Ur Bag Summit Draft Detailed Agenda

DETAILED SUMMIT AGENDA
As of August 10, 2012 (subject to change without notice) Co-Hosts
Introduction
Around the world people are growing food in cities! From August 15 to 18, the 2012 Urban Agriculture Summit will bring together a diversity of people that are making it happen - design professionals, community groups, social housing advocates, tenants and developers, educators, planners, homeowners, urban growers and others - to share what is working, and to discover what is possible.
Hotel
Summit organizers are pleased to announce a preferred rate for rooms at the Delta Chelsea Hotel, located one block from the main Summit venue Ryerson University and in the heart of downtown Toronto. Delta Chelsea: 33 Gerrard Street West. Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z4 Single and Double Rooms are available for $139; $159 for triple occupancy and a $179 quad rate. All rates are PLUS applicable taxes. Delegates are responsible for making their own individual reservations. Call the Reservations Department at 1-800- CHELSEA (1-800-243-5732) within North America and identify yourself as being with the Group 2012 Urban Agriculture Summit. Organizers suggest you call prior to August 3, 2012 in order to qualify for the group rate and ensure availability. Visit http://urbanagsummit.org/index.php/homepage/hotel for more information.
For more information and to register please go to: www.urbanagsummit.org

The Urban Agriculture Summit will take place at:
Registration Desk will be at the Ryerson Student Campus Centre: 55 Gould St., Toronto, ON M5B 1E9
Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change)
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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 RYERSON UNIVERSTY

Green Roof Professionals (GRP) can earn up to 12.25 Continuing Education Units (CEU) by attending the Urban Agriculture Summit. 7:00 AM8:00 PM 8:30 AM4:15 PM 8:30 AM5:00 PM 6:30 PM8:00 PM Summit Registration Desks Opens (STUDENT CAMPUS CENTRE) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND SPECIAL SKILLS/TRAINING WORKSHOPS (SEE DETAILS BELOW) TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS (SEE DETAILS BELOW) OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOMING ADDRESS MORNING HALF DAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND SPECIAL SKILLS/TRAINING WORKSHOPS (RYERSON UNIVERSITY)
8:30 AM12 NOON
Integrated Water Management for Buildings and Sites

Jeffrey L. Bruce, GRP, FASLA, LEED, ASIC, President, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company, Chair, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Developed jointly by GRHC and American Society of Irrigation Consultants (ASIC) committee members, this course provides technical and economic information on the design and performance of a fully integrated site and building water management system based on the Net Zero Water concept. This approach promises to significantly reduce the consumption of potable water in buildings, reduce discharge to municipal waste water systems, and save on municipal energy by reducing the amount of potable water treated at municipal facilities. The recognition of the connection between water management and energy conservation is emerging as a new opportunity in integrated management systems. Key concepts and terminology are illustrated by case studies and demonstration projects which identify issues and opportunities associated with costs and benefits, design and engineering practices, installation and maintenance requirements, and efficiency and performance of a fully functional integrated site and building water management system based on the Net Zero Water concept. Includes a 98-page course manual. This course is approved by GBCI, LA CES, OAA and GRHC for continuing education/professional development hours. Price: $175 for Delegates and $199 for Non-delegates (Half Day Professional Development Course on August 15th)
Room: ARC 300E
Make Money as an Urban Farmer with SPIN-Farming

Curtis Stone, owner/operator Green City Acres, Kelowna BC
Trainer Bio: A musician turned urban farmer, Curtis Stone is the owner/operator of Green City Acres, an urban farm based out of Kelowna, BC. Green City Acres farms under an acre of land spread out amongst seven different urban plots to grow vegetables for various direct consumer markets throughout Kelowna. All transport is accomplished using only bicycles and custom built trailers. Having no prior experience as a farmer or gardener, Curtis started his farm simply out of a desire to be more autonomous, and to make a living by the triple bottom line principle. His farm has now completed two successful seasons, employs one other person full time, and is still growing. During his off-season, Curtis works as a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, sharing his story and inspiring a new generation of farmers. Course Description: In this course you will learn the basics of SPIN (small plot intensive) Farming, a franchise-like vegetable farming system that makes it possible to earn $50,000+gross from a half acre. Learning Objectives: 1. How to start an income producing farm in the city without huge investment and without having to own any land 2. How to allocate and work a sub-acre land base to get maximum yields and income 3. How to manage the workflow of an owner/operated farm 4. How to identify and choose sales channels 5. How to set pricing strategies for your produce Includes: SPIN-Farming Basics manual Price: $175 for Delegates and $199 for Non-delegates (Half Day Workshop on August 15th)
Room: ARC 202
Room: ARC 400H
Season Extension: Cold Frame Design And Building Techniques

Kim Fox, Research Assistant, Center for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, and Christopher Wong, Co-Founder, Young Urban Farmers
Come learn how to extend your growing season using cold frames! In this interactive workshop, participants will learn hands-on how to design and build a cold frame to grow fresh produce through all four seasons. Three different styles of cold frames will be demonstrated including using upcycled materials, using new materials commonly found at home-improvement stores, and building a commercial model cold frame. Participants will also learn best practices in choosing plants for the cold frame, managing and caring for the plants, and planning it into the garden rotation. The Building workshop will be led by Christopher Wong, co-founder of Young Urban Farmers, a business that is devoted to helping people grow and enjoy the freshest produce from their own property. He is also the co-founder of Cultivate Toronto, a non-profit organization that runs a community shared agriculture program using residential yards in Toronto. Chris is active in the local food community as a member of the Toronto Food Policy Council, the Toronto Youth Food Policy Council, and the Greater Toronto Area Agricultural Action Committee. He aims to make urban farming fun, simple, and enjoyable. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half Day Workshop on August 15th)
Room: ARC 200A
Integrated Urban Homestead

Phil Ferraro, GRP, Certified Permaculture Designer, Director, Atlantic Living Walls/Fortune Bay Eco-Design
Turn an urban homestead into an integrated and sustainable, social enterprise. Well discuss technologies, such as artificial lights, solar greenhouses, living walls, rooftop gardens and edible landscaping to maximize yields and minimize space. Participants will design their urban homestead, discuss ideas for creating a social enterprise and network on ways to begin implementation of their plans. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half Day Workshop on August 15th)
12:30 PM4:15 PM
AFTERNOON HALF DAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND SPECIAL SKILLS/TRAINING WORKSHOPS (RYERSON UNIVERESITY)
Compost 101: Growing Power Style

Will Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Growing Power
Will Allen, foremost compost guru of the US food movement will be providing a hands on vermicomposting workshop using red wiggler worms and recycled food waste, similar to the sessions he provides at Growing Power in Milwaukee. Will explains how he builds compost cells, how he sources recycled food waste, farm waste, brewery waste, and coffee grinds. Bread, dairy, or meat products are not included in his compost method, in which living systems are composed of carbon residue, microorganisms, minerals, and red wiggler worms. The resulting material is remarkably fertile, giving plants access to the nutrients needed for both plant growth and for human nutrition. The closed-loop ecological approach to this system allows for the cleanup of contaminants in the soil, for digestion and transformation of food waste, and for the production of fertilizer that is far more effective than chemical treatments. The high microbial count in Will Allen's Compost system helps fight off soil disease and breaks down food waste rapidly, keeping plants strong and healthy. Price: $175 for Delegates and $199 for Non-delegates (Half Day Workshop on August 15th)
Building Municipal Urban Agriculture Policy Change

Erika Allen, Chicago and National Outreach Manager, Growing Power
Erika Allen will lead a training session on how to build critical mass and supportive policies with your municipal government to support urban agriculture and community operated food systems. She will focus on her Chicago experience from former Mayor Richard M. Daley to current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Erika Allen is Chicago and National Projects Director for Growing Power and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. As the daughter of Will Allen, she has a small farm agricultural background and experience. She spent her formative years, involved in all aspects of farm management from transplanting seedlings to managing farm stands and farmers markets. Ms. Allen has received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and recently received her MA in art therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Years of experience working in urban communities with art education and social service have brought her full circle back to her farming roots. Integrating the creative and therapeutic techniques with food security and community development have enabled Ms. Allen to establish seven urban agriculture and food system projects in Chicago. Her specialties include project planning, community food systems, design and direct marketing training. Supporting limited resource producers to strengthen their farm businesses and working in partnerships to create healthy and diverse food options in inner city and rural communities, Ms. Allen was an awardee for the Chicago Tribunes Good Eating Award in 2006 and was honored by Family Focus in 2007 for her work in community food systems. In 2009, Womens Environmental Institute (WEI) honored Erika as a Mother of the Environment for Minneapolis-St. Paul. She is also a Post Carbon Institute Fellow. Erika is currently serving on the Illinois Food, Farms and Jobs Act Council appointed by Illinois Governor Quinn and most recently served on new Chicago Mayor - Rahm Emmanuels transition team Energy, Environment and Public Space Committee. She is the proud mother of Emiliano ayo her toddler. Price: $175 for Delegates and $199 for Non-delegates (Half Day Workshop on August 15th)
Room: ARC 200A
Introduction to Rooftop Agriculture Course

