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
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 environmental 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:
- 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
- Krista Harris, Edible Santa Barbara Magazine
-
Sponsored
by:
The SBCC Center for Sustainability
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
Event Co-sponsors: Nutiva, Fund for
Santa Barbara, Food Bank of Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network, Santa Barbara Independent, Slow Money SB Chapter,
Sojourner, Permaculture Credit Union, SOL Food, & Island Seed &
Feed
Afternoon
Workshop:
Visions of a
21st Century Food System~
Good Laws,Good Food Workshop
with Seattle City
Councilmember, Richard Conlin
Afternoon Workshop ,
Sunday October 21, 2-5pm 2012
BC Forum, Room 222, SBCC West Campus, Admission
$20
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.
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 responses aimed at strengthening local &
regional food systems.
The afternoon workshop takes place on Sunday, October 21, 2pm-5pm,
at the BC Forum, Room # BC222, Santa Barbara City College West
Campus, 800 Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109.
Admission $20. No reservations required & parking is free on
Sundays.
More info: (805)965-0581, ext.2177, email: msbushman@sbcc.edu