11:30am -12:20pm
Food and the City: Urban agriculture around the world in 50 slides with Jennifer Cockrall-King
Jennifer Cockrall-King is an Edmonton writer and author of Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution. She travelled to five countries and dozens of cities which are at the forefront of putting food production at the centre of their urban environments while writing her book. Join her for a gorgeous garden-hopping slideshow to visit urban farms, community gardens and urban agriculture projects from Paris, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Cuba, Chicago and Detroit.
12:30pm - 1:20pm
Shoulder Season Gardening & Urban Farming with Kevin Kossowan
1:30pm -2:20pm
Permaculture,Gardening, and Societal Change with Jordan Wilson
2:30pm -4:00pm
Multicultural Intergenerational Gardening Panel
Kathryn Gwun-Yee Lennon will talk about community building through gardening and will be joined by Francisco Huezo of the Wecan Community Garden, Jesus Meija from Generations Gardening and Growing Together and Lillian Shirt, a Cree elder, who will share her knowledge about community and gardening.
Food and the City: Urban agriculture around the world in 50 slides with Jennifer Cockrall-King
Jennifer Cockrall-King is an Edmonton writer and author of Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution. She travelled to five countries and dozens of cities which are at the forefront of putting food production at the centre of their urban environments while writing her book. Join her for a gorgeous garden-hopping slideshow to visit urban farms, community gardens and urban agriculture projects from Paris, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Cuba, Chicago and Detroit.
12:30pm - 1:20pm
Shoulder Season Gardening & Urban Farming with Kevin Kossowan
1:30pm -2:20pm
Permaculture,Gardening, and Societal Change with Jordan Wilson
2:30pm -4:00pm
Multicultural Intergenerational Gardening Panel
Kathryn Gwun-Yee Lennon will talk about community building through gardening and will be joined by Francisco Huezo of the Wecan Community Garden, Jesus Meija from Generations Gardening and Growing Together and Lillian Shirt, a Cree elder, who will share her knowledge about community and gardening.
