Posts Tagged ‘Events’

In collaboration with key partners across the Chesapeake area, Engaged Community Offshoots, Inc. is organizing and hosting Sowing Seeds Here and Now!: A Chesapeake Area Urban Farming Summit on Friday, June 18th, 2010 from 8:30am-5:30pm. The keynote speaker and inspiration is Will Allen, CEO of Growing Power in Milwaukee, WI. Will Allen is a pioneering urban farmer whose organization Growing Power does exemplary work and who was named a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow in 2008. The goal of the one-day hands-on learning and strategizing event is to catalyze and support urban farming throughout the metropolitan area – Washington, DC, Prince George’s and other local counties, and Baltimore –which we call the Chesapeake area. Please note the organizers are looking for presenters: “We’re looking for the most engaging, enthusiastic, and educational workshops and presenters at this summit. We have funding for travel costs, and would love for you to present and use

This came across my email box – it looks like a fantastic panel. What: “Food Access Solutions: Urban Agriculture, Local Food & Community Development” When: Friday April 16, 2010 from 10 am to 2 – pm;  Post-panel reception begins at 1:15, appetizers will be served! Where: THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020 How: Registration required – Click to register. Issues to be discussed: Food access in low-income DC neighborhoods, acknowledging work being done under the radar, the dire health consequences of failing to act, community food security trends nationally, the difficulties in bridging cultures, and the possible creation of a DC food policy council. Event Description: An umbrella group of urban gardening activists (Rooting DC and DC’s Field to Fork Network) will be convening a community food security panel discussion East of the River in Washington, DC on April 16th from 10 to 2.  This location was chosen

From Crain’s Business Journal: Crain’s Detroit Business and the University of Michigan-Dearborn are hosting a panel discussion of the business of urban agriculture April 7 at UM-D’s Fairlane Center North facility. Panelists are Patti Cantrell of the Michigan Land Use Institute; Dan Carmody of the Eastern Market Corp.; Al Fields, group executive of planning for Detroit Mayor Dave Bing; Carlton Flakes of the Wayne County Department of Children and Family Services; and John Hantz of Hantz Farms. The breakfast and discussion event begins at 7:30 a.m. Admission is $35 per person. The discussion, moderated by Crain’s Publisher Mary Kramer, will focus on such topics as the cost of entry and the economic benefits to the region, the role local and regional policy plays and relationships between businesses and urban agriculture projects of all size. For more information or to register, visit umd.umich.edu/urbanfarming.

Kim Hodgson, manager of APA’s Planning and Community Health Research Center, collaborated with the Food Policy Advisory Committee of New Orleans to provide information about the New Orleans Food System for participants of the National Planning Conference.  A similar guide was produced last year for Minneapolis. From APA:To learn more about some of the city’s food related organizations, community gardens, farmers’ markets, food stores, restaurants and breweries, see the full guide at http://www.planning.org/conference/neworleans/pdf/FoodSystemGuide.pdf.

The American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference is taking place in New Orleans from April 10-13, 2010.  APA’s Planning and Community Health Research Center is partnering with the New Orleans Food & Farm Network and the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee to host a screening of Big River.  From APA: Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010 Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm Location: Southern Food & Beverage Museum, New Orleans Louisiana (http://www.southernfood.org/) In coordination with the New Orleans Food & Farm Network and the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee, APA’s Planning & Community Health Research Center and Food systems planning Interest Group (FIG) is hosting a 3 hour social and educational event for APA conference participants.   The event will start with a social hour (beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and a light-fare will be provided), which will provide members a chance to mix and mingle. Following the social hour, we will screen: Big River