Ben Flanner, Head Farmer, President, Brooklyn Grange
Learn about multiple approaches to growing food on rooftops through design and maintenance principles, and case studies drawn from across North America. This course: Familiarizes participants with the diversity of physical applications of urban agriculture and the growing technologies that apply. Explores the social, environmental and economic benefits of urban agriculture and rooftop farming. Describes the governance, personnel and economic options for implementing urban agriculture and rooftop farming systems and operations. Examines the conditions that lead to a successful urban agriculture project. Identifies strategies for overcoming common challenges associated with developing an urban agriculture/rooftop farming project. Describes basic installation and maintenance principles.
Room: ARC 202
Includes an 85-page course manual. This course is approved by LA CES, OAA, and GRHC for continuing education/professional development hours. Price: $175 for Delegates and $199 for Non-delegates (Half Day Workshop on August 15th)
Room: ARC 400H
A to Z of Container Gardening Workshop

Johanne Daoust, Urban Rooftop Vegetable Gardener; Galle Janvier, Project Coordinator, Alternatives & Zora Ignjatovic, Gardener, Permaculturist, and Community Gardener
These three container gardening experts will present innovative ways to support groups in their out-of-soil growing ventures. Participants will learn how to create a sub-irrigated planter (SIPs) for edible plants. Plants love SIPs and they are perfect for roofs, balconies, patios, window sills, drive-ways, community gardens, school yards, senior citizen homes, and raised beds. Workshop participants will also learn how to create a low cost, organic, out-of soil ready to grow kit created by Alternatives Montreal that is highly in demand. Johanne Daoust is a design educator and an urban rooftop vegetable gardener. Her garden has been described as a first class example of both urban food productivity and creative applied research. An advocate for growing food safely in an urban setting she uses the square foot, raised bed method along with sub-irrigated planters (SIPs) to grow safe, sustainable and edible vegetables. Galle Javier has a multidisciplinary profile. She has studied environmental design, urban planning and international project management. She also has practical experience in ecological horticulture and permaculture. Since 2007, she has been working at Alternatives on different projects. She has actively contributed to the urban agriculture project of roof gardens, an initiative that encourages citizen participation in the development of new community, edible, and green spaces. In recent years, Galle has coordinated and participated in food security projects in African and Latin American countries and worked for other predominent international NGOs. Zora Ignjatovic, B.Sc. Agriculture, is Torontos lifelong activist in the area of urban agriculture and food security. Passionate about sharing knowledge, stories and good food, Zora follows her heart in her work as a freelance gardener, consultant and forager. Her calling is rooted in her early experiences growing and learning from her grandmother Sophia and from deep understanding of the broken food system. Over the years, she has worked with TorontoPermacultureProject, Carrot Common Green Roof Project, FoodShare, Toronto Green Community, Live Green, Access Alliance, South Riverdale Health Center, Jackman school garden, and New Horizons seniors garden. In these and other projects, Zora searches for ways to help make our dreams of a resilient society come true by helping communities to accept and celebrate diversity, bring joy to life, and create abundance and sustainability. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half Day Workshop on August 15th)
8:30 AM12:30 PM
MORNING - HALF DAY TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS

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Growing Food, Growing Health Rooftop Garden and Greenhouse Tour

Kelly Hashemi, Agency Events and Communications Coordinator, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto; Liz Curran, YIMBY/Global Roots Garden Coordinator, The Stop Community Food Centre; Kristin Howe, Greenhouse Coordinator, The Stop Community Food Centre; Alex Lamoureux, Family Clinician, Canadian Mental Health Association
The Native Child and Family Services Toronto's roof is a true green roof and is an important element in the presentation of the centre's physical plant. Being recognized stewards of the land, the community were keen to incorporate the best environmental design and technology to not only offset the fact that the location is a heat island in the heart of Toronto, but also to acknowledge a commitment to holding a strong and positive relationship to the earth. The roof and what is planted on it reinforces this. Traditional Anishnaabe medicines such as cedar, sweet grass and sage are planted and the core natural metaphors of Haudenosaunee culture, the three sisters, corn, beans and squash, are not only planted but are done so in the traditional manner. The key feature of the roof is the Healing Lodge. This Lodge breaks from many traditions but at its core represents a chance to bring ceremony and healing to people in the City. Community food production sites can integrate objectives as diverse as food security, health promotion and community building. Learn how The Stop Community Food Centre and the Canadian Mental Health Association structure their programs to help participants learn how to grow food for themselves and their community while developing social support networks and improving mental and physical Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 5
health outcomes. The tour will visit The Stops gardens, greenhouse and compost facility, followed by a discussion of program models, best practices and challenges. Tour participants are encouraged to bring their own questions and opportunities. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half Day Tour on August 15th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
Say Yes to School Grown Food: Whole 9 Yards

Meredith Hayes Student Nutrition and School Program Senior Manager, FoodShare; Justin Nadeau School Food Garden Coordinator, FoodShare; James Davis, School Food Innovations Coordinator, FoodShare
In this half day field trip to Bendale Business and Technical Institute (B.T.I.)s school based market garden participants will learn about FoodShares Whole 9 Yards project which demonstrates innovative and replicable approaches to growing, harvesting, processing and incorporating large volumes of fresh produce into schools. The Whole 9 Yards project showcases some of the Field to Table Schools staff, Justin Nadeau and James Davis, incredible innovations and building skills with school friendly designs for indoor and outdoor food production and processing including classroom to cafeteria aquaponics systems, bicycle powered blenders, cold frames, harvest carts, living salad bars and much more. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half Day Off-site Workshop on August 15th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
Bendale B.T.I. field. Photo courtesy of Meredith Hayes
1:00 PM5:00 PM
HALF DAY TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS
Downtown Financial District Local Food Tour (Fairmont Royal York Rooftop Garden, Beekeeping, and ING Direct Farmers Market)
Melanie Coates, Head Beekeeper, The Fairmont Royal York; Marjorie Mason, Author, Garden Designer, Mason Hogue Gardens; Collin Thornton, Executive Chef, The Fairmont Royal York; Melissa Berney, Education Committee Member, Toronto Beekeepers Co-operative; Aruna Handa, Founder and CEO, Alimentary Initiatives
Peruse the local food market at ING DIRECT Caf and taste Toronto! Pick up something for lunch or for later, and then learn about Alimentary Initiatives pilot distribution system for local food: the Toronto Office Markets program. Next stop will be a private behindthe-scenes guided tour of Fairmont Royal Yorks pioneering rooftop garden and apiary project. Locations included: ING Direct Farmers Market and Fairmont Royal York Rooftop Garden, Beekeeping Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half Day Tour on August 15th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
Edible Landscapes in Schools Workshop

Heidi Campbell, Senior Landscape FDesigner, Evergreen & Aimee Carson, Community Development Manager, Evergreen
This workshop will take participants through the process of working collaboratively (with school boards, parents and teachers) to create food gardens on school grounds. A tour of the food garden projects at the award-winning Evergreen Brickworks will be followed by an information session and hands on experiential activity related to food growing on school grounds. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half Day Off-site Workshop on August 15th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
6:30 PM8:30 PM
OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOMING ADDRESS (RECEPTION FOR DELEGATES at FOODSHARE) Urban Agriculture Summit Opening Reception & Celebration
All delegates, partners and VIP's will come together at FoodShare to enjoy local food and refreshments and celebrate the opening of the first Urban Agriculture Summit in Toronto. Location: FoodShare, 90 Croatia St., near Dufferin Street and Bloor Street West
By TTC (Public Transit):

At Dundas Subway station, take the Yonge Line northbound to Bloor Station; transfer to westbound subway; exit at Dufferin station; walk one block west to Brock St.; turn south (left) on Brock and walk down one block to the school on the corner of Brock and Croatia. (Travel time: 20 - 30 mins)
THURSDAY AUGUST 16 URBAN AGRICULTURE SUMMIT

7:00 AM6:00 PM 8:30 AM10:00 AM ON-SITE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (SCC-Lobby) OPENING KEYNOTE (TRS10-67)
Master of Ceremonies: Debbie Field, Executive Director, FoodShare

Debbie is the executive director of the award winning non-profit organization, FoodShare Toronto. FoodShare works with multiple communities to improve access to affordable, healthy food through sustainable food programs. FoodShare has launched some of Canadas most successful social enterprises including the Good Food Box, the Toronto Kitchen Incubator, Field to Table Catering, Green Jobs and Student Nutrition programs.
Dr. Fiona Yeudall, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University

Fiona Yeudall is an Assistant Professor in Ryersons School of Nutrition and a faculty associate in the Centre for Studies in Food Security. Fionas extensive work and research experience relating to nutrition and food security in Canada, Malawi, and Uganda combine with a particular interest in evaluating the effectiveness of food-based interventions and practices, such as urban gardening, in improving food security. In addition to being a registered dietician, Fiona holds a PhD (Otago) in human nutrition.
Joe Lobko, OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP BD+C, Partner, DTAH

With over 30 years of experience as an architect and urban designer, Joe has a broad range of experience on public and private developments with particular emphasis on urban design, adaptive reuse and the non-profit sector. In 2006, he joined DTAH as a partner with the merger of his practice Joe Lobko Architect, and in the same year he received an urban leadership award from the Canadian Urban Institute and became a fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Volunteer efforts include serving on the Board of Directors for ArtsBuild Ontario, past chair of the Toronto Society of Architects, and as a current member of the City of Toronto Design Review Panel. Notable award-winning projects include leading the design of renewal and restoration projects such as Artscape Wychwood Barns and Evergreen Brick Works; the planning and urban design of Waterfront Torontos West Don Lands community (with UDA); the LArche Dayspring Chapel; Artscapes first legal live/work project in Toronto; the
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competition-winning Sims Square office building adjacent to Burlingtons City Hall; and the Fort York Transitional Residence.
Will Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Growing Power

