Urban Agricultural Systems Fall 2015 Syllabus

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1 Urban Agricultural Systems Fall 2015 Syllabus Instructor: Katherine Lieberknecht, Ph.D CRP 384 /h 9.30 to in WMB Office hours: in WMB 5.126; office hour sign up sheet: Course description: Urban Agricultural Systems (UAS) introduces students to the planning, development, and mitigation of urban agricultural systems. We begin with an overview of the human health, social justice, environmental, and economic problems stemming from industrial food systems. We then focus on frameworks for viewing UAS, such as urban metabolism, equity planning, food security and justice, and the social, environmental, and economic benefits and potential costs of urban agriculture. Next, we cover the nuts and bolts of urban agricultural systems: inputs such as land tenure, soil fertility, and water access; forms such as community gardens, school gardens, commercial and nonprofit farms, gleaning, and edible landscapes; the urban agriculture food system cycle, including: growing, processing, transportation, storage, distribution, markets, resource recovery, eating, celebrating, and learning. We then link urban agricultural systems to elements of planning practice, including strategies for advancing urban agriculture from the backyard to the metropolitan scale, in addition to mitigating negative impacts of UAS. In the final part of the class, we apply what we ve learned by completing a project focused on making U Austin s UAS and food system more visible by researching and creating content for the U Austin Green ours program. his course primarily focuses on the local and regional scale, but our scope will also include the role of state, federal, and international policies and funding in shaping urban agricultural systems. Class readings and discussions will draw on examples of urban agricultural systems in the US and abroad. Course goals: he purpose of this course is to: 1) provide an introduction to urban agricultural systems (UAS) and planning, including a definition of UAS, how they are structured, and what they need to function; 2) understand and apply planning frameworks and tools to urban agricultural systems; 3) critically examine how planners can support and facilitate these systems in a way that incorporates social justice, public health, community development, environmental, and economic development goals. Course objectives: At the end of this course, you will be able to identify, evaluate, and begin to apply planning tools needed to support, facilitate, and mitigate urban agricultural systems. Course requirements: he class includes a mix of lectures, discussion, in-class activities, guest speakers, field trips, and assignments. Students are expected to attend class, complete the assigned readings, participate in class discussions and activities in an active and informed manner, and attend all field trips. Details on assignments will be handed out in class and posted on the Canvas site. Students will be evaluated on the basis of four assignments and overall class participation: 1

2 1. wo class assignments, both worth 10% of the final grade, for a combined 20%: one due at the beginning of class on hursday, 10.1, and one due on a rotating basis throughout the term. 2. A take-home midterm: 30% of final grade, due on Monday, at 10 PM. 3. U Austin UAS and food system Green our project and presentation: 30% of final grade (20% written project; 10% presentation). Final presentation due on hursday, 12.3 in class, and the written report due on the BD assigned date for a class final. 3. Class participation: 20% of final grade. Class participation will be based on class attendance and active and informed participation in class discussion and activities. Class grading: Please review U Austin's Academic Integrity policies Late policy: Late assignments will be docked one grading +/- per day late (e.g., an A- assignment would be docked to a B+ if you turned it in up to one day late and to a B if you turned it in up to two days late, etc.). Student-instructor communication/ policy: Please attend my office hours for most communication with me outside of class. Reserve communications for short-answer questions or brief comments. Replies to such s can be expected within 24 hours Monday through Friday, unless I am away from due to travel or illness. I generally do not check work on weekends. Disability statement: Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. Services for Students with Disabilities at (voice) or (video phone) or Required readings: (Note: some readings may be changed or updated as the semester progresses. I will let you know about changes in class and on Canvas.) Books Hodgson, K., Campbell, M.C., and Bailkey, M. (2011). Urban Agriculture: Growing Healthy, Sustainable Places. APA Planning Advisory Service. 148 pp. Steel, C. (2013). Hungry City. Vintage Books. 324 pp. Articles Additional readings, websites, and other resources posted to Canvas. 2

