Urban Agriculture conference, Milwaukee

topic posted Wed, January 2, 2008 - 4:20 PM by  flaneuse
Sounds like a good one:

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EDUCATE MOTIVATE POLLINATE
Feb. 21 to March 1, 2008
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This conference invites everybody interested in urban agriculture to participate by sharing needs, experiences, questions, and project ideas. This conference will address the barriers to urban agriculture, by involving a wide range of often disconnected stakeholders: urban producers, researchers, urban planners, developers, community organizations, and urban activists to address the most important and controversial issues of poverty alleviation, environmental and waste management, local economic, social and community development and global warming.

List of Themes and Planned Workshops/Forums:

Food Justice
*Immigrant Farmers
*Economics of Food
*Creating Healthy Communities
*Urban Ag in low income communities
*Growing Food and Justice

Garden as Community
*Faith Component
*School Garden Programs
*Gardens create community

Policy and Planning
*Global Warming and Urban Agriculture
*Future of Urban Agriculture
*Food Policy Councils
*Youth and Urban Agriculture

Enterprise Development
*SPIN Farming, intensive agriculture for urban areas
*Post Harvest Marketing
*Community Economic Development and Urban Agriculture
*How to Compete in the Marketplace
*Grant Writing for Urban Agriculture

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posted by:
flaneuse
Washington, D.C.

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