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BioCities and the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at Harvard Graduate School of Design (“Zofnass Program”) are proud to debut the first installment in our TRANSFORMING CITIES series: How Food Systems Shape Cities On May 2nd, we will take an in-depth look at the ecological, social and economic issues surrounding our ability to feed cities. Special guests will debate the questions: How can NYC tap our regional farm economy? How can food systems integrate with urban ecologies? Can urban farming work as a viable economic enterprise and scale successfully in a dense urban environment? What is the potential of agriculture for renewing the natural capital and infrastructure of cities? Our event will feature a locally provided lunch (sponsored by Whole Foods Market) and a chance to hear from some of the businesses that are addressing these issues. When: Wednesday May 2 Where: Solo Event Space When: day – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, night 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
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Evening Panel (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM)
Carolyn Steel: Author of Hungry City Brian Halweil: Editor Edible East End, Publisher Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan Tim Beatley: Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, School of Architecture UVA, Author of Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning Adam Freed: Deputy Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability *** Evening Panelists will also be participating in daytime sessions Daytime Sessions (8:00 AM – 5:30 PM) Tom Jost: Senior Urban Strategist, Parsons Brinckerhoff Kathleen Bakewell: Executive Director, BioCities Alec Baxt: FarmingUp Tyler Caruso, Erik Facteau: Seeing Green Kubi Ackerman: Columbia Urban Design Lab Tristam Coffin: Whole Foods Market Nick Lichter: Organic Valley Viraj Puri: Gotham Greens Captain Jeff Northrop, Sr.: Westport Aquaculture Ken Jaffe: Slope Farms Patrick Hooker: Empire State Development Corporation Bomee Jung: Enterprise Community Partners Transforming Cities is a series of transdisciplinary discussions to provoke and inspire new ideas and directions for city infrastructure and its related physical, economic and social systems. The series is presented by BioCities and The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Generous support is provided by: Whole Foods Market Enterprise Community Partners Nissan-USA Parsons Brinckerhoff
Our partners for this event are Edible Manhattan and Urban Green Council. Additional support is provided by Regional Plan Association and American Planning Association and the Green Rabbits Learning Credits offered (All Day): ASLA: 7.5 LA CES HSW CE, GBCI: 7.5 CE Hours for all LEED APs, all LEED APs with specialties and all green LEED associates, APA: AICP CM Credits pending (7.5 anticipated) |
Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/02/2012
8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Location
Solo Event Space
