NEEDS-BASED CSA
FOOD SECURITY
1 STUDENTS ORGANIZED RUTGERS AGAINST HUNGER (SO RAH) SO RAH is a student-led organization that addresses food insecurity through education adn outreach.
Urban food deserts like Bergen Square (below), will benefit from student organizations and volunteer programs, like SO RAH (above).
“DEEP ROOTS CAMPAIGN” AIMED AT GENERATING LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION
1.1 Expand Camden Food Security Advisory Board to include all stakeholders. The Board currently does not include food purveyors in a sitting advisory position. Partner with local entities like Campbells Soup Foundation CSF and Camden Children’s Garden, to secure grant funding for community gardens and Community Supported Agriculture. 1.2 Develop a programming strategy to include local food production on vacant parcels. According to a 2009 report out of Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives, Camden can produce on average 0.5lb of mixed produce per ft2. 1.3 Organize community events aimed at identifying suitable land stewards through the SHEDS program.
2 BERGEN SQUARE
According to the USDA, Bergen Square is a “low income, low access district,” where a significant share of residents are low income and live more than 1 mile (urban) from the nearest supermarket.
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CSA PROGRAM ADDRESSING LOW-INCOME, LOW-ACCESS COMMUNITIES.
2.1 Establish baseline needs criteria for adequate CSA delivery, stipulating a 52 week provision cycle, with all-doorstep delivery, and accpets WIC and SNAP benefits.
2.2 Provide a service and compensation agreement that ensures resident needs are met, and the purveyor is adequately compensated for additional services provided. 2.3 Source volunteer packaging and delivery labor from local colleges and community organizations. Parnterships may include Rutgers Against Hunger RAH, Camden Community College, the Faith in Prevention program.
AIR & WATER QUALITY
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WATERFRONT SOUTH AIR QUALITY INITIATIVE
1.1 Install air quality monitors throughout the city particularly at and near schools, bus stops, and polluting facilities to get accurate and consistent air quality data. 1.2 Use air quality data to aggressively lobby state and local authorities, as well as the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC), for a clean energy agenda and carbon reduction targets. 1.3 Evaluate truck-route efficiency in neighborhoods adjacent to port and warehousing facilities. Partner with SJPC, Office of the Mayor, and South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA).
CAMDEN EQUITY | AGENDA
1.4 Perform emissions overhaul of School and Municiapal Bus fleet financed by grants through the EPA’s Deisel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA). Use successful programs like, Pennsylvania’s Green Truck and Bus Fleet, Colorado Green Fleet program, and the Gilroy Califronia electric bus program. Explore all fuel alternatives including Bio-Diesel and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
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CCSD - TEST AND PROTECT “TAP” WATER PROGRAM
2.1 Remove lead from CCSD drinking water. According to New Jersey Future, Camden has the second highest occurance of Lead contamination, among city schools, in the state. In 2016, CCSD schools tested positive for elevated Lead levels at 19 separate points of points of discharge.
HEALTH SERVICES
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1.3 Create an accessible and standardized approach to determine health equity at the micro-level. Use this data to develop the Camden Health Equity Index.
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IDEAS FOR CLEAN AIR
TARGET HIGH-NEEDS & FILL GAPS IN HEATLH RELATED SERVICES
2.1 Establish primary-care centers in every Camden school. Bridge relationship between school district, the Cooper Foundation, and local medical and nursing schools to 2.2 Provide bi-lingual services for all health-related programs. Partner with local network of providers to improve pointof-contact service.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA WATER TESTING PROGRAM From British Columbia to Colorado and Pennsylvania, states are helping school districts “ride-clean” by securing EPA grants for clean energy transportation systems.
2.3 Use SHEDS to host addicition recovery meetings and bi-monthly, visits by a volunteer health practioner who administer basic check-ups to local residents.
STANDARDIZE BLOCK-LEVEL COLLECTION OF HEALTH DATA
1.1 Boost data collection and databanking efforts at the local level to better understand place-based health concerns. 1.2 expand electronic health recording by utilizing Medicaid incentive programs at the micro-level.
CAMDEN EQUITY | AGENDA
POTENTIAL AIR-MONITORING ALONG EASTERN EDGE OF WATERFRONT SOUTH Aggressive air monitoring in neighborhoods bordering ports, heavy industry, and freeways, can provide Camden with the data needed to lobby for raising air quality standards.
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