Will Allen, son of a sharecropper, former professional basketball player, ex-corporate sales leader, and longtime farmer, have become recognized as among the preeminent thinkers of our time on agriculture and food policy. The founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc., a farm and community food center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Allen is widely considered the leading authority in the expanding field of urban agriculture. At Growing Power and in community food projects across the nation and around the world, Allen promotes the belief that all people, regardless of their economic circumstances, should have access to fresh, safe, affordable and nutritious foods at all times. Using methods he has developed over a lifetime, Allen trains community members to become community farmers, assuring them a secure source of good food without regard to political or economic forces. In 2008 Mr. Allen received the prestigious MacArthur "Genius grant" for his efforts to promote urban sustainable food systems. Later, in 2010 Mr. Allen joined First Lady Michelle Obama as she launched the White Houses Lets Move campaign to address issues affecting American youth and the risk of obesity and later that year was also recognized as one of TIME magazines 100 Most Influential People in the World. Since then, Mr. Allen has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the James Beard Foundation Leadership Award in 2011 and the NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award in 2012, which is the highest award the National Collegiate Athletic Association can bestow on a former collegiate athlete.
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COFFEE BREAK CONCURRENT SESSION 1
COMMUNITY BUILDING & SOCIAL HOUSING Exploring urban agricultures potential for community building and increased food security
DESIGN & INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Building the business case and value chain: the economics, financing, marketing and management practice of for-profit and not-for-profit urban agriculture
HOW TO, SKILLS, & TECHNOLOGY
ECOLOGY & LANDSCAPE
PLANNING & POLICY
Leading-edge architectural and landscape design, amazing projects, and innovative infrastructure for small & large-scale urban agriculture production
From rooftop gardens to backyard chickens: Innovative technologies, practical skills and engineering solutions supporting and growing urban agricultural production
City-building from the ground up: Urban Agriculture projects, ideas and initiatives rooted in communities across North America and around the world
Scaling up urban agriculture: Supportive programs, policies and governance models to grow city-based food production
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SESSION 1: COMMUNITY BUILDING & SOCIAL HOUSING
Training New Farmers
Training Tomorrows Urban Farmers Since 2000, Everdale has assisted almost 100 new farmers in launching their farm enterprises. More and more of these new farmers are choosing to farm in the city. Learn about how Everdales Farmers Growing Farmers training programs are being brought into the city to help grow a new generation of urban farmers. Meet some of Everdale's graduate-farmers. Presenter: Gavin Dandy, Farm Director, Everdale Environmental Learning Centre Co-founder of Everdale, a teaching farm that provides hands-on, solution-based food and farming education to build and engage healthy local communities. He has been working as a farmer and farming educator since 1996. Concordia City Farm: The Urban Agriculture School Model Present our model for an urban agriculture school, addressing the problems and success that we have experienced along the way. Presenter: Marcus Lobb, Concordia Greenhouse Coordinator, Concordia University Marcus Lobb, of Montreal, coordinates Concordia Universitys City Farm School, an eight month long urban agriculture training program that focuses on growing food in the city with an emphasis on the development of community inspired by food sovereignty principles. Moderator: Carolyn Bailey, Urban Agriculture Program Manager, EcoSource
SESSION 1: DESIGN & INFRASTRUCTURE
From Backyard Hobby to Resilience to Transformation: Urban Agriculture and Cities as seen from The Netherlands
Along with sustainable growing methods and multifunctional agriculture, city food production is a third wave reconnecting food to nature and society. For urban food and farming to fully express and embody city vitality, we need new tools and attitudes as well as renewed entrepreneurs, citizens, politicians and scientists. Using an integral framework and the perspective of cradle to cradle principles adopted by the city of Almere, and backed by the experiences of the Dutch and European urban food and green movement, Gaston will outline next steps for a growing generation of city food producers, consumers and facilitators. Presenter: Gaston Remmers Chair Eco-Effective Entrepreneurship in Urban Areas, CAH Almere University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Gaston is a passionate practitioner and researcher of evolutionary regional development. He designs and facilitates complex multistakeholder processes involving both spatial planning and socio-economic development. He worked in several European and Latin-American countries, and was engaged in multiple EU research projects over the past 20 years. He is especially gifted in connecting leadership at different scales (citizens, entrepreneurs, local, regional, national). Over the past decade, he did extensive work reframing and reconnecting the urban and the rural domain, mainly through Communities of Practice and facilitating new integral entrepreneurship. He lives in Amsterdam, engaging in and experiencing first hand the need for vitalizing city life through agriculture and food. He holds a PhD in rural sociology and an MSc in agro-ecology. His Chair at CAH Almere co-creates with local and (inter-)national partners new urban food and farming business models inspired by Cradle to cradle, and nurtures a culture that enables these new models to emerge. To that extent, the Almere Development Centre for Urban Agriculture was recently created, the first of its kind in the country. Introduction presented by Hans Horbach, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
SESSION 1: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Panelist:
How Are Developers Supporting Agriculture?
Martin Blake, Vice President, Daniels Corporation Martin Blake, Vice President of the GTA based The Daniels Corporation, is a developer who is actively involved in the creation of housing within the GTA, with a specific interest in environmental and affordable housing within Toronto. As a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity Toronto for the past 16 years, Blake also serves as the current Chair on the HFHT Board of Directors. Blakes role, on behalf of The Daniels Corporation, includes management of the Revitalization of Regent Park, which is being directed in a partnership with Toronto Community Housing. The 15-year Revitalization represents a leading model for building a complete, mixed community through ongoing community engagement and the creation of social development opportunities, as well as a revitalization of physical infrastructure. Mazyar Mortazavi, Principal and Managing Partner, TAS Designbuild Margaret Zeidler, President, Urbanspace Property Group Moderator: Margaret Walton, MCIP RPP, Partner, Planscape
SESSION 1: HOW TO, SKILLS, & TECHNOLOGY

