INNER CITY ORGANIC FOOD FARMING IN FOOD DESERT IN WASHINGTON DC Steven Lovink, Founder Planet2025 Network Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen Visions for 2025 THE CHESAPEAKE Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen The Chesapeake • BLUEPRINT for 2025 • Action ➠ benefits increase by $ 22.5 billion to $ 129.7 billion annually in perpetuity • No Action ➠ benefits decline by $ 5.6 billion to $ 101.5 billion annually and more after 2025 • Blueprint implementation costs estimated at $ 5 billion per year • Return on Investment ➠ 400%+ Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen The Anacostia Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen Sustainable DC Plan The plan which will guide the District to be the healthiest, greenest, most livable city in the nation! Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen Replicable Food System in a Food Desert • Healthy Food, Healthy People, Resilient Community • St Elizabeths East Campus 180 acres | 4 M sqft Project • Integrated whole system being and doing in underserved area • Sustainability from within as national strategic imperative Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen Urban EcoVillage • 55,000 sqft of historic buildings on 6.5 acres in food desert with little job opportunities • tissue culture, nursery, aquaponics, nutritious organic produce dehydration facilities • workforce development, training, and certification, community learning center, entrepreneurial food hub, and more • $15 million investment, 100+ green jobs, $ 10 million revenues per annum average, 35% + margins • community, business, and university partners lined up Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen Community Change from within a Nation’s Capital Community Resilience Circular Economy Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen Entrepreneurship in harmony with the whole life Public Benefit Purpose & Profits4Life Food for Cities Conference | April 27-28, 2015 | Copenhagen