New York

In New York, the Foodprints and Foodsheds Project team met with local stakeholders to share background on the Foodprint and Foodshed Models, increase understanding among stakeholders of development and functions, provide an opportunity for stakeholders to consider potential applications of the models to their work, and to elicit feedback on aspects of the models. The research that was presented to the group in New York yielded the following take aways:

• New York State cannot meet all of its food needs relying only on local land and resources.
• Definition of “local” looks much different for NYC than for the state’s other cities.
• Changing optimization parameter from distance to land use value has a huge impact on the results.
• Foodshed maps provide an easy way to visualize the geographic extent of the food supply.