This session has been successfully approved by GBCI for 1.5 CE Hours
Rooftop Food Production
Seed to Plate: Rooftop Production Strategies This lecture highlights the four leading rooftop production methods: container gardening, raised bed production, row farming, and hydroponics. The talk introduces attendees to the best methods for each site, with considerations of building type, building size, user group, and intent. Case studies from around the country reveal the physicality of these very real spaces. Presenter: Lauren Mandel, MLA, Project Manager + Rooftop Agriculture Specialist, Roofmeadow (formerly Roofscapes, Inc.) Lauren Mandel is a Project Manager and Rooftop Agriculture Specialist at Roofmeadow (formerly Roofscapes). At Roofmeadow, Lauren designs green roofs, oversees construction, and manages rooftop farm projects. She blogs about rooftop agriculture at eatupag.wordpress.com, and is writing a book series on the subject, called Eat Up. Lauren has a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and is one of the leading experts on rooftop agriculture in the U.S. Rooftops For Food Production How to go about choosing, designing and implementing a rooftop garden / green roof for food production. Presentation would include physical and regulatory requirements for occupying a rooftop, implications of roof greening on the urban environment and local food security, as well as discussions of specific requirements for growing food plants, using photographic examples of existing food producing roofs throughout North America. Presenter: Monica Kuhn, Architect, GRP, Monica E. Kuhn, Architect Inc. Monica Kuhn is an architect, a founding member of Torontos Rooftop Gardens Resource Group, and a past board member of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. She is an Accredited Green Roof Professional, has co-authored several research papers on green roof technology, and has taught and lectured throughout North America on urban greening issues and Permaculture. She has a roof garden on her home and a green roof on her office. Introduction to Integrated Water Management for Buildings and Sites Many cities are already facing water shortages that can be an impediment to urban agriculture and other forms of green infrastructure. This presentation will introduce the design principles associated with integrated site and building water management with a goal of working towards Net Zero Water consumption. Presenter: Jeffrey L. Bruce, FASLA, GRP, President, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company In addition to being the Chair of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the Incoming President of the American Society of Irrigation Consultants, Jeffrey Bruce is owner of Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company (JBC). Founded in 1986, JBC provides highly specialized technical support to many of the nations leading architectural and landscape architectural firms on a variety of project profiles including engineered soils, green roof technologies, urban agronomy, performance sports turf, and irrigation engineering. Mr. Bruce has received over 60 separate design and leadership awards. Award winning projects of his firm, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company, have been published 85 times. Licensed to practice in 20 states, he has served as an invited lecturer, visiting critic, and speaker at numerous conferences and trade shows. Moderator: Cathy Tafler, B.Arch, OAA, Tafler Rylett Architects
SESSION 1: ECOLOGY & LANDSCAPE
Closing the Loop
Community Composting in Ontario We would like to review the concept of Community Composting and the policies that pertain to it within the Ontario context. We would like to share our experience with small-mid scale community composting and our knowledge of the regulations affecting those operations as in Ontario as compared with those in other jurisdictions Co-Presenter: Carolyn Young, Program Coordinator, Sustain Ontario Carolyn Young is the program coordinator from Sustain Ontario, the alliance for healthy food and farming. Formerly, she helped to coordinate the Stop Community Food Centres community composting demonstration and has helped bring together community composters to request an exemption from the MOE regulations pertaining to compost. Co-Presenter: Michael Nevin, Compost Coordinator, FoodShare Toronto Mike has been involved with Food Share's composting for over 10 years and composting in his housing co-op for more than 20 years. Interested in waste reduction, resource conservation and environmental issues, he has been a compost information volunteer with Toronto's Waste Watchers at Toronto's Environment Days. When not wielding the composting pitchfork, Mike likes reading, world politics and opera. He lives with a very demanding cat in Bain Co-op where he is active on committees. His learning goals include, basic gardening lore, worm composting, more languages and more history and more science. Co-Presenter: Marlee Kohn, Former Masters of Environmental Studies Student Marlee Kohn completed a Masters in Environmental Studies (MES) with a specialization in waste management from York University in 2011. She currently works as an environmental program manager at Summerhill Group, located in Toronto, Ontario. In 2010, Marlee joined a group of advocates for the development of community composting across Ontario; she has been involved in the research of the various examples of programs across North America and the environmental policies that affect community composting. Nourished Neighbourhoods: An Australian Approach to Localized Urban Agriculture and Closing the Food Waste Loop This session will outline the current efforts in Melbourne, Australia to utilize highly accessible urban agriculture and community composting strategies to achieve greater food security, broader community resiliency/cohesion, and reduced/recaptured food waste on the neighbourhood level. Particularly, this session will explore the possibilities existing at the intersections of multi-stakeholder relationships to utilize food and waste recapture to achieve multiple objectives around public health, sustainability, and community development. Demonstrating a unique partnership between government, non-profit, and private organizations, this session presents a mixture of proven on-the-ground methods for developing and implementing urban agriculture and community composting initiatives collaboratively throughout all partner spheres, as well as approaches to designing/visioning future evolutions and expansions. Finally, this session will offer key Melbourne insights and lessons to drive a design charrette regarding the emergence of closed neighbourhood food loops amid significant urban densification, population diversification and expansion, and tensions between rising affluence and social inequity. Co-Presenter: Peter Huff, Urban Agriculture Facilitator, City of Yarra, and Community Food Systems Project Worker, Cultivating Community Pete Huff is a regenerative agriculture designer and educator from California, currently working Australia in local government and non-profit sectors. Pete has over seven years of experience with sustainability and food systems initiatives in rural and urban spheres, with a current focus on integrating food into regional and urban planning. Co-Presenter: Tom Gooch, Co-Founder, Office of Other Spaces Focused on Strategic Landscape Adaptation, Ecological Urbanism & Landscape Architecture. Moderator: Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist, Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
SESSION 1: PLANNING & POLICY
Best Practices from Chicago Paris, London and New York
A Tale of Two Edible Cities: 19th-century Paris and London 2012 Modern urban agricultural techniques evolved from the walled gardens of medieval Paris. The combination of techniques, now known as French intensive agriculture, reached its apogee during the second half of the 19th century. At this time, when the population of the city doubled from one million to two, an estimated 8500 urban farmers worked 3500 hectares, or 1/6th of the area of the city at the time, for urban food production. While urban food production saw a serious decline in the 20th century, Paris seems to be re-greening itself now. In preparation for the London Olympic Games, London announced an ambitious city-supported initiative, Capital Growth, to create 2012 new food growing spaces by the 2012 games. This would be a 20-minute narrated slideshow of photographs / images illustrating the urban agriculture conditions, techniques, models, and innovation that made Paris the birthplace of modern urban agriculture in the mid-19th century, as well as images from current-day London as it comes to the culmination of its Capital Growth initiative that proposed 2012 new growing spaces by 2012 for the London Olympic Games. It would follow the model of a TED talk with rich visuals of historical and contemporary examples of best practices in urban food production, with an emphasis on innovative and dynamic ideas that can be implemented in most communities today. Presenter: Jennifer Cockrall-King, Author of Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution (Prometheus Books, 2012), Independent food writer Jennifer Cockrall-King is an award-winning Canadian food writer based in Edmonton, Alberta, and Naramata, British Columbia. Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and The New Food Revolution is the result of four years of travelling to cities at the forefront of integrating food production into their urban landscapes. Published in Canada, the US and the UK in February 2012 by Prometheus Books (Amherst, NY), Food and the City received the 2011 Dave Greber Freelance Book Award, a Canadian national award that recognizes excellence in social justice writing. Healthy Food Chicago The City of Chicago is developing a healthy food plan. The Healthy Food Chicago plan focuses improving the health of Chicago residents and incorporating food related issues into local planning projects... The plan includes strategies that: increase the production and distribution of healthy food; improve access to healthier food for Chicago residents; build demand and increase consumption of healthy food; and, create opportunities for job creation and economic development. The Healthy Food Chicago plan is being developed through a partnership that includes the City of Chicago Departments of Housing and Economic Development, Public Health, Family and Support Services, the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) and many stakeholders that include individuals and Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 10
organizations representing health and food related is-sues. The plan will go before the Chicago Plan Commission for adoption in fall of 2012. Presenter: Bradley Roback, Coordinator of Economic Development, City of Chicago Bradley works in the City of Chicago, Department of Housing and Economic Development, Open Space and Sustainability Division. In his role with HED, Bradley focuses on food policy and incorporating food related issues into city and neighbourhood planning projects. Innovative Urban Agriculture Policy: Lessons from New York City Cities are attempting to address emerging forms of urban agriculture, including gardening and farming at an increased scale, new types of rooftop and commercial farms and other forms of building-integrated agriculture, temporary and flexible farming projects, the growth of animal husbandry and beekeeping, and the use of diverse growing technologies. This effort is underway in New York, a city that has adopted policies and programs to weave urban agriculture into existing buildings and dispersed ground-level sites, and is beginning to fund urban agriculture as a green infrastructure. This presentation suggests lessons learned New York that can be applied by other cities interested in strengthening urban agriculture. Presenter: Nevin Cohen, Assistant Professor, The New School Nevin Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at The New School, where he teaches courses in urban food systems. He directs the Tishman Environment and Design Center, the universitys interdisciplinary environmental research and education center. Dr. Cohens current research focuses on urban food policy, particularly innovative planning strategies to support food production in the urban and peri-urban landscape, public policies to engage citizens in sustainable food production, urban planning and food access, and civic agriculture in cities and suburbs. He has a PhD in Urban Planning from Rutgers University, a Masters in City and Regional Planning from Berkeley, and a BA from Cornell. Moderator: Andrea Winkler, Registered Professional Planner, Urban Strategies Incorporated
11:00 AM 6:30 PM
TRADE SHOW (SCC115 ALUMNI ROOM)
Trade Show / Summit Exhibition

