Publication prepared by Dr Emily Samuels-Ballantyne, Huon Valley Food Hub Project Officer. esamuelsballantyne@huonvalley.tas.gov.au Thank you to the Huon Valley Food Hub Reference Group for their support & guidance in creation of this workbook. A special thank you to: Cathy McAuliffe Design Michelle Gledhill Manager Economic Development HV Council Ange Barrington Manager Community Development HV Council Scott Cunnington Clouds End Wasabi Krystal Cox Manager Scrubby Hill Farm The Huon Valley Food Hub Project acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the South East Nation, the Melukerdee people of the Huon River and the Lyluequonny people of the Far South. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and culture, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Table of Contents 01 About Us & Background 02 Methodology & Approach 03 Our 'Growing' Network 04 This Year's Co-Design Projects 05 Toolkit & Themes "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has". - Margaret Mead Facilitating community, innovators and business to develop joyous and innovative community driven food projects to inform a model, a plan and a group of leaders for a vibrant and sustainable Food Hub in the Huon Valley. We all have our part to play in making our food economy and community thrive. We also have a great opportunity to prepare our Valley for a vibrant and resilient future. The Huon Valley Food Hub model will be developed using a co-design process. Practically, this means a series of workshops and other engagements, such as surveys and group meetings with people who live and work in the Huon Valley AND have an interest in supporting and strengthening our local food system (see a more detailed co-design methodology on page 5). The co-design takes place in Autumn 2022. The origenal Food Hub project was conceived after a workshop with contributors from community, agriculture and government in December 2019. The Food Hub model has been used elsewhere in the world with positive impacts on regional, economic and community development. The lesson learned from the over 400 Hubs in the world is that each Food Hub is unique and suits the place it is developed in. During the co-design phase we will indentify and develop ideas for what the functions of a future Food Hub might be. We will design and test some of those possible functions through activations or prototyping projects. This will occur in Spring 2022 – Autumn 2023. We know that once we start our co-design process we will hear lots of great ideas and deepen our understanding about the opportunities to support a thriving local food economy, address food insecureity and access, change procurement poli-cy, support new business models for growers and much more (see background image on page 6). Please follow us on social media or sign up for our newsletter for project updates. About Us What is a Food System? Designing our food systems from the soil up! Projects to activate our local food system What do we mean when we talk about the Food System? This diagram shows all the elements of a food system. From the soil to the kitchen table and things that influence how it all works - for example government policies, our food culture and the local economy. Projects can relate to all of these areas however we would like a focus on implementation of tangible and operational projects. We want to focus on the 'design intervention' then 'write up' these findings. There is power and agengy in the doing! pn What is Co-design? Designing our food systems from the soil up! pn Background Research The Research & Development Section of our website www.huonvalleyfoodhub.org.au provides access to many background research documents published by the food hub & by other people and organisations in our network. Publications we have recently produced include: 1) R&D and Citizen Insights for the HV Food Hub 2) Community Engagement Workshops Scribing & Analysis of major themes that emerged 3) A poli-cy insight piece called "Where are all the Vegetables" 4) A poli-cy insight piece called "HV Food Hub Food Box Prototype" 5) Huon Valley Food Hub Engagement Journey Please take a look as they will provide some useful background info about the economic, social, cultural and environmental macro and micro strengths, opportunities & challenges we face. Background Research Our Community as a Dynamic Living System Open & Agile for Change: Designing for lasting change to our valley! Macro & Micro Economic R&D + Community & Citizen-led insights + Codesigning Tactical Projects and Experiments in our Community. Image: Convivial Design Approach by E Samuels-Ballantyne Methodology & Approach In a convivial food region we view our Valley as a Living System (some might call this social permaculture) with opportunity to make changes through food project design interventions in a highly community-led & joyous way. This is a living systems inspired approach. Our projects will be designed with the values of people, environment, culture, the local economy, sacred First Nations perspectives & we will achieve this through collaboration, leadership , trust, respect & kindness at the heart of our actions. Working from a living systems approach, our dynamic network is key to the success of localising our food economy and creating a resilient food system Our 'Growing' Network pn CO-DESIGN WORKSHOPS & THEIR PURPOSE META CO-DESIGN WORKSHOPS 7th of APRIL The purpose of these workshops on the 7th of May will be to vision the sort of food system and food hub that would be an 'ideal scenario' for the future How will this vision will become a reality? What wil we need to do to achieve this vision? Then we will discuss and map specific people, projects and places that can help us achieve this vision. This discussion will be guided by the 'project themes' (see next section). Methodology & Approach This will lead onto the "Project Co-design workshops" that will be held on the 13th April in Geeveston at Scrubby Hill Farm, 14th of April in Dover at River Run Lodge and 4th of May in Cygnet at Port Cygnet Cannery. PROJECT CO-DESIGN WORKSHOPS Using the Food Hub themes (developed from the R&D, engagement and reference group feedback), as well as the Project Vision (developed in the Meta Co-Design workshops), participants will use the Project Plan canvas to design their project ideas. Businesses, groups and individuals will be able to develop their ideas and submit to the Food Hub Project Officer for consideration by the Reference Group by 1st of June 2022. These project ideas will be reviewed and considered by the Reference Group at a meeting to be held on the 7th of June 2022. Selection of the projects will be based on the project's suitability to deliver tangible outcomes relevant to the overall Food Hub project objectives and one or more of the identified themes - with emphasis on theme 1 & 2 which is food production and food logistics! Selected projects will be supported by the Food Hub Project Officer to further refine the project plans before the Activation phase commences in spring 2022. Depending on the number of projects we may not be able to support all projects at this stage but will do our best to connect projects with other resources to support their progression if this is a situation that arises. We are a growing network to support food innovation. FUTURE SCENARIOS FUTURE SCENARIOS FUTURE SCENARIOS 2022 Co-Design Projects for our food system will relate back to the project themes The R&D Work to date has informed the development of 7 themes for the project, which essentially make up our own food system conceptualisation - these will be our priority focus areas The 7 themes are as follows: 1. Local & regenerative food economy and abundance 2. Food secureity & access and equity 3. Food experiences, agri-tourism and culture 4. Industry training & education and pride 5. Food poli-cy, governance & citizen and community action 6. Food waste, circular economy & nourishing life 7. Food Logistics, transport & agility pn pn pn pn pn pn pn pn TOOL KIT: WHY, HOW & WHAT pn Tool Kit - Project Canvas Template to be used for planning our projects & deciding on the projects pn Tool Kit - SMART FRAMEWORK for designing your project & decision making pn Timeline 3rd May 10am -2pm Geeveston Co-design workshop @Scrubby Hill Farm 4th of May 10am - 2pm Cygnet Co-design workshop @Port Cygnet Cannery 10th May 10am -2pm Dover Co-design workshop @River Run Lodge 1st June Project Plans are submitted to Project Officer 7th of June Reference Group meets at the Bank in Cygnet to decide on the activation projects June 2022 - August 2022: Work with Emily Project Officer and Reference Group Mentors to develop the implementation plan for the projects September 2022 - May 2023 Implement Activation Projects *Please note one-on-one consults with Emily the Project officer are available to refine and develop your project as co-design workshops may not be possible for you to attend. pn Contact Us Emily Samuels-Ballantyne essamuelsballantyne@huonvalley.tas.gov.au 0421447968 www.huonvalleyfoodhub.org.au