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TIME SENSITIVE for Tues 4/29/14   Webinar: Urban Farms: Commercial Farms or Socially Minded Operations?
Webinar: Urban Farms: Commercial Farms or Socially Minded Operations?
Participants:
* Carolyn Dimitri, Associate Professor of Food Studies at NYU Steinhardt
* Andy Pressman, National Center for Appropriate Technology Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
Cost: Free
To Register: Go online at https://attra.ncat.org/urban_farms<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fattra.ncat.org%2Furban_farms&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNH4ymuMXKC0SZk8fmIXk8k92AcByA>.
Local food was once considered to be in the purview of consumers and small-scale producers. Recently, policymakers, including those residing in cities, began embracing local food systems as a solution to a myriad of urban problems, including lack of green space and a dearth of healthy food availability. As part of this shift in policy, cities and other jurisdictions have embraced production in the urban environment.
But at the local and state levels, such policies are often based on a vision of how food might be grown in a city, and do not consider the feasibility or viability of such ventures. Nor do the policies consider how much of a contribution urban farms might make to urban food supplies.
The question of how much food urban farms can supply is critical, given the small amount of land devoted to farming in urban areas. A further complicating factor is that many urban farms have claimed nonprofit status and often act as more as educational facilities rather than as commercial farms.
This webinar provides an analysis of the differences between nonprofit and commercial urban farms, and is based on research conducted by researchers at NYU, Penn State, and NCAT-ATTRA. Funding for this study was provided by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2012-68006-30177.
When

Tue Apr 29, 2014 1pm - 2pm Eastern Time

Where

Webinar (map<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Webinar&hl=en>)

Calendar

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Food Systems Network - creator