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Subject:        [Norton AntiSpam] [SANET-MG] REGISTER NOW for the Agriculture
at the Metropolitan Edge Symposium, April 5-6, 2007
Date:   Fri, 9 Feb 2007 18:50:19 -0800
From:   Alethea Marie Harper <alethea_marie@BERKELEY.EDU>
To:     SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Registration is now open for the Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge
Symposium!
April 5-6, 2007
UC Berkeley

Click here
<http://metrostudies.berkeley.edu/agmetroedge/events/symposium2007/> to
register.

For information, agenda updates, hotel reservations, and to register for
the symposium, please visit our website
<http://metrostudies.berkeley.edu/agmetroedge/events/symposium2007/>.

Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge will bring together academics,
policymakers, farmers, developers, design professionals, planners, and
activists involved in bridging sustainable agriculture and smart growth.
The symposium aims to advance a systems- and place-based framework for
linking sustainable metropolitan development with sustainable urban-edge
agriculture and local food systems.

Symposium participants will identify needs and best practices in
research, strategies, and policies in the following issue areas:

    * Urban edge land use policy and economics; challenges and
      opportunities for establishing permanent agricultural lands within
      metropolitan regions and at urban edges
    * Environmental services and impacts of urban edge agriculture;
      assessment of non-production values and environmental functions of
      ecological urban-edge agriculture
    * Vitality of rural communities in metropolitan influenced areas;
      social mobilization and economic issues at the urban-rural interface
    * Emerging urban-rural initiatives; the interdependence of urban and
      rural land, culture, and communities

The primary geographical focus will be California, a state with
agricultural resources of international significance that is facing
multiple threats to urban and rural sustainability including sprawl,
impermanent urban edges, negative health impacts, and rural
disinvestment. As a policy and cultural bellwether, California presents
unique opportunities to develop trend-setting approaches to these
challenges. A secondary, but vital, focus will be national and
international case studies that highlight strategies for strengthening
local agriculture in the context of metropolitan/regional planning and
the global economy.

Sponsors
Lead sponsors: UC Berkeley's Center for Global Metropolitan Studies and
the Center's new Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge (AME) program.
Sponsors and partners include to date: Dean's Office, College of
Environmental Design; Farrand Fund of the Landscape Architecture &
Environmental Planning Department; Institute of Urban and Regional
Development; American Farmland Trust; and Roots of Change Fund.

Fees
Fee for participation in the two-day symposium is $150.
Fee for Thursday only is $100 and includes evening reception.
Fee for Friday only is $75.
Symposium free to UC Berkeley students, with reduced fee for meals.
Registration is required.
Late registration, after March 12: full symposium $175; Thursday only
$115; Friday only $85.