Today's top urban agriculture suppliers will present their latest products and services to Summit delegates. Visit, discuss and learn about how you can build your project / business / connections in the sector. Delegates will be served lunch on the trade show floor.
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LUNCH ON TRADE SHOW FLOOR (SCC COURTYARD LOUNGE) KEYNOTE - PAUL LIGHTFOOT (ENG103)
Scaling up Local Food: BrightFarms and the Business of Urban Agriculture Paul Lightfoot, Chief Executive Officer, BrightFarms
Paul Lightfoot is the CEO of BrightFarms, which finances, builds and operates greenhouse farms at supermarkets, cutting time, distance and cost from the produce supply chain. Improving supply chains comes naturally to Paul, who spent nearly 10 years as the CEO of an enterprise software company that improved the supply chains of major retailers and their suppliers. Paul is passionate about local food and reducing the environmental impact of the produce supply chain. Paul has a B.A. from Lehigh and a J.D. from Fordham Law. He is a board member of the Brennan Center for Justice. Paul has been recognized by Chain Store Age magazine as a "Rising Star in Retail" in their annual 40 Under 40 awards, and is the 2011 winner of the Young Presidents Organization CSR Award for Environmental Sustainable Business Practices. He was a speaker at the TEDx conference Changing the Way We Eat.
Introduction presented by Karen Landman, PhD MCIP RPP, Associate Professor, MLA Program Coordinator, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph
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CONCURRENT SESSION 2 Social Housing and Food Production
Exploring Urban Agricultures Potential For Community Building And Increased Food Security From community gardens to farmers markets, food security initiatives are flourishing in social housing communities across Ontario. Social and Environmental Enterprise Development (SEED) is a new initiative of Housing Services Corporation that will connect tenants with the networks, knowledge and resources required to build and maintain community-led food initiatives. SEED builds resident capacity in both the hands-on growing and the community building skills required for resilient food systems. The initiative also supports residents in connecting their food projects with social enterprise, increasing financial stability and building community social enterprises. The SEED pilot project in Alexandra Park launched in April 2012 and acts as a test lab and model for the possibilities of innovative, community-led food security solutions in social housing across the province. Presenter: Emily Martyn, Urban Agriculture & Local Food Specialist, Housing Services Corporation Emily Martyn is a new addition to the Social Innovation Partnerships Team at Housing Services Corporation. As the Urban Agriculture and Local Food Specialist, she works collaboratively with housing communities to envision and build community-led food and gardening initiatives. She oversees Social and Environmental Enterprise Development (SEED), which engages residents to develop their food security initiatives into social enterprises that bring money back to their communities. Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) and Community Gardens Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 11
Community gardens and urban agriculture have proven to be key components of community building and food education/access in social housing. TCHC has played a leadership role in supporting the development of community gardens in social housing sites (mostly multi-residential buildings). FoodShare has partnered with TCHC to support the start-up of a number of community gardens. We will highlight the role of tenant communities in developing and leading community gardens; discuss experiences victories and challenges; future directions Co-Presenter: Utcha Sawyers, Community Food Animation Coordinator, FoodShare Co-Presenter: Len Mirander, Community Garden Coordinator, Lorna's One Love Community Garden and Gordonrige Place Co-Presenter: Gilda C. Crawley, Manager, Community Animation, Community Health Unit, Toronto Community Housing Gilda Crawley is Manager of a Green Community Animation Program and the Community Garden Strategy at Toronto Community Housing, Canada's largest social housing provider in Canada. She provides opportunities for tenants to lead efforts to promote green behaviour among their fellow tenants through innovative and ambitious social marketing techniques, efforts that have achieved real energy savings and changes in tenant attitudes toward conservation. She has also been instrumental in developing and initiating a comprehensive garden strategy with partners that will have far reaching impacts for tenants and neighbourhoods. Ms. Crawley has 24 years' experience in social housing, including front-line experience managing a large and diverse housing portfolio in downtown Toronto. Moderator: Graeme Steward, Associate, ERA Architects
Emerging Production Landscapes
Design Your Common Space We propose a discussion leading to a design charrette on the design of common space in community gardens. To get the discussion started we will present exemplary uses of common spaces in community gardens in New York City and introduce the construction of the Gardenhaus, an affordable and self-built structure based on the traditional casita design, that was designed in participation with gardeners for GreenThumb, the community garden program of the New York City Department of Parks and recreation. The goal of the presentation is to encourage participants to discuss, reflect and develop design concepts of common spaces in community gardens. Co-Presenter: Carolin Mees, Dipl. Ing. Architect Carolin Mees, an architect and writer living in New York, is responsible for the design of the Gardenhaus, a self-built structure developed for NYC Park Departments GreenThumb community garden program. She coordinates research related aspects of the program and is currently a research assistant at the University Hohenheim, Germany. Co-Presenter: Edie Stone, Director, GreenThumb Edie Stone has been the Director of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreations GreenThumb community garden program since 2001. She has been invited to present at many conferences, has consulted for community garden organizations internationally and is a widely published expert on community gardening. Plan, Design and Implement Your Urban Market Farm The option to change our approach to landscape can directly address our need to live more sustainably. Bio-mimicry (aka permaculture) can be used as a design template for large and small, formal and naturalized, public and private eco-landscapes that are low cost, healthy, bio-productive and beautiful. Several innovative projects will be discussed where food production is paramount, but which also support diverse green infrastructure and energy and material use efficiency. Presenter: Brad Peterson, Landscape Architect and Environmental Management Consultant Brad Peterson specializes in sustainable project Master Planning, permaculture site design and environmental management. He is based in Guelph and Owen Sound, Ontario and consults across Canada and US on variety of urban and rural, large and small, public and private sustainable projects. Brad has over 20 years experience which includes work with Black Creek Urban Market Farm, Cherryvale Organic Farm, Everdale Learning Centre and Whole Village near Caledon, ON. Skyfarming: The Next Great Agricultural Revolution? It is becoming increasingly understood that humanitys primary form of settlement and method of sustenance are functionally incompatible with a planet of limited natural resources. Modern cities exhibit decisively linear resource metabolisms where food, fresh water, energy, and other resource demands are imported from great distances, consumed, and swiftly dispensed in a state the natural world cannot easily process. Likewise, the high-yield farming methods that support our cities are characterized by their insatiable consumption of the limited reserves of freshwater, fossil-fuel energy, and soil. This paper presents the argument that high-density, multi-storey urban agriculture also known as vertical farming could dramatically alter the way cities interact with the external natural world. In their capacity as industrial primary producers, vertical farms could introduce greater metabolic diversity to urban systems, thus encouraging the formation of a more cyclical, autonomous resource flow. Presenter: Gordon Graff, Intern Architect, DIALOG Gordon Graff is an intern architect at DIALOG. He has appeared in a variety of international publications and television programs for his work with the concept of vertical farming. Moderator: Dr. Mark Gorgolewski, Professor, Director of Building Science Graduate Programme, Ryerson University
Community Development and Social Enterprise
Urban Agriculture and Local Food as Catalysts for Community Development in Chicago The urban agriculture movement is booming in Chicago. Many activists in this movement see the crucial connection between developing new urban farms and creating a healthy local food system. Underserved communities on the south and west side of Chicago have suffered for years from disinvestment, and this can be especially seen when looking at the food systems in these communities. Residents have little access to healthy, fresh foods. During the past few years three communities have been doing innovative work focusing on changing their communities through urban farming and local food. These communities are Greater Englewood, Humboldt Park, and Washington Park. Leaders of these initiatives have been meeting together to discover what they can learn from each other, and how they can use their collective experience to develop a more collaborative approach to work in their communities. Four of these leaders will discuss their experiences and talk about their future collaborative goals. Co-Presenter: Harry Rhodes, Executive Director, Growing Home Mr. Rhodes has been with Growing Home since 2001. He initiated the first year of organic farming job training in 2002, and has overseen the growth of this social enterprise that operates 3 urban farms in Chicago. Mr. Rhodes is one of the leading advocates for urban agriculture in Chicago. Co-Presenter: Ray Thompson, Coordinator, Greater Englewood Urban Agriculture Task Force Ray Thompson has worked in a range of professional capacities for respected Chicago area social service agencies and educational institutions. Connecting and empowering others unleashes innovative local change and uncovers the natural synergy that exists between people and their neighbourhood. Ray is the Coordinator for the Greater Englewood Urban Agriculture Task Force. Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 12
Co-Presenter: Carlos DeJess, Assistant Principal, Pedro Abizu Campos High School Carlos R. DeJess is the Assistant Principal at Pedro Albizu Campos High School and the Director of Urban Agriculture for the Greater Humboldt Park Urban Agriculture Initiative. The Initiative is designed to eradicate the communitys designation as a food desert, and ameliorate the nutrition-based chronic illnesses that plague the community. Co-Presenter: Brandon F. Johnson, Executive Director, Washington Park Consortium Brandon F. Johnson is the Executive Director of the Washington Park Consortium, a non-profit dedicated to the development and service of the Washington Park community. Mr. Johnson specializes in public policy and urban development in the global context. He is leading the urban agriculture initiative in Washington Park. Urban Agriculture as a Social Enterprise: Challenges and Opportunities This session will explore the benefits and challenges of running an urban agriculture initiative as a social enterprise. We will briefly cover what a social enterprise is, and then move to why it makes sense and what the obstacles are. With a team of four presenters, we will cover: - legislative barriers as well as the progress that has made; - the currently level of public awareness around this model and how that could affect your urban agriculture initiative; - marketing strategies for overcoming public misperceptions; - how the social enterprise model can help move urban agriculture from small scale niche-markets to the mainstream; - successful examples Co-Presenter: Jenny Struyk, MBA, Co-Founder, Director of Strategy & Innovation, Urban Produce Inc. Jenny has extensive program management, international experience. From 2009-2011, she was Director, Youth Eco Internship Program at YWCA Canada. There, she built and ran a $5 million program placing youth in paid internships in the environmental sector. She holds an M.B.A. from Schulich School of Business, York University. Co-Presenter: Ran Goel, MSc, JD, Co-Founder, Fresh City Farms Ran is an activist and co-founder of Fresh City, a city farm growing and delivering food to thousands of Torontonians each week. Previously, Ran practiced investment law with Sidley Austin LLP in New York. He holds a business degree from the Schulich School of Business, York University, masters in political economy from the London School of Economics and a law degree from the University of Toronto. Co-Presenter: Tara Moreau, PhD, Vice President, Board of Directors, The Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) Tara has been researching and promoting sustainable food systems since 2002. For six years she has co-chaired SPEC's Food Committee. She is postdoctoral fellow with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions researching climate change and agriculture. She has also worked as an organic agriculture consultant with the United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization. Co-Presenter: Carly Dunster, LLB, Food Lawyer, Carly Dunster Law Carly has a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor. She has worked as a speechwriter and communications strategist, and director/legal advisor for large non-profit organizations. Over the years, she has provided significant pro-bono service to a variety of food organizations including labour/employment, landlord/tenant, non-profit, corporate and small-claims matters. Moderator: Keir Brownstone, General Manager, GLOBE Inc., Housing Services Corporation
