Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Health and Economic Development
Posted by on September 10, 2007
The Healthy Environments Collaborative of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health Presents
?Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Health and Economic Development?
Agenda:
1. Opening remarks
2. S.P.I.N. – What it is and what it means for us
(Speaker: Roxanne Christensen, Institute for Innovations in Local Farming)
3. Vertical Agriculture, thinking future and possibilities
(Speaker: Dickson Despommier, Mailman School of Public Health)
4. Urban Farming and the Green Plan Philadelphia, an update.
(Reporting from the City of Philadelphia?s Managing Directors Office)
5. The Kellogg Initiative:
(Speaker: Kenneth Smith, City Department of Public Health)
6. Questions, Hopefully some answers, and active discussion.
7. Social hour. Building the next steps
Lunch will be provided during the social hour
The forum will be held at
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
15 South 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA.
215-563-3737
http://www.collphyphil.org
Friday, September 14, from 11 AM to 2 PM
(The lecture is free and open to the public.)
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 12 to Calvin.James@phila.gov or 215-685-5489
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