1 Plastic lining shipped from Utah. Synthetic fertilizers shipped from Hungary. Migrant workers traveling from Mexico- working 10-12 hour days. Insecticides.

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1 Plastic lining shipped from Utah. Synthetic fertilizers shipped from Hungary. Migrant workers traveling from Mexico- working hour days. Insecticides shipped from Texas. Strawberries are picked before they have ripened. (3-6 crops) Packaged in clam- shell containers shipped from Taiwan. Refrigerated truck driven over 3,000 miles. Distribution to supermarkets, food co-ops, factories, chain restaurants, hotels all over the U.S. Waste from stores, farm, and materials distribution venues ends up in landfills in CA and all over the U.S. Strawberry A Sun provides the source of all energy. Strawberries are grown on a large farm in California. (400 acres)

2 Strawberry B Sun provides the source of all energy. Grown on local farm, with other crops. (50 acres) Organic mulch and green manure compost fertilizer from the farm, mulch from farm one town over. Workers travel from community, state, and Mexico. All workers are paid a living wage and work 6-8 hours a day. Customers pick, too. Strawberries are picked when ripe. (1-2 crops) Packaged in small baskets shipped from a factory 85 miles north in the same state. Small refrigerated delivery truck driven 200 miles. Distribution to local markets, groceries, bakeries, local restaurants, and food co-ops within days of being picked. Farm wastes are composted for next season’s fertilizer.

3 Central question of the curriculum: How can we create a food system that maintains health, sustains the environment, preserves our cultural fabric, and benefits the regional economy? Such a food system would comprise a sustainable food system

4 What is sustainability? A lens (a set of conditions, values, and assumptions) to assess the interactions among a system’s elements. Core assumptions: The elements of a system are interdependent. The elements of the system must work together. Ecological principles serve as design guidelines

5 A sustainable food system... Is not achieved by a single practice. Working definition: “a collaborative network that integrates food production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste management in order to enhance the environmental, economic and social health of a particular place.” (University of California Davis, 2008). Is a goal to work towards. Changes can be incremental within the system.