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7A <br /> Page 45 <br /> DRAFT-Will be updated and provided in color for March 22"d Council meeting <br /> There are many individual and community benefts to shopping at certifed farrners'markets <br /> . The fruits and vegetables sofd are grown locally and picked when perfectly ripened, <br /> which enhances the taste,texture,and health benefts of the produce <br /> • Purchasing locally praduced food recEuces emissions associated with the transpartation <br /> of food.Our existing system of food transportation and distribution requires enormous <br /> amounts o€energy and resources.Before reaching your tabfe,the average food item ir� <br /> the United States will travef 1,750 miles?In fact,only about 10%of the fossii fuel <br /> energy used in the world's food system is used for production.The other 90%goes into <br /> paekaging,transportation�and marketing of the food.All this inefficiency burns fossil <br /> fuefs and creates greenhouse gas emissions <br /> • Purchasinq produce at the farmers`market represents an investment in local farmers <br /> which benefits the community by strengthening local agriculture and the economy <br /> The Redwood City community can encourage <br /> � ... . . ... <br /> participatlon in local farmers'marke�.s.This should ;�, <br /> begin by assessing participation(evels in existing ,- Taft Cor�munity Schoo(and <br /> ��-:, <br /> markets and canvening farmers'mar[cet leadership ; �i�d�������have colfaborated on a <br /> to identify opportunities ta strengthen local markefs ; ���-��n-based education project.Tf�e <br /> if needed while promoting the averall benefits of ; g���er�gives students the <br /> shoppir�g at markets to residen�s.Redwood City ; a�port�r�ity to Eearn about nature in <br /> should also consider how to ensure that farmers ; t��ir own community and the <br /> markets are accessible to low income community ', ����5_��y�,�rk they dQ in the <br /> members and where possible s�rengthen access ta ; ��r�e������;��nts their science <br /> fresh,lacal�y grown produce to faw income or fixed ; ���C�����. <br /> income residents. <br /> Coordi»ate arrd affer crammrrni#y support to ; . . . ... .. . .. �' <br /> schoa!garden prograrr�s <br /> School gardening has taken ofF in Redwood City.As of Ju1y 2009, 14 schools in Redwood City <br /> have school gardens.The size and scope of existing school gardens ranges from fully staffed <br /> gardens that o�Fer muEtiple school-wide programs,to small start-up gardens that are staffed�y <br /> volunteers or maintained by an individual classroom. <br /> The schoofs that currently have gardens are: <br /> o Adelante Elementary o Taf�Elementary <br /> o John Gi�l Elementary o Fair Oaks Elementary <br /> o Clifford Elementary o Hoover Eiementary <br /> o Cloud Elementary o Kennedy Middle Schoo! <br /> o Orion Elementary o Redwood High School <br /> o North Star Elementary o Sequoia High Schoof <br /> o Itoosevelt�lementary o Woodside High School <br />