The Food-Forward Neighborhood

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 IN A FOOD-FORWARD NEIGHBORHOOD...

FOOD WASTE enriches the soil, generates

BODEGAS are a hyper-local source of healthy,
power, and builds local economies. Compost
fresh food, local produce, and local value-
sites near gardens, restaurant corridors, and
added products. Bodegas stock produce from
food manufacturers process food scraps hyper-
community gardens and affordable grab-n-go
locally and citywide compost collection reaches
items from large distributors.
every neighborhood.

COMMERCIAL URBAN AGRICULTURE provides

accessible, local produce and strengthens GROCERY STORES that offer affordable,
the food economy. Rooftop and indoor farms culturally appropriate food are accessible to
distribute to nearby residents, markets, and every New Yorker.
restaurants with cargo bikes and electric vehicles.

REGIONAL FARMS connect to local markets

COMMUNITY GARDENS & FARMS are protected
to provide fresh, high-quality produce. Farms
spaces for food production, community convening
distribute to neighborhood hubs and receive
and wealth-building. Garden produce supplies
food scraps in return, processing them into
neighborhood farm stands, markets and bodegas.
compost to build healthy soil.

FARMERS MARKETS distribute fresh food

from regional farms, urban farms, and local RESTAURANTS offer welcoming spaces for New
community gardens. Markets host bakers, food Yorkers to gather and share meals made with
vendors, and other small food businesses selling fresh, local produce.
their wares.

SMALL SCALE PROCESSING operates in

FOOD HUBS promote community ownership
distributed facilities to support local economies.
within the food system. In spacious facilities,
Shared use kitchens house diverse food
processing, packing and distribution facilities
businesses, neighbors cook meals for each
are co-located with cafes or food retail to serve
other in community kitchens, and home kitchens
local residents.
enable micro-entrepreneurs.

TRANSPORTATION moves plentiful food supplies

to every neighborhood in a coordinated, carbon-
FOOD MARKETS support small restaurants,
neutral and safe way. Cleaner trucks transport
bakeries, lunch counters, and produce vendors
food across the region, expanded rail and water
that reflect neighborhood identities.
routes serve distribution hubs, and robust cargo
bike networks connect the last mile.

FOOD PANTRIES & SOUP KITCHENS

support emergency food needs with dignity
and choice. Pantries and soup kitchens source
food from local grocers, manufacturers, farms
and restaurants, and offer retail options with
affordable prices.
WAREHOUSES & DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES
provide critical connections for large food
distributors to serve neighborhoods across the
city through coordinated distribution.

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