2nd EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE FOOD PLANNING CONFERENCE

André Viljoen and Katrin Bohn are organising the second European Sustainable Food Planning Conference at the University of Brighton from Friday 29th - Saturday 30th October 2010.

Viljoen and Bohn run an architecture and urban design practice - Bohn & Viljoen Architects and are authors/editors of the publication, Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes CPULs: The urban agriculture design book for sustainable cities (Architectural Press).

European Sustainable Food Planning Conference (from website)

CALL FOR PAPERS!

Planning for sustainable food production and consumption is an increasingly important issue for planners, policymakers, designers, farmers, suppliers, activists, business and scientists alike.

In the wider contexts of global climate change, a world population of 9 billion and growing, competing food production systems and diet-related public health concerns, are there new paradigms for urban and rural planning capable of supporting sustainable and equitable food systems? This conference will promote cross disciplinary discussions between active researchers and practitioners in response to this question, and related issues articulated during the first European Sustainable Food Planning Conference held in 2009 in Almere.

Keynote Speakers:

Professor June Komisar,

Ryerson University, Toronto. Architect, member of the Toronto Food Policy Council and a co-curator for the exhibit Carrot City: Designing for Urban Agriculture.

Dr. Joe Nasr,

Co-coordinator, MetroAg – North American Alliance for Urban Agriculture, and Associate, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University ,Toronto.

Prof Tim Lang

Professor of Food Policy at City University, London

Carolyn Steel

Architect, Columnist, Lecturer and Author of 'Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives'.

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