Metropolitan Agriculture in North America: From Planning to Development Saturday, October 4th 2008, Noon - 5:30pm University of Pennsylvania, Houston Hall, 3418 Spruce St., Philadelphia PA
Hosts: MetroAg - Alliance for Urban Agriculture Penn Planning Penn Institute for Urban Research With support from the Cedar Tree Foundation, Boston Please join us for the first public forum for the new Alliance for Urban Agriculture (MetroAg), founded to support the growing community of sustainable farmers and food systems planners and policy makers working in and around the metropolitan areas of the U.S., Canada, and beyond. The afternoon will start with an informal networking lunch. This will be followed by roundtable discussions of regional planning and community and economic development, featuring leading practitioners, policy makers, and scholars of sustainable agriculture. The event will conclude with the first general meeting of the Alliance, led by its coordinators (Martin Bailkey, James Kuhns and Joe Nasr). This forum is an important opportunity to connect with colleagues in metropolitan agriculture from across North America and the world. It is one of the concurrent activities of the annual conference of the Community Food Security Coalition, taking place in Cherry Hill, NJ, October 5-8. Confirmed speakers include: * Marcia Caton Campbell (Center for Resilient Cities, Milwaukee) * Roxanne Christensen (Institute for Innovation in Local Farming, Philadelphia) * Marielle Dubbeling (RUAF, the Netherlands) * J. Dixon Esseks (American Farmland Trust) * Cynthia Price (Greater Grand Rapids Food Policy Council) * Wayne Roberts (Toronto Food Policy Council) * Domenic Vitiello (Penn Planning and Philadelphia Orchard Project) The $30 ticket for this forum includes a locally grown lunch (with ample vegetarian options), coffee and snacks. A limited number of student and low-income scholarships are available on a first-come basis. Transportation will be provided from and to the CFSC hotel in Cherry Hill. To register for the forum, please go to: http://healthyfoodconference.com/registration/ For further information on this forum, please write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:NAUPAA.Forum%40gmail.com For information on the Alliance, see: http://foodsecurity.org/ua_alliance.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Community_garden Digest, Vol 542, Issue 1 Send Community_garden mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Community_garden digest..." Today's Topics: 1. FW: Growing Power hosts the FIRST GATHERING of the Growing Food and Justice for All (Diane Dodge) 2. ***SPAM*** Upcoming urban agriculture event in Philadelphia (James Kuhns) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:51:59 -0500 From: Diane Dodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Community_garden] FW: Growing Power hosts the FIRST GATHERING of the Growing Food and Justice for All To: ACGA <[email protected]>, Comfood list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GFJI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sustag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Growing Power hosts the FIRST GATHERING of the Growing Food and Justice for All Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:57:26 -0500 For Immediate Release September 16, 2008 CONTACT: Will Allen, Growing Power, Inc. PHONE: 414-527-1546 Growing Power hosts the FIRST GATHERING of the Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative in Milwaukee at the State Fair Grounds (MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN) ? Growing Power, Inc. along with a powerful network of individuals, organizations and community based entities will convene at the Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center for the FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING of the Growing Food and Justice For All Initiative this September 19th ? 21st. The Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative (GFJI) is a new initiative aimed at dismantling racism and empowering low-income and communities of color through sustainable and local agriculture. This comprehensive network views dismantling racism as a core principal which brings together social change agents from diverse sectors working to bring about new, healthy and sustainable food systems and supporting and building multicultural leadership in impoverished communities throughout the world. Commencing the gathering will be a press conference held on September 19, 2008 at the Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center. ?Growing Power is proud to be hosting the first annual gathering of the Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative here in Milwaukee. As a multicultural organization, we value diversity within the sustainable agricultural movement, at all levels from leadership to producers/consumers. It is our mission to provide valuable resources to traditionally underserved communities, in particular immigrant, African-American, Latino, Asian, and Native American farmers,? said Will Allen, Chief Executive Officer of Growing Power. ?Like several cities across the nation, the City of Milwaukee is faced with the challenge of overcoming racial lines that have segregated city residents for decades. Growing Power, dedicated to working with ALL people of ALL ethnic backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, races, and religions within the city and beyond, recognizes the value in supporting the GFJI.? Groups from all over the country will be presenting topics such as Social Justice campaigns, Immigrant/Migrant farmer justice, building community-operated food systems using anti-racism principles, health disparities between ethnic and economic groups, urban agriculture as a tool for dismantling racism, strategies for developing People of Color leadership, and public art in anti-racism work. On Thursday, Sept. 18th, Growing Power will lead hands-on workshops in vermiculture and micro-green/sprouts production at its Community Food Center on Silver Spring Dr.. Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. Growing Power implements this mission by providing hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, market, and distribute food in a sustainable manner. TIME: 8:00 AM LOCATION: Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center - Lobby, WI State Fair Grounds, 640 S. 84th St. ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION---------- PHONE: 414-527-1546 FAX: 414-527-1908 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEBSITE: www.growingpower.org _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? 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URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080917/3ac3e06e/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:04:23 -0400 From: "James Kuhns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Community_garden] ***SPAM*** Upcoming urban agriculture event in Philadelphia To: "ACGA Listserv" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Metropolitan Agriculture in North America: From Planning to Development Saturday, October 4th 2008, Noon - 5:30pm University of Pennsylvania, Houston Hall, 3418 Spruce St., Philadelphia PA Hosts: MetroAg - Alliance for Urban Agriculture Penn Planning Penn Institute for Urban Research With support from the Cedar Tree Foundation, Boston Please join us for the first public forum for the new Alliance for Urban Agriculture (MetroAg), founded to support the growing community of sustainable farmers and food systems planners and policy makers working in and around the metropolitan areas of the U.S., Canada, and beyond. The afternoon will start with an informal networking lunch. This will be followed by roundtable discussions of regional planning and community and economic development, featuring leading practitioners, policy makers, and scholars of sustainable agriculture. The event will conclude with the first general meeting of the Alliance, led by its coordinators (Martin Bailkey, James Kuhns and Joe Nasr). This forum is an important opportunity to connect with colleagues in metropolitan agriculture from across North America and the world. It is one of the concurrent activities of the annual conference of the Community Food Security Coalition, taking place in Cherry Hill, NJ, October 5-8. Confirmed speakers include: * Marcia Caton Campbell (Center for Resilient Cities, Milwaukee) * Roxanne Christensen (Institute for Innovation in Local Farming, Philadelphia) * Marielle Dubbeling (RUAF, the Netherlands) * J. Dixon Esseks (American Farmland Trust) * Cynthia Price (Greater Grand Rapids Food Policy Council) * Wayne Roberts (Toronto Food Policy Council) * Domenic Vitiello (Penn Planning and Philadelphia Orchard Project) The $30 ticket for this forum includes a locally grown lunch (with ample vegetarian options), coffee and snacks. A limited number of student and low-income scholarships are available on a first-come basis. Transportation will be provided from and to the CFSC hotel in Cherry Hill. To register for the forum, please go to: http://healthyfoodconference.com/registration/ For further information on this forum, please write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:NAUPAA.Forum%40gmail.com For information on the Alliance, see: http://foodsecurity.org/ua_alliance.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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