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2 <br /> Slide #1 <br /> FOOD SYSTEMS-COMMUNITY &ECONOMIC <br /> DEVELOPMENT <br /> MHCEORTID3 -CONOAUNTYDEL'ELOPmENIAGENT-NC COOPEFATTVEEXTENSION <br /> via <br /> Slide #2 <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> • TNs presentatlon is about comn�s,ri S economic development That Lr based In <br /> local food and agriculture-it is about relationship <br /> • Throughout almost all of our history as human be'u�gs we vehod a veryclose <br /> relaflanshlp wttn ow food,both physlca Ily and lunctlanally. <br /> • most recentlywtth The advent of Irrdustrtollzed transportation,post-warsuburban <br /> sprawl.zoning of separate land uses,and the Interstate Highway System,road <br /> ccluction in the iJ has been excluded and distanced from ow comrrwrOes{far <br /> the first firne In tho history of humanky}. <br /> • Arndst a divided PLEEGE la ndscape we have a growheg deJneldemand for a more <br /> proximate,diverse.and equitable food system.and the closer social relationships <br /> that come wtth It. The parrderrJc has rnllcally illurrenated lraglllles and hequllles <br /> in our food system axpcNing The rvaed and opporhfnity for change. Howdo we <br /> recanule that discannect3 <br /> • we era axperiencir.gawtique tunein , 7. Awarenessand values are c hanging. <br /> demand Is changing and our response must also eharge. <br /> Slide #3 <br /> VALUE-ADDED FOOD INDUSTRY <br />