[Scpg] SAVE THE DATE/Sun Oct 21 6:30pm/Visions of a 21st Century Food System~Inviting Food & Agriculture Back Into Our Cities

Fri Oct 12 16:47:22 PDT 2012

SAVE THE DATE, Oct 21, Workshop & Evening Talk (details for both below)

Evening Talk:

SBCC Center for Sustainability "Cities As the Solution" series:
Visions of a 21st Century Food System~
Inviting Food & Agriculture Back Into Our Cities
Emacs!

  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 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 at 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 at sbcc.edu

Sponsored by:
The SBCC Center for Sustainability
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/

Additional Info:

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 of the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)
40 years as a community food activist, writer, and trainer.
http://www.markwinne.com/

Margie Bushman
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
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