SBCC
Center
for
Sustainability "Cities As the Solution" series:
Visions of a 21st Century Food
System~
Inviting Food & Agriculture Back Into Our Cities
Evening
Talk,
Sunday
October 21, 6:30-9pm, 2012
with Seattle City
Councilmember
Richard Conlin
Fe Bland Auditorium, SBCC
West Campus
Admission $5
What Makes a Great Food
City?
With more than 50% of the worlds population now living in cities,
sustainability & good ecological design for resilient local
food
systems has never been more important. In the 21st Century,
with innovative policy and design strategies, there is an opportunity
to
re-invite food and food growing back into our cities, while solving
some
of the planets most pressing problems.
Join Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin as he shares the
strategies of Seattle's Local Food Action Initiative, passed in
2008, that envisions an exciting new urban agriculture model that is
good
for the economy, the environment, and our health.
Urban agriculture is a creative response to dwindling resources.
Access to food is one of the most fundamental needs of a
community, but is seldom addressed by local governments. Using
the recently published Good Laws, Good Food document by Harvard
Law School/Food Law & Policy Clinic, Richard Conlin explores the
legal structures that help or hinder local food production in
cities. Also shared will be examples of state and local Food Policy
Councils around the country with diverse stakeholders that have come
together to forge a response aimed at strengthening local &
regional
food systems.
Richard Conlin was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1997
after many years of public service with Seattle-based community
organizations. In 2008 he launched the Local Food Action
Initiative to increase Seattle's access to nutritional foods and
strengthen the security of its food supply. Conlin co-founded
Sustainable
Seattle in 1991 and is the founding publisher of YES! magazine. He
currently serves on the Board of YES!, the Antioch University Seattle
Board of Trustees, and the Board of Directors of the National League of
Cities. Conlin holds a B.A. in History and a Master's degree in
Political Science.
The evening talk takes place on Sunday, October 21, 6:30pm-9pm, at
the
Fe Bland Auditorium, Santa Barbara City College West Campus,
800 Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. Admission
$5. No reservations required and parking is free on
Sundays.
More info: (805)962-2571, email: sbpcnet@silcom.com,
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
A panel of community members and politicians follows the talk.
Sponsored
by:
The SBCC Center for Sustainability
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
Event Co-sponsors: Nutiva, Fund for
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Food Bank of Santa
Barbara County, Santa Barbara
Independent, Slow Money SB Chapter, Sojourner, Permaculture Credit
Union,
SOL Food, & Island Seed & Feed
Additional Info:
Sunday, Oct 21, 6:30-9pm Evening Talk
Panel members joining Richard Conlin following his talk:
Facilitated by Eric Lohela
Das Williams, State Assemblyman, 35 District
Warren Brush, Co-Founder Quail Springs
Alison Hensley, Co-founder SOL Food Festival
Meg West, member of Goleta Planning Board
Eric Cardenas, Co-founder LOATree, & Santa Barbara & Ventura Ag
Futures Alliances
Lori Ann David, Eat Your Yard, Santa Barbara Edible Landscape Company
Jasper Eiler, Harvest Santa Barbara
*Sunday Workshop with Richard Conlin
Good Laws, Good Food with Richard Conlin
Sunday October 21, 2-5pm
BC Forum, Room #222, SBCC West Campus, Admission $20
Using the recently published Good Laws,
Good Food document by
Harvard Law School/Food Law & Policy Clinic,
Richard Conlin explores the legal structures that help or hinder local
food production in cities.
Websites:
Seattle Councilmember Richard Conlin
http://www.seattle.gov/council/conlin/
Good Laws, Good Food
recently published document by the Harvard Law School/Food
Law
& Policy Clinic.
http://www.foodsecurity.org/pub/GoodLawsGoodFood.pdf
Mark Winne
Co-founder, The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)
40 years as a community food activist, writer, and trainer.
http://www.markwinne.com/
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Margie Bushman
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
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