Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: [SANET-MG] REGISTER NOW for the Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge Symposium, April 5-6, 2007]
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:00:44 -0500
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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
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.
[permaculture] [Fwd: [SANET-MG] REGISTER NOW for the Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge Symposium, April 5-6, 2007],
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 02/09/2007