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Sustainable FoodModern-day “industrial” agriculture produces food that is sometimes of questionable quality, uses processes that can do4 05 06 07 08 09 10lasting damage to eco-systems, and may have heavy carbon footprints from transport emissions. Our goal must be a worldwhere the production and supply of food has a net positive impact on local communities and the environment. One PlanetLiving means supporting local and low-impact production that delivers healthy, good quality food that boostslocal economies in an environmentally-beneficial manner.>One Planet Living in action:In California, Sonoma Mountain Village – which will bethe USA’s first “One Planet Community” – is makinglocal, organic and biodynamic food grown on siteavailable in the community’s restaurants and grocerystores. Community gardens and fruit trees will beNorth American developers Codding will alsobe working with local community-supportedagriculture programmes to develop a system forpicking up healthy prepared meals from convenientneighbourhood locations.SolUTIoN?accessible to every resident, and a year-round dailyfarmer’s market will encourage healthy diets as wellas invest in the local economy. It is estimated that byProblem2020, some 65% of all food consumed on-site willcome from within a 300 mile radius – and that 25%will come from within 50 miles.Local fishing communities are expected to receive awelcome boost from the One Planet Living “Mata deSesimbra” project in Portugal, which has classified them as“preferred suppliers”.Intensive strawberry cultivation in southern Spain israpidly encroaching on the habitats of the IberianLynx, the world’s most endangered big cat.18 The WWF Pocket Guide to a One Planet Lifestyle // www.panda.org/oneplanetEXITSEARCHPRINTBACKNEXT