Salt Lake City Green - Food Production

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Salt Lake City Green – Food
 
Vicki Bennett, Director
Division of Sustainability and Environment
City & County Building, 451 South State, Room 145
Salt Lake City UT 84114-5467
Phone (801) 535-6540
Open: 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
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Salt Lake City Green is comprised of award-winning Salt Lake City environmental programs that continue to help us conserve resources, reduce pollution, slow global climate change, and ensure a healthy, sustainable future for Salt Lake City.

What the City is Doing

• Community Gardening
• Food Policy Task Force
• What You Can Do
• Learn More »

The average food item in the U.S. travels 1,400 miles to get to the dinner table.
As the cost of fuel sky rockets, so do food prices.

Suburban sprawl consumes productive land and forces dependence on foreign food producers.

For the first time, in 2005, the U.S. imported more farm products by value than it exported.

As awareness about nutrition has risen and obesity has increased, the
public pressure for nutritious, sustainably grown food is on the rise.

Utah has 16,700 farms on 11 million acres,
according to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

Many of these farms have been family-owned for several generations.

In addition, a significant percentage of local food supply can be homegrown
even in urbanized places such as Salt Lake City.

Community gardens, urban farms, public lands, urban plots, and
even roof tops are all innovative ways to address:

• Food Security,
• Environmental Issues,
• and the Need for Green Space in an Urban Setting.

They also support Salt Lake City’s goal of increasing direct access to fresh foods and
promoting community-based food production to minimize the environmental impacts of
transporting food long distances.

Food Production - Learn More

Issues

• Food and Nutrition
• Weight and Obesity
• Buying Utah Products
• Community Gardens
• Rooftop Gardens
• Organic Foods
• Salt Lake City Eat Local Challenge

Polices and Reports

• 1998 “Creating Tomorrow Together”- Final Report of the Salt Lake City Futures Commission
• Salt Lake City Community Master Plans

Allies

• Wasatch Community Gardens
• Utah Master Gardeners
• Utah Gardens non-profit organizations
• American Community Gardening Association
• Utah State University Cooperative Extension

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See Also in SFUtah: "Salt Lake Food Policy Task Force."