3 DAE OPIC READINGS AND ASSIGNMENS Please read and be ready to discuss and apply readings by the indicated class date. *Items due will be indicated in bold and stars* PAR I: INRODUCION O FOOD SYSEMS, URBAN AGRICULURE, AND PLANNING WEEK 1 h h h Introductions and overview Guest speaker: Dr. Raj Patel, LBJ School of Public Affairs he industrialized food system Urban food systems over time What are urban agricultural systems (UAS); how does planning relate to UAS? Case study: Austin, X Guest speaker: Edwin Marty, City of Austin Patel, R. (2012). Introduction. In Stuffed and Starved (p. 1-19). Melville House Publishing: Brooklyn, NY. Start: Steel, C. Chapters 1 and 2. In Hungry City (p ). (for Week 2). WEEK 2 Steel, C. Chapters 1 and 2. In Hungry City (p ). Steel, C. Chapters 1 and 2. In Hungry City (p ). Barthel, S., Ernstson, H., & Barthel, S. (2015). Food and green space in cities: a resilience lens on gardens and urban environmental movements. Urban Studies, 52, WEEK 3 Hodgson et al., Chapter 1: Introduction, and Chapter 2: What is Urban Agriculture? (p. 1-34). Pothukuchi, K., & Kaufman, J.L. (2000). he food system: a stranger to the planning field. Journal of the American Planning Association, 66(2), hibert, J. (2012). Making local planning work for urban agriculture in the North American context: a view from the ground, Journal of Planning Education and Research. 32(3): City of Austin. (April 2015). State of the Food System Report. Vickery, K Chapter 4: Urban Agriculture in Austin, exas. In Barriers to and Opportunities for Commercial Urban Farming (p ). Biduic, B. (2015). Chapter 3: Austin Food System. In A Food System Plan for Austin (p ). Marty, E. (2012). Introduction; Jones Valley Urban Farm. In Breaking hrough Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival (p. 1-11; 90-98). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. City of Austin. (2013). Urban Farm Code. PAR II: FRAMEWORKS FOR URBAN AGRICULURAL SYSEMS PLANNING UAS and urban metabolism McClintock, N. (2009). Urban agriculture and bridging the Metabolic Rift. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 3, Canning P. et al. (March 2010). Energy Use in the US Food System. 2 pages. 3

4 h Community/ environmental/ economic benefits and costs of UAS Equity planning and UAS EPA. (2011). Introduction; Recommendations. In Brownfields and Urban Agriculture (p. 1-6). Golden, S. (2013). Urban Agriculture Impacts: Social, Health and Economic: A literature review. Davis, CA: UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis. 22 pages. McClintock, N. (2014). Radical, reformist, and garden-variety neoliberal: coming to terms with urban agriculture's contradictions. Local Environment, 19(2), WEEK 5 Guthman, J. (2008). Bringing good food to others: investigating the subjects of alternative food practice. Cultural Geographies, 15(4): Cunningham, B. (2010, May 4). Food fighter: Grist s om Philpot on why class needs to be a part of the food debate. Columbia Journalism Review. Couch, P. (2011). Evolution or gentrification: do urban farms lead to higher rents? h Food security, justice and sovereignty Coleman-Jensen, A., Gregory, C., & Singh, A. Summary. Household food security in the US in pages. Washington, DC: USDA. FAO. FAO Policy Brief 10: Fighting Poverty and Hunger: What Role for Urban Agriculture? 2 pages. Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. About section from 1 page. Committee, N. A. U. A. (2003). Urban agriculture and community food security in the United States: Farming from the city center to the urban fringe. Venice, CA: Community Food Security Coalition. 30 pages. Community Food Security Coalition. What is community food security? section from 1 page. Patel, R. (2013, November 13). Food sovereignty is the next big idea. Financial imes. 1 page. de la Salle and Holland. (2010). Urban agriculture and food security section. Agricultural Urbanism. p PAR III: URBAN AGRICULURAL SYSEMS Growing WEEK 6 Wilson, A Growing Food Locally. 13 pages. Holmgren, D Essence of Permaculture. 12 pages. Martin, O French Intensive Gardening: a retrospective. News and Notes of the UCSC Farm and Garden. p. 1-2; Born, B., & Purcell, M. (2006). Avoiding the local trap: scale 4

