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@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
 
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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