Peak Oil Task Force Report - City of Bloomington - State of Indiana

4. Expand water storage within the city to support agriculture.
5. Subsidize the cost of materials and education for building a resilient
infrastructure. To start, establish:
• farm stands or agricultural parks in areas of greatest population
density and activity;
• food storage systems at schools; and
• grants for neighborhood associations to be used for rainwater
catchment tanks, root cellars, and neighborhood‐based food businesses
6. Adopt a Food Security Resolution.
The resolution should affirm that “Everyone has the right to adequate, healthful,
nourishing food appropriate to their cultural and physical requirements.”
7. Establish Bloomington as a Slow Food City.
A Slow Food City supports local food production and processing that is good, clean,
and fair and that aims to effect lasting change in the food system. 238 Locally‐grown
food and locally‐based cuisine should be incorporated into the Lotus Festival and at
least one other showcase event or location, preferably in connection with Indiana
University.
8. Food security should figure prominently in the City’s new Sustainable City
Initiative.
The City should use the Initiative’s website to anchor a web presence for
information related to local food production, processing, and marketing. 239
9. Through education and funding, work to increase food storage in Bloomington
household and community pantries to three months supply for all residents—
about 18,000 tons aggregate.
238 See further, Slow Food USA. http://slowfoodusa.org/index.php
239 http://bloomington.in.gov/documents/viewDocument.php?document_id=2121
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