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Urban Agriculture: Changing the Way We Think about Food, Hunger, and Health.
April 13-14, 2007
Roxbury Community College
Boston, MA
Call for Abstracts
Please click on the links below for details of submission requirements and a copy of the application:
Call for Abstracts (PDF)
Application (PDF)
Deadline for submission: December 31, 2006
Registration fee for presenters: FREE
Conference Description
Community gardens, urban farms, rooftop gardens and other food lots in cities have become an innovative way to address food insecurity, environmental issues, and a host of other public problems that urban residents face. The emerging importance of urban agriculture as a solution to many public problems is the focus of the 2007 Urban Agriculture in the City Conference entitled, “Urban Agriculture: Changing the Way We Think about Food, Hunger and Health.” The conference will highlight research, policies and programs from the grassroots and up that are utilizing urban agriculture to address problems that relate to the health of producers, consumers, land and community.
Questions
Please email or call Kathleen Banfield at 617-442-1322 x12 or .
[...] The Food Project is holding a conference on Urban Agriculture in Boston and the Northeast in April, and the deadline for submitting a paper, presentation, poster, or “interactive exploratorium” is Dec. 31. I’m trying to put together something comparing the availability of food produced in Boston to people’s awareness and interest thereof, but it hasn’t quite come together yet. [...]
Dear Food In Boston,
We will be putting together the conference program in early January. We’d still love to hear more about the report you’re working on. I encourage you to contact me so we can discuss your ideas further, even if it is not fully complete at this time. Thank you!