ASPO 2009 Denver. Jason Bradford, Ph.D. Managing Partner Farmland LP. Food Policy and a Resilient Food System
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1 ASPO 2009 Denver Jason Bradford, Ph.D. Managing Partner Food Policy and a Resilient Food System
2 Social and Psychological Shift»"This of course is our goal: To have zero soil erosion, zero fossil fuel dependency, a greatly reduced chemical contamination of our land and water It's going to require intelligent people on the landscape that are hybrids between, say, ecologists and agriculturists. I imagine the future farmer will have a psychology more like that of a 19th-century British naturalist than a modern-day dirt farmer."» Wes Jackson of the Land Institute in Mother Jones, October 2008.
3 The State of Today s Food System The State of Today s Food System Pros»Food is plentiful»food is cheap Cons»Depleting non-renewable resources»degrade soil, air and water quality»put 5 billion pounds of harmful chemicals into environment per year»major greenhouse gas emissions»unhealthy and unsafe food»unstable economics»poor worker conditions»lack of intergenerational opportunity
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5 Societal Policy Goals Environmental Protection Healthy, Safe Food Economic Vitality Peace and Security
6 Societal Policy Goals Environmental Protection Current Agriculture Policy Healthy, Safe Food Economic Vitality Peace and Security
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8 Low Diversity = Unstable Systems Carnivore Herbivore Change in one population rapidly changes others Plant
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10 High Diversity = Resilient System Weak connections buffer fluctuations among populations
11 Feedlot Food System
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14 Three Crops = 71% of U.S. Crop Acres Crop Acreage (million) % Acres Soybean % Corn % Wheat % Total % U.S. Data from 2009, USDA on US cropland
15 Half of U.S. crop subsidies went to corn between 2003 and 2005
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21 Fossil Energy In U.S. Food System References:
22 Fossil Fuels in U.S. Food System Type of Work Common Fossil-Fuel Inputs Soil cultivation Gasoline or diesel powered tractor Soil fertility Pest and weed management Seed sourcing In-organic or imported organic fertilizer Herbicide and pesticide applications, flame weeder, tractor cultivation Bulk ordering of a few varieties through centralized seed development and distribution outlets Food distribution Produce trucks, refrigeration, long-distance transport, eating out of season Storage and processing at production end Home and institutional storage and cooking Preparation of food for long distance transport, storage and retailing requiring energy intensive cooling, drying, food grade wax and packaging Natural gas, propane or electric fired stoves and ovens, electric freezers and refrigerators
23 Rising Input Costs & Falling Crop Prices Farmers Hurt by Volatility and Price Spread
24 Observed Change in Annual Average Precipitation 1958 to % increase in annual average precipitation over past 50 years Important regional differences S L I D E 23
25 Crops Vulnerable to Climate Change Nonlinear Relationship Between Temperature and Crop Yields Curves based on historic data relating temperate and yields Historic temperatures in yield sweet spot Climate change shifts the temperature distribution to the right the yield curve drops sharply Source: W. Schlenker, M.J. Roberts; Columbia U., North Carolina State U.. PNAS, 2009 S L I D E 24
26 Societal Policy Goals Environmental Protection Healthy, Safe Food Economic Vitality Peace and Security
27 Defining Sustainable Agriculture With respect to the environment, society and economics, sustainable agriculture would: 1.Not harm the environment from pollution, 2.Not be reliant on non-renewable inputs or degrade renewable ones, 3.Nourish people with non-toxic, healthy food, and 4.Provide a fair return on investment in labor and capital.
28 Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture
29 Better Resilience to Stress: Less Volatility
30 But Won t We Starve If Farmers Go Organic? Organic Methods Can Feed the World Organic Advantage
31 Can We Scale the Transition? Currently 3.5% of total food budget Limited by Organic Supply, Not Demand $ Billions U.S. Organic Sales: 20% per year growth since 1990 U.S. Organic Sales: 20% per year growth since 1990 Source: Organic Trade Association S L I D E 30
32 Buy Local
33 We Know How to Make the Transition on the Farm Source: ATTRA (USDA-Funded Program)
34 Elements of a Sustainable Food System Type of Work Soil cultivation Soil fertility Pest and weed management Seed sourcing Food distribution Storage and processing at production end Home and institutional storage and cooking Avoiding Fossil-Fuel Inputs No-till and roller-crimper methods, biofuels when necessary Legumes for N, cycling of waste nutrients, compost, soil biology, farm diversity, animal rotations, pasture Landscape diversity, life history knowledge, crop rotation, soil health Farmer as breeder, local, public domain sources, select for resilience, save locally adapted varieties on farms Localize, especially perishables, move dry-bulk foods by rail and barge, neighborhood grocers, direct to consumer Grow for storability, cool and dry by passive design, mobile efficient processing facilities, reusable containers Seasonal and regional cuisine based on fresh and whole foods, solar and hay box ovens, local bakers and community kitchens, pantries and cellars
35 Policies: Getting Across 1. Reduce subsidies for crops used mostly as animal feed, i.e., corn and soy. 2. Ensure carbon price reflect full costs to drive land use towards pasture systems and make long-distance trucking more expensive. 3. Increase funding for conservation reserve programs and habitat restoration on farmland. 4. Fund research and outreach into low-input farming systems, including public domain seeds. 5. Support wellness and acute health care for all citizens.
36 Barack Obama Time magazine October 2008 I was just reading an article in The New York Times by Michael Pollan about food and the fact that our entire agricultural system is built on cheap oil. As a consequence, our agriculture sector actually is contributing more greenhouse gases than our transportation sector. And in the mean time, it's creating monocultures that are vulnerable to national security threats, are now vulnerable to sky-high food prices or crashes in food prices, huge swings in commodity prices, and are partly responsible for the explosion in our healthcare costs because they're contributing to type 2 diabetes, stroke & heart disease, obesity, all the things that are driving our huge explosion in healthcare costs.
37 Jason Bradford, Ph.D. Managing Partner Converting Conventional Farmland to Organic, Sustainable Farmland
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