FOOD INDUSTRY <br /> Product <br /> 4 - <br /> Procassing <br /> Marketing <br /> DIstiribullon <br /> F <br /> 7 <br />