From: Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Sun Oct 21/Visions of a 21st Century Food System~Inviting Food & Agriculture Back Into Our Cities Santa Barbara
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:36:56 -0700
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SBCC Center for Sustainability "Cities As the Solution" series:
Visions of a 21st Century Food System~
Inviting Food & Agriculture Back Into Our Cities
Evening Talk, Sunday October 21, 6:30-9pm, 2012
with Seattle City Councilmember
Richard Conlin
Fe Bland Auditorium, SBCC West Campus
Admission $5
/W/hat Makes a Great Food City?
With more than 50% of the worlds population now living in cities,
sustainability & good ecological design for *resilient local food
systems* has never been more important. In the 21st Century, with
innovative policy & design strategies there is an opportunity to
re-invite food and food growing back into our cities, while solving some
of the planets most pressing problems.
Join *Seattle Councilmember Richard Conlin* as he shares the strategies
of *Seattle's Local Food Action Initiative* passed in 2008, that
envisions an exciting new urban agriculture model that is good for the
economy, the environment, and our health.
Urban agriculture is a creative response to dwindling resources. *Access
to food is one of the most fundamental needs of a community*, but is
seldom addressed by local governments. Using the recently published
/Good Laws,Good Food/ document by Harvard Law School/Food Law & Policy
Clinic, Richard Conlin explores the legal structures that help or hinder
local food production in cities. He will also share examples of state
and local Food Policy Councils around the country with diverse
stakeholders that have come together to forge a response aimed at
strengthening local & regional food systems.
Richard Conlin was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1997
after many years of public service with Seattle-based community
organizations. In 2008 he launched the Local Food Action Initiative to
increase Seattle's access to nutritional foods and strengthen the
security of its food supply. Conlin co-founded Sustainable Seattle in
1991 and was the founding publisher of YES! magazine. He currently
serves on the Board of YES!, the Antioch University Seattle Board of
Trustees, and the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities.
Conlin holds a B.A. in History and a Master's degree in Political Science.
The evening talk takes place on *Sunday, October 21, 6:30pm-9pm, *at the
*Fe Bland Auditorium, Santa Barbara City College West Campus*, 800 Block
of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109.* Admission $5.* No
reservations required. More info: (805)962-2571, email:
sbpcnet@silcom.com, http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
*Event Co-sponsors*: Nutiva, Fund for Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network, Santa Barbara Independent, Slow Money SB Chapter,
Sojourner, Permaculture Credit Union, SOL Food & Island Seed & Feed
***An Afternoon workshop with Richard Conlin also takes place on Sat Oct
21, see below for details.
_Additional Info:
_Sunday, Oct 21, 6:30-9pm Evening Talk
With panel:
Facilitated by Eric Lohela
Das Williams, State Assemblyman, 35 District
Warren Brush, Co-Founder Quail Springs
Alison Hensley, Co-founder SOL Food Festival
Meg West, member of Goleta Planning Board
Eric Cardenas, Co-founder LOA Tree, & Santa Barbara & Ventura Ag Futures
Alliances
Lori Ann David, Eat Your Yard, Santa Barbara Edible Landscape Company
Jasper Eiler, Harvest Santa Barbara
****Saturday Workshop
Good Laws, Good Food with Richard Conlin
*Sunday October 21, 3- 5pm,
Room # BC222 BC Forum, SBCC West Campus, Admission $20
*Mark Winne has worked for 40 years as a community food activist,
writer, and trainer.*
http://www.markwinne.com/
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Margie Bushman
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
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*P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
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[permaculture] Sun Oct 21/Visions of a 21st Century Food System~Inviting Food & Agriculture Back Into Our Cities Santa Barbara,
Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, 10/06/2012