5 h h h Assignment 1: visit/volunteer and report back Processing, transportation and storage Distribution and markets Site visit: Jester and Kinsolving gardens, U Resource recovery (waste management) and food systems in planning research. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 26, *Assignment #1 due (visit/volunteer and report back), beginning of class period* No readings due today. WEEK 7 de la Salle and Holland, Food Processing, Packaging and Distribution, p Ladner, Steven Chapter 9: Rebuilding the Lost Food- Producing Infrastructure. In he Urban Food Revolution (p ). Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. Boyles, A Central exas gets its first co-op food hub. Relish Austin blog. Steel, C. Chapter 3, Market and supermarket. In Hungry City (p ). de la Salle and Holland, Chapters 10-11, Food Sales: Wholesale and Retail; Restaurants and Food Services, p Dubbeling, M., Hoekstra, R., & van Veenhuizen, R. (2010). From seed to table. Urban Agriculture, pages. WEEK 8 Garza, J. (2014, January 29). Student-run gardens provide produce for resident hall dining halls. Daily exan. *Midterm due via Canvas, Monday, by 10 PM* Steel, C. Chapter 6: Waste. In Hungry City (p ). Environmental Planning Agency. No date. Resource Conservation/Food Waste website. ravis County Sustainable Food Policy Council Food Surplus and Salvage Working Group Letter. City of Austin. Curbside Organics Collection Pilot. 1 page. WEEK 9 5

6 10.20 h h h 11.5 Eating, learning and celebrating No class ACSP conference de la Salle and Holland, Chapter 12: Broad-based Education on Food and Agriculture and Chapter 13: he Celebration of Food and Agriculture, p Vallianatos, M., Gottleib, R., & Haase, M. A Farmto-school: Strategies for urban health, combating sprawl, and establishing a community food systems approach. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 23(4): Additional reading BA. No class ACSP conference PAR IV: PLANNING OOLS FOR URBAN AGRICULURAL SYSEMS WEEK 10 agricultural land protection, land resources studies Guest speaker: Dean Fritz Steiner food charters, food policy councils, food assessments, food system plans, urban agriculture plans In-class discussion and planning session: final project In-class work session: final project Christensen, G., Budd, W., Reganold, J., & Steiner, F. R. (1988). Farmland protection in Washington State: an analysis. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 43(5): Pond, D. (2009). Ontario s greenbelt: growth management, farmland protection, and regime change in Southern Ontario. Canadian Public Policy, 35(4): 413. Kremer, P., & Schreuder, Y. (2012). he feasibility of regional food systems in metropolitan areas: an investigation of Philadelphia's foodshed. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Hodgson et al., Chapter 3: Facilitating urban agriculture through planning practice, p Campbell, M. C. (2004). Building a common table: the role for planning in community food systems. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 23: Biduic, B. (2015). Chapters 2 and 6. p. 6-11; In A Food System Plan for Austin. WEEK 11 U Austin Green our Content Categories Database U Austin Green our Script Other materials BA. Materials BA. Guest speakers: U Green our eam WEEK 12 6

7 11.10 h zoning, comprehensive plans, land disposition policies, land use ordinances, brownfields community gardens, education and school programs, direct sale programs, local procurement policies, demonstration gardens Guest speaker: Bianca Bidiuc, Sustainable Food Center Final project check-in Wooten, H., & Ackerman, A. (2012). Seeding the city: land use policies to promote urban agriculture. ChangeLab Solutions, 40 pages. Barth, B. Urban agriculture as an emergent land use: case studies of municipal responsiveness. American Planning Association. 8 pages. Freedgood, J., Pierce-Quiñonez, M., & Meter K.. Emerging assessment tools to inform food system planning. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, p Hodgson et al., Chapter 4: Linking urban agriculture with planning practice, p and Chapter 5: Planning for urban agriculture lessons learned, p WEEK 13 h h urban design, site design Film showing or catchup day (BD) No class hanksgiving de la Salle and Holland, Part III: Planning & design for Agricultural Urbanism, p ; p (Appendices). Gorgolewski, M., Komisar, J., & Nasr, J. (2011). Imagining the productive city. Carrot City. Pages WEEK 14 No readings. No class, no readings. Week 15 Growing abundant cities Steel, C. Hungry City. Chapter 7, Sitopia, pages de la Salle and Holland, Conclusion, p Despommier, Dickson. (2009, August 24). A farm on every floor. New York imes. 3 pages. Hinrichs, C., & Barham, E. (2007). A full plate: challenges and opportunities in remaking the food system. In Hinrichs and Lyson (eds.) Remaking the North American Food System. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. p

8 h 12.3 Final exam date (BD) Final project presentation In-class presentations *Final project due * 8