Commercial Rooftop Urban Agriculture
Lufa Farms: A Successful Commercial Rooftop Farm In Montreal Lufa Farms is an innovative model in responsible and sustainable urban food production. The farm has been in operation more than 1 year and has exceeded its production goals and met its financial goals. Kurt Lynn, Lufa Farms co-founder and Vice President will recount the rationale and planning behind the Lufa Farms project, describe some of the challenges the farm faced and describe how they were overcome. He will also discuss the future requirements for successful urban farms and enumerate obstacles that face such farms. Presenter: Kurt D. Lynn, Vice-president and co-founder, Lufa Farms Kurt D. Lynn is a consultant and serial entrepreneur and is co-founder and Vice President of Lufa Farms, the worlds first commercial scale rooftop greenhouse. Previously Kurt was co-founder of ListenUp!-Canada in Toronto, and a senior executive in several high technology enterprises. He lives with his family in Cobourg, Ontario. Wearing Many Hats Growing Food on New York City Roofs Ben Flanner will give an overview of the Brooklyn Grange, and the challenges and adventures in rooftop farming. The presentation will include an overview of the Brooklyn Grange's business, farm activities, costs, and business activities. Presenter: Ben Flanner, Head Farmer, President, Brooklyn Grange Ben Flanner is the head farmer, CEO, and co-founder of Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farm business in based in New York City. A pioneering urban farm operation, the business produces vegetables, herbs, and honey on intensive green roofs, and sells its produce via restaurants, farmers markets, and CSAs. Brooklyn Grange is widely recognized as the leader in rooftop soil farming and as an exceptional green and community minded business. Prior to founding the Brooklyn Grange, Ben co-founded and managed the Eagle Street Rooftop farm. He has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and prior experience in consulting and marketing for the finance industry. The Brooklyn Grange received the LICBDC Green Business Award in 2010, and the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Award of Excellence in 2011. He was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and currently resides in Brooklyn. Moderator: David Cohlmeyer, Sustainable Good Foods Consultant
Animals in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture
Can Sheep Cut My Grass Too? A look at smallholding and micro-farming (10 acres or less) with livestock in an urban environment on a small scale. Local and international models will be looked at. Challenges and potential solutions of smallholding will be discussed, as well as solutions to overcoming these challenges. Presenter: Jennifer Osborn, All Sorts Acre Jennifer Osborn is a certified Permaculture Designer and teacher, artist and farmer. Inspired by the smallholdings in Europe and a strong desire to farm long with her husband Tim began All Sorts Acre in 2007. A 1.18 acre permaculture and biodynamic smallholding with sheep, chickens, and forest gardens. Adventures in Urban Hen Keeping This presentation deals with hands-on experience with the keeping of urban hensthe surprises, the challenges, the solutions. Find out the how-to in keeping chickens in the city, she aims to demystify and share what its like, based on her experience with urban hen-keeping in Toronto. Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 13
Presenter: Lorraine Johnson, Author A writer and editor based in Toronto. Her most recent book is City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing. She is active in various initiatives and organizations related to urban agriculture, particularly community gardens and urban chickens.
Animal Butchering and Animal Welfare As increasing numbers of urban residents keep livestock for meat, conflicts over butchering are arising in various cities. Critics from vegan and animal-rights perspectives have challenged small-scale livestock keepers legal and moral rights to butcher their animals. How can advocates for urban meat production satisfy public concerns over animal welfare while advocating for sound practices of meat production? This presentation will use case studies in Oakland, CA, and Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN, to examine the values, concerns, and language used by both critics and practitioners of small-scale butchering. It will examine the role that policy might play in defusing some of the tension in this conflict. It will also offer an opportunity for participants to discuss how this debate has arisen and/or been resolved in their cities. Presenter: Jennifer Blecha, Assistant Professor, Geography and Human Environmental Studies Jennifer Blecha teaches about food systems, waste reduction, and animal geographies at San Francisco State University. She has been involved in urban agriculture as a non-profit program manager, researcher, and practitioner. She interned at City Farmer, started a fruit gleaning program in Minneapolis, and wrote her dissertation on urban livestock-keeping. Moderator: Ravenna Nuaimy-Barker, Director, Sustain Ontario
SESSION 2: PLANING & POLICY
Accessing Land for Urban Agriculture
Enhancing Food Security: Identifying Land for Urban Agriculture Based on previous urban agriculture land inventories (UALIs) in Portland and Vancouver, Jennifer has established site selection criteria specific to the City of Victoria (CoV); in British Columbia, to determine sites suitable for urban agriculture. The site selection criteria reflects recommendations from interviews with planners, community garden participants, educators and non-profits engaged in urban food production in the CoV. The interviews also explore the underlying barriers and supports to allotting land for urban agriculture. Initial results indicate a desire to use urban agriculture as a tool for restoration and conflicting perceptions of urban agriculture as an accepted land use. The final UALI will present a detailed map of the CoV; with a concluding discussion explaining the methods used to create the site criteria; the barriers and supports for allotting land to urban agriculture; and how urban agriculture can contribute to ecological restoration while increasing the food security of a city. Presenter: Jennifer Anne Sauter, MA Student, University of Victoria Jennifer Sauter is a third year graduate student at the University of Victorias School of Environmental Studies. She is currently developing an urban agriculture land inventory for the City of Victoria; and is interested in the planning and restoration of urban food systems. Transformative Tactics for Land Tenure: Promoting Food Sovereignty through Connecting Communities to Vacant Land Philadelphians struggle to preserve gardens despite massive property abandonment and food insecurity. Brooklynites strive to access existing vacant land and grow food in the face of development pressure. Philadelphias Garden Justice Legal Initiative works to facilitate new and preserve threatened gardens using legal tools, community education, shared resources, and advocacy for equitable, transparent policy. Brooklyns 596 Acres raises community awareness and helps neighbors connect to land, through distributing information, visioning sessions, and advocacy and support for community-determined projects. GJLI and 596 Acres founders and community lawyers, Amy Laura Cahn and Paula Z. Segal will explore challenges of growing food without land ownership in distinct political and economic climates. They will engage participants in discussing land sovereignty tactics, including data access; land trusting; land policies and land banks; legal actions; community planning; and agreements with public and private entities. Finally, they will discuss how they endeavor to create synergy between legal, policy, and virtual tools and real world organizing. Co-Presenter: Amy Laura Cahn, Garden Justice Legal Initiative, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Amy Laura Cahn runs Philadelphias Garden Justice Legal Initiative, uses legal and advocacy support to give gardeners and farmers greater control over the future of their neighbourhoods as they work to transform them. She has been a community organizer with the ACLU of Pennsylvania and Brooklyns Pratt Area Community Council and helped found New Yorks Bluestockings Womens Bookstore. Co-Presenter: Paula Segal, Lead Facilitator, Founder, 596 Acres 596 Acres founder Paula Z. Segal builds capacity for community-based organizing putting maps in the hands of change makers. She is a NYC NLG Street Law Team founder and practices law at Rankin & Taylor. Paula has taught English to Speakers of Other Languages and run an all-volunteer adult English school on the Lower East Side. Changing the Conversation: New Partners, New Crops and New Ways of Doing Business at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority All around us we see an increasing awareness and a behavioural shift by people looking for food that is locally grown, safe and nutritious. A new kind of agriculture is emerging in city regions requiring different partners, different crops and different ways of doing business. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) has reevaluated it traditional role in agriculture and is making a conscious effort to contribute to local food and the agricultural sector. As the largest landowner in the most populated region of the country, TRCA is now reserving some of its land for urban and near urban agriculture. The presentation discusses a new agriculture land and local food procurement policy, and four new urban farm ventures that focus on skill development, production and corporate self-sufficiency. Making a contribution to sustainable communities is the underlying corporate objective. Presenter: Sonia Dhir, MCIP RPP, Project Manager, Watershed Management, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Moderator: Martin Bailkey, Evaluation and Outreach Coordinator, Growing Power
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6:00 PM 6:30 PM
TORONTO CITY HALL GREEN ROOF TOUR
Walk over to Toronto City Hall and join Steven Peck, Founder and President, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and Terry McGlade, Consultant at Flynn Canada who will be giving a tour of the city's largest publicly accessible green roof.
Location: Toronto City Hall Rotunda, 100 Queen Street West at Bay St.
Directions from Ryerson University: Walk west on Gould St.; turn left (southbound) onto Yonge St.; turn right (westbound) on to Dundas St. W.; turn left (southbound) on Bay St., arrive at 100 Queen Street West. (less than a 10 minute walk)
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TORONTO CITY HALL RECEPTION EVENT
Toronto Food Policy Council presents:
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Growing the City

