Willits Economic Localization/Food/Research Questions
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List of Questions
OUR CURRENT FOOD SYSTEM
NON-LOCAL COMMERCIAL SOURCES: STORES, RESTAURANTS, MAIL ORDER
- What % of our community’s total food intake is purchased out of town? FOOD 1
LOCAL COMMERCIAL SOURCES: STORES, RESTAURANTS
- What % of our of our community’s total food intake is purchased from local commercial sources? FOOD 2
- What types of food and percentages thereof do we purchase? FOOD 3
- How do these sources decide what food to carry? FOOD 4
- Where does the food come from originally? FOOD 5
- How/where is the food processed? FOOD 6
- How does the food get here? FOOD 7
- How is the food stored? FOOD 8
- What is the turnaround time for stored food? FOOD 9
- Where does the waste go?FOOD 10
PUBLIC SOURCES: HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, FOOD BANKS
- What % of our community’s total food intake is acquired from public sources? FOOD 11
DIRECT FROM PRODUCERS: FARMERS, FARMERS MARKET
- What percentage of our food comes directly from local producers? FOOD 12
OURSELVES: FARMS, GARDENS, FORAGING
- What % of our food do we grow/raise ourselves? FOOD 13
OUR FOOD REQUIREMENTS
- How much food is consumed by adults daily? FOOD 14
- What is the percentage of caloric requirements by food type required for a healthy diet? FOOD 15
- How much land is required to feed an adult daily, based on the various methods and diets in use? FOOD 16
OUR AVAILABLE FOOD ENVIRONMENT
- What wild foods grow/live here? FOOD 17
- What domesticated foods are grown/raised/processed here? FOOD 18
- What foods were historically grown/raised/processed here? FOOD 19
- What else is appropriate to grow/raise/process here (based on our temp, rain, land, seasons)? FOOD 20
- What land is being used to grow food? FOOD 21
- What land is still available, and what is the suitability based on productivity of the soil, and type of crop or animal raised?FOOD 22
- How many acres of land are required to feed the approx 10,000 people in the Little Lake Valley region? FOOD 27
OUR EXISTING FOOD RESOURCES
PEOPLE
- How many people are employed in the local food industry? FOOD 23
- Who is growing/raising/processing food here? FOOD 24
- Who are the local foods experts? FOOD Resources, Contacts
- Who is the local food-related teachers? FOOD Resources, Contacts
ORGANIZATIONS
- What organizations support local food producers? FOOD Projects, Organizations
FUNDING
- Is there funding for local food projects? FOOD 25
- What are the requirements to receive this funding? FOOD 26
TOTAL QUESTIONS: 27
