Friday, February 12, 2010

Urban Agriculture – For the Greener Good – National Building Museum

 
 

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via City Farmer News by Michael Levenston on 2/3/10

For the Greener Good: "Urban Agriculture" from National Building Museum on Vimeo.

Presenter(s): Josh Viertel, Liz Falk, Steve Cohen, Allison Arieff (moderator)
Date Recorded: January 26, 2010
Duration: 01:26:11

Listen to a panel of experts discuss the ecological impact of how we grow our food and how urban agriculture has the potential to reclaim unused land in cities. The panel included Josh Viertel, president, Slow Food USA; Liz Falk, director and co-Founder, Washington D.C. based Common Good City Farm; Steve Cohen, food policy and programs, Portland Oregon's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability; and moderator Allison Arieff, Food and Shelter Ambassador, GOOD and "By Design" columnist, The New York Times.

Given that the average grocery store vegetable travels 1500 miles to reach our plate, city leaders and community activists are investigating how we can increase farming inside our city limits. Listen to a panel of experts discuss how we can create oases where there were once food deserts.

Coverage of the workshop:

How to Expand Urban Agriculture

Urban Agriculture Future of Sustainability


 
 

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