A reception to launch the GrowTO Urban Agriculture Action Plan.
Location: City Hall Rotunda, 100 Queen Street West at Bay St. Walk west on Gould St.; turn left (southbound) onto Yonge St.; turn right (westbound) on to Dundas St. W.; turn left (southbound) on Bay St., arrive at 100 Queen Street West. (less than a 10 minute walk) Hosted by the Toronto Food Policy Council, the reception at City Hall is a public celebration of green ideas and innovations, and will serve to put Toronto on the map as a leader in urban agriculture and sustainable city-building. We are thrilled that Will Allen of Growing Power in the United States will also speak and be available to sign his new book "The Good Food Revolution," along with the authors of other recent urban agriculture books. Toronto's City Hall is a striking landmark, designed in the 1960s by award winning Finnish architect Viljo Revell. The design is divided into three main parts: the podium, the convex circular council chamber and two office towers of differing heights. The entire City Hall complex has a sculptural quality that makes it the ideal symbol of a growing city. Open to the public.
FRIDAY AUGUST 17 URBAN AGRICULTURE SUMMIT

7:00 AM- 5:00 PM 8:30 AM10:00 AM REGISTRATION DESK OPENS (SCC LOBBY) OPENING PLENARY (TRS10-67) SAYING YES TO URBAN AGRICULTURE: WHAT IT BRINGS TO THE CITY, WHY ARE PEOPLE SAYING YES & HOW CAN WE SAY YES IN THE FUTURE? Master of Ceremonies: Lauren Baker, Coordinator, Toronto Food Policy Council
Lauren Baker is currently the Coordinator for the Toronto Food Policy Council, and formerly the Director of Sustain Ontario: The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming. She has a PhD from York University. In addition to being a certificate course instructor and lecturer at the University of Toronto, she is a food researcher and activist with over ten years of experience. Lauren's areas of focus include: farmers' markets and building local food economies, implementing sustainable biodiverse agriculture projects and addressing food policy. From 1997-2003, Lauren worked at FoodShare as the founding urban agriculture program coordinator.
Steven Peck, Founder and President, Green Roofs For Healthy Cities
Steven W. Peck is the founder and President of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. For well over a decade, Mr. Peck has conducted public policy research on a variety of environment and economy issues with a focus on environmental technology transfer and public policy. He is a founding member of the World Green Roof Network that encourages the formation of green roof industry associations throughout the world, and the Green Infrastructure Foundation Ontario Coalition. In 2006, Steven won the Canadian Urban Institute Urban Leadership Award for his efforts to promote 'City Livability'. He has authored or co-authored numerous reports and written extensively on the topic of green roof design, policy and research and has spoken on the subject at conferences throughout North America and internationally. He is an honorary member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and participated on the committee which developed the first and only form of accreditation for those working in the green roof industry, the Green Roof Professional (GRP) designation.
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Erika Allen, Chicago and National Outreach Manager, Growing Power

Erika Allen is Chicago and National Projects Director for Growing Power. As the daughter of Will Allen, she has a small farm agricultural background and experience. She spent her formative years, involved in all aspects of farm management from transplanting seedlings to managing farm stands and farmers markets. Ms. Allen has received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and recently received her MA in art therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Integrating the creative and therapeutic techniques with food security and community development have enabled Ms. Allen to establish seven urban agriculture and food system projects in Chicago. Ms. Allen was an awardee for the Chicago Tribunes Good Eating Award in 2006 and was honored by Family Focus in 2007 for her work in community food systems. In 2009, Womens Environmental Institute (WEI) honored Erika as a Mother of the Environment for Minneapolis/St. Paul. She is also a Post Carbon Institute Fellow.
Martin Blake, Vice-President, Daniels Corporation

Martin Blake, Vice President of the GTA based The Daniels Corporation, is a developer who is actively involved in the creation of housing within the GTA, with a specific interest in environmental and affordable housing within Toronto. As a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity Toronto for the past 16 years, Blake also serves as the current Chair on the HFHT Board of Directors. Blakes role, on behalf of The Daniels Corporation, includes management of the Revitalization of Regent Park, which is being directed in a partnership with Toronto Community Housing. The 15-year Revitalization represents a leading model for building a complete, mixed community through ongoing community engagement and the creation of social development opportunities, as well as a revitalization of physical infrastructure.
Sheila Penny, TDSB, Toronto Lands Corporation

Sheila Penny earned Bachelor and Masters degrees in Architecture (1977 & 1981) from the University of Manitoba. Following graduation she had a successful career with Moriyama and Teshimi Architects before joining the public sector as an architect in 1994. In 1999 Sheila was appointed to the position of General Manager, Technical Services for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). In May of 2002 she became Executive Superintendent, Facility Services with an expanded mandate to provide facility services to 250,000 students and 650 facilities. On February 3, 2010 Sheila was appointed as the Director of Strategic Building and Renewal providing leadership for TDSBs Sustainable Capital Program & Strategy. In her last public sector appointment on February 20, 2012 Sheila was appointed as the Chief Architect for the Toronto Lands Corporation (TLC) where she will lead TDSB approved redevelopment projects, rebuilding schools as sustainable community hubs with places for people to live. Sheila believes that buildings and their settings can greatly enhance the quality of human life. As an architect serving educational and institutional facilities for over 20 years, Sheila has translated that belief into practice.
Meg McCallum, Centre Towns Citizens Ottawa Corporation 10:00 AM10:30 AM 10:30 AM12 NOON COFFEE BREAK (SCC COURTYARD LOUNGE) CONCURRENT SESSION 3 Urban Food Production and Social Inclusion
Urban Agriculture and the Detroit Experience The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) has labored for nearly six years to contribute to the public dialogue about food security and food justice in Detroit. We continue to operate D-Town Farm, which recently expanded from two acres to seven acres and serves as the Detroit area Regional Outreach Training Center for Growing Power Inc. We continue to play a leadership role in the Detroit Food Policy Council and in efforts to address racism in the food system. Presenter: Malik Yakini, Executive Director, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network Malik is an educator, business owner and activist who is committed to freedom and justice for humanity in general, and African people in particular. Yakini is a founder and Interim Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a two acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council, which he chairs. Cultural Diversity and Urban Agriculture in Toronto A diversity of cultural communities has long-standing, ancient traditions of growing food that have been kept and translated to the Canadian / Toronto setting. Also, many ethno-racial communities have discovered the joys of gardening after making Toronto their home. There are challenges, e.g., many communities prefer to distance themselves from painful associations with agriculture; lack of support or recognition of different sources of agricultural knowledge and practices. We want to show how different communities have been at the forefront of the urban agricultural movement in Toronto. This session will feature: - Short film featuring Anan and Afri-Can FoodBasket - Presentation on the meaning, realities and experience of urban agriculture for diverse cultural groups in Toronto. Presenter: Shewat Zeru, Consultant Farmer, AfriCan Food Basket/ McVean Farm/ Eritrean Youth Coaliation Co-Presenter: Anan Lololi, Executive Director of African Food Basket Moderator: Gayla Trail, Author, Writer, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Creator, You Grow Girl
Universities Role in Urban Agriculture Education
Introducing Urban Horticulture in Architectural Education This presentation provides an overview of the relationship between agriculture and cities and discusses how architecture educators have included urban agriculture to the curriculum, as well as how students have explored ways to integrate urban horticulture to project proposals they developed. Co-Presenter: Leila Marie Farah, Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University Leila Marie is an Assistant Professor in Architecture at Ryerson University. She graduated from lEcole nationale suprieure darchitecture Paris-Malaquais, earned an Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 17
M.Arch and a PhD from McGill Universitys School of Architecture. Her research focuses on the correlation between food flows and architecture, interdisciplinary design and healthy and inclusive cities. Co-Presenter: June Komisar, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University June Komisar, AIA is an Associate Professor in the Architectural Science department and an ENSCIMAN faculty member at Ryerson University. She earned a M Arch from Yale University and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Michigan. She is an Associate of the Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, a member of the Toronto Food Policy Council and a co-author of Carrot City: Creating Places for Urban Agriculture. Co-Presenter: Silviu Anton, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University The Productive Collective: a Boston-Based Design/Build Urban Farming Research This session will situate the work of the Productive Collective an emerging ad-hoc community organization in the context of the Boston Redevelopment Authoritys initiative to re--zone the city for agricultural uses. We hope to impart practical knowledge from our education-based aquaponics project through the lens of architectural and urban design. Co-Presenter: Kyle Sturgeon, Director of Advanced Studios, Building Technology and Management Kyle earned a Master of Architecture with high distinction from University of Michigan in 2011, where he was awarded Thesis Prize, the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, and the AIA Henry Adams Certificate. After completing a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with honors at the University of Virginia in 2005, he worked for four years in Boston with Office Da, Kennedy & Violich, and Moshe Safdie Architects. Kyle holds a certificate in Design Education and an unrestricted construction supervisors license in the Commonweath of Massachusetts. Co-Presenter: Marilyn W. Moedinger, LEED AP, Architectural Designer, Utile Inc Architecture + Planning, Boston, MA, Instructor, Boston Architectural College Marilyn has worked as an architect and contractor, and has taught at University of Virginia, Northeastern University, and Boston Architectural College. She holds a BS in Architecture, a BA in History, and an MArch from University of Virginia. She recently completed a book based on her research conducted on five continents as the 2010 SOM Prize Fellow, entitled "Adventures in the Vernacular: Investigative Observations of Residential Climate Mediation. Co-Presenter: Lauren Shirley, LEED AP, Architecture and Planning Professional, Boston, MA Lauren received her B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia, and earned her M.Arch from the University of Michigan. She has worked for several practices in the Washington DC area including Davis Carter Scott and EYP, as well as for RVTR in Ann Arbor, MI, and most recently, for Rahul Mehrotra (RMA Architects) in Boston, MA. Lauren has also acted as a project designer and consultant for several community-based design collaboratives, including Architecture for Humanity in DC, and the Heidelberg Project in Detroit. Bridging University and Community through Urban Agriculture Education: Experiences from Portland, Oregon This presentation details the experiences of the Urban Agriculture & Food Systems Senior Capstone course at Portland State University. Conducted in partnership with the Urban Farm Collective (UFC), the course provided students with both a hands-on and theoretical engagement with urban agriculture. In addition to hands-on experience in the UFCs gardens, students completed a final Capstone project that evaluated the UFCs contribution to the local food system and ecology, while identifying potential obstacles to the UFCs engagement with the surrounding community. This presentation will address the courses challenges and successes, with particular emphasis on student engagement with the UFC and whether or not the Capstone project effectively met the needs of the UFC. Presenter: Nathan McClintock, Assistant Professor, Portland State University Nathan McClintock is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies & Planning at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, where he focuses on urban agriculture and food systems. His PhD research (Geography, UC Berkeley, 2011) focused on urban agriculture in Oakland and MSc research (Agroecology, NCSU, 2004) on compost production and use. Moderator: Mustafa Koc, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University

