[Scpg] October 5th, 2010, Corwin Pavilion, UCSB/ Localizing the Santa Barbara County food systemReport/Professor David Cleveland

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

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Sustainability: More greenwash or the key to our future?
The example of localizing the Santa Barbara County food system
Presentation by the 2009-2010 UCSB Campus Sustainability Champion
Professor David Cleveland
October 5th, 2010,
3:00-5:30pm
FREE
Corwin Pavilion, UCSB

Dr. Cleveland's team of UCSB undergraduates spent the last year doing 
research to answer this question. The team found that while Santa 
Barbara County produces an abundance of fruit and vegetables, we 
import most of the produce we eat, which contributes to food 
insecurity and global warming. The team also found that many people 
are working to localize the system as a way to make it more 
sustainable, often successfully overcoming skepticism and 
institutional obstacles. But what effect will this localization have? 
How can the concept of sustainability be put to work for 
localization? We hope that you will be able to attend the 
presentation, to hear from Dr. Cleveland, and to participate in a 
discussion on these very questions.

There will also be an edible demonstration of our food system 
featuring fresh fruits and vegetables provided by local farmers, 
UCSBs Ucen Dining and Residential Dining Service, Farmer Direct 
Produce and the Isla Vista Food Cooperative.


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