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Urban Food Systems: From Vertical Agriculture to District-level Food Strategies
11.12 - 11.13.2009 Vancouver, WA @ 10:30-11:45
The 2009 American Planning Association Washington Conference, "Changing Landscapes: Past, Present & Future" is a two day event featuring workshops and lectures on a variety of topics that will be eligible for AICP certification maintenance.
Please join Mithun’s in-house urban agriculture experts in Urban Food Systems: From Vertical Agriculture to District-level Food Strategies:
- Stephen Antupit, LEED AP, Urban Strategies Designer, Mithun
- Critter Thompson, Ecologist, Mithun
- Erin Christensen, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Urban Designer, Mithun and Congress for New Urbanism, Cascadia Chapter
The local food movement acknowledges the need to reduce our carbon footprint and improve the healthfulness, access to, and security of our food supply. How can the design and planning community marshal these efforts to realize multiple benefits by addressing not only local or site specific issues but improving the food equation at a district and regional level? This panel will explore key dimensions of the urban food equation from the vertical farm to district scale production and distribution and discuss the advantages and challenges of designing and building urban food systems.
For more information about this conference and to register, please visit washington-apa.org/conferences/2009.
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