The Role Restaurants Can Play In Support Of Urban Agriculture Jamie Kennedy, Executive Chef, Owner, Jamie Kennedy Kitchens Dan Donovan, Founder, Hooked Inc. Collin Thornton, Executive Chef, The Fairmont Royal York Moderator: Vanessa Yu, Outreach and Capacity-Building, Food Forward
The Roles Restaurants Can Play in Support of Urban Agriculture
Networking and Community Gardens
Growing Inclusive Community Gardens through Collaborative Partnerships! Community gardens located in neighbourhoods are great opportunities to create welcoming inclusive spaces for all people to come together. The topic will provide insight on forming collaborative partnerships that engage multicultural communities. This presentation will demonstrate how other communities can mobilize assets and engage multicultural communities within their neighbourhoods. Co-Presenter: Carol Popovic, Public Health Nurse, Region of Waterloo Public Health Carol Popovic is a Public Health Nurse from the Healthy Living Division, Region of Waterloo Public Health. She has been involved with numerous community development projects and has worked with community gardens since 2004. She provides staff coordination and support to 51 community gardens in the Region of Waterloo. Co-Presenter: Fanis Juma Radstake, Community Organizer, African Community Wellness Initiative Fanis Juma Radstake is a Community Organizer with the African Community Wellness Initiative. Recently, Fanis has worked alongside several community partners to help create the Multicultural Community Gardens Project, four inclusive urban agriculture sites in the Waterloo Region. Fanis is currently promoting Young City Growers that will engage immigrant youth in entrepreneurial urban farming opportunities. ExtraShare.org: How To Connect Communities Through Gardening ExtraShare.org is a brandnew internet tool that allows communities to share extra items from their garden that would otherwise be wasted or go unused. Have you ever found yourself with way too many zucchini growing and wish there was a way to get them to hungry people in your community or even trade them for some tomatoes? ExtraShare enables gardeners to make this wish a reality. Being so new, though, requires users to be trained on its use, and community ambassadors for the project to be identified. My presentation would highlight the urban hunger and food waste issues that are driving the need for this tool, and review the use cases where it can be applied to effectively increase food security in communities. Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 18
Presenter: Paolo Granelli, Founder ExtraShare.org Studied computer science and economics at the University of Toronto, became a financial software consultant and then decided to farm. Developed ExtraShare.org to help communities connect through food. Coordinating and Networking Community Gardens Join Clare Wagner (Hamilton Community Garden Network; Green Venture) to learn about best practices for coordinating and networking community gardens. Cover the basics of community gardens and tips for sustainable coordination. Explore how a municipality, neighbourhood, or community group can support and network community gardens using Ontario-based examples. Get empowered with tools and resource lists to support you in starting and maintaining community gardens and garden networks. Presenter: Clare Wagner, Program Coordinator, Green Venture/Hamilton Community Garden Network Clare Wagner works at Green Venture as the Community Garden Program Coordinator. She is currently coordinating the Hamilton Community Garden Network which brings together community garden coordinators, participants, and supporters through outreach, networking, tools, and training to support gardens throughout Hamilton. Moderator: Rhonda Teitel-Payne, Urban Agriculture Manager, The Stop Community Food Centre
Edible Landscapes
RecoveryPark A Recovering Community Without Walls RecoveryPark challenges how we view Detroit and Detroiters. It sets a creative vision for what we want our city to look like for future generations. It is broad collaborative effort formed to hammer out the tough challenges that face our shrinking metropolis. RecoveryPark is a multi-year, 200 million dollar community redevelopment project spanning 2,400 acres on the east side of Detroit. The goal is to implement a broad, integrated scope of projects from farming to food production to landscape maintenance to art, all focused on creating jobs the goal is 6,000 permanent jobs through farming, deconstruction of buildings, soil preparation, food production, hydroponic greenhouses, indoor aquaculture, an equestrian facility, and energy-efficient technology. This should stimulate an increase in population from the quality of life provided by gardens, green spaces/ways, and employment. In addition, education and community centers for job training, community programs, computer labs and space are available for area non-profits. Co-Presenter: Gary Wozniak, President and CEO, RecoveryPark Gary Wozniak has spent his entire adult career in the financial arena. With close to 30 years of hands on consulting, training and leadership experience he has helped hundreds of companies achieve economic success. In addition, Gary has owned several business ventures from restaurants to the health care arena. He has a unique ability to analyze a clients financial condition and make recommendations regarding strengths/weaknesses, stability and the potential for capacity building. As the lead author of the RecoveryPark project in Detroit, Gary has brought together a coalition of 100+ government, education, non-profit and for-profit entities to vision a 2,400 acre community development and large-scale metropolitan agriculture project. Over 3.5 years in the making, RecoveryPark is poised to define what triple bottom line urban projects will model themselves after in the coming years. This project offers insight into financially self-sustainable models offering lifestyle options that end population losses in core city neighbourhoods while attracting employment opportunities that will eventually fuel further development ideas. Co-Presenter: Charles Cross, Architect, University of Detroit Mercy Charles Cross, ASLA is the Research and Design Fellow in Landscape Architecture and Adjunct Professor at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. He holds a BS in Agriculture from Western Michigan University, a BS in Urban Landscape Architecture and Masters of Urban Design from The City College of New York. He maintains a firm belief that underserved communities deserve good design, and therefore should be the patrons of the process not just the consumers of the end product. Revealing the Hidden Harvest: An Examination of Urban Fruit Tree Projects Urban fruit trees provide an opportunity to scale up urban agriculture and food security that remains largely unrealized. Fruit tree projects, organizations that coordinate harvest and redistribute urban fruit, are one of the only types of organizations working to utilize urban fruit. There are now 21 fruit tree projects in Canada but no academic literature about fruit tree projects and a limited body of literature about urban fruit trees and the role they play in urban agriculture. This presentation will on Bonnies research on fruit tree projects identifying operational models, challenges, best practices as well as a food policy analysis from Toronto and Vancouver. Whether or not these projects will find stability and sustainability remains to be seen. However, research findings suggest that practices internal to the organization and policies external to the project can increase stability and sustainability. Presenter: Bonnie Bartlett, MScPl Student, University of Toronto Master of Science in Planning Candidate, 2012
The Gardens Of A New Generation How Community And Allotment Gardens Are Changing The Landscape Of The Gardening Industry As a writer and broadcaster for over 25 years on the subject of gardening, the subject of who gardens, why they garden and how new gardeners are changing the business is of great interest for Mark. He has observed keenly the intense interest in the 100 mile Diet, the growth of local farmers markets, community gardens and allotment gardens in Canadas Urban areas over recent years. This presentation provides a broad, anecdotal overview of the food movement as it relates to gardens and the impact that it is having on society, the economy and the environment.
Presenter: Mark Cullen, President, Marks Choice Ltd., Author, 680 News Radio Host, co-host of Canada AM's weekly Gardening segment Moderator: Gary Wilkins, Humber Watershed Specialist, TRCA
Global Perspectives
Agriculture Innovations Feeding Cities At least 1 billion people worldwide are engaged in urban agriculture, producing 15-20 percent of the worlds food. This practice contributes substantially to alleviating poverty and improving the environment and food security in many cities, particularly in the developing world. Danielle Nierenberg recently returned from an 18month tour of over 350 projects throughout Asia and sub-Saharan Africa where she engaged in on-the-ground research of urban agriculture methods that are working to help alleviate hunger and poverty, while protecting the environment. At the Urban Agriculture Summit 2012, Nierenberg will highlight groups using urban agriculture to feed their communities and challenge policy makers to focus on urban agriculture in urban development and land use plans. Presenter: Danielle Nierenberg, Senior Researcher and Project Director, Worldwatch Institutes Nourishing the Planet project Danielle Nierenberg is an expert on livestock and sustainable agriculture and serves as director for Worldwatch Institutes Nourishing the Planet project (NtP), which combines on-the-ground research of agricultural innovations in developing and developed worlds with extensive media outreach. Danielle has traveled to over 350 Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 19
projects in 30 countries with NtP. Toronto-Cape Town-Nairobi Exchange On Supporting Urban Agriculture Since 2010 Rooftops Canada has supported an international exchange on urban food security related to community housing programs in Toronto, Nairobi and Cape Town. Learning has focused on issues of policy, youth engagement and incorporating food security in residential environments. Toronto has a Food Strategy, and the City of Cape Town has an Urban Agriculture Policy and Unit. Nairobi has little public sector engagement but an active bottom-up farmers forum and extensive informal crop and livestock production. Urban food insecurity is a serious problem in both the African cities. The exchange has highlighted differences in urban residents levels of and approaches to lack of food as well as farmers levels of organization and response to government interventions (if any). At the same time there are common issues of land availability, need for planning support and intensive urban space use among others. The session will engage participants from other cities that can share this and similar experiences. Co-Presenter: Diana Lee-Smith, Associate, Mