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UBC Food Systems Project : development at UBC

University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office

Our task in the UBC food systems project was to evaluate the effects of campus development on the ability to create and maintain a sustainable food system at UBC. Food security is a major issue around the world and universities such as UBC should be leading the way in developing innovative measures to create food sustainable communities. Because UBC is currently expanding we have the opportunity to model an urban agriculture strategy that can be extrapolated into the global community. The goal of this project is not to promote food self-sufficiency of UBC, rather it is to create awareness and education of the campus community on issues pertaining to food security. Through evaluations of the plans that guide development at UBC, Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Comprehensive Community Plan (CCP), we identified major barriers as well as opportunities that can hinder or enhance food sustainability on campus. We then made amendments to the OCP and the CCP. As a result, we developed a proposal for an urban agricultural strategy at UBC named The Edible Campus. This strategy involved six strategic actions which included a demonstration garden, designated garden areas, green space and open areas, food production on buildings, waste management systems and management considerations. To finalize our project, we made recommendations for next year’s AGSC 450 class to investigate further the viability of an urban agriculture strategy at UBC. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. AGSC 450; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0132811

Land and Food Systems, Faculty of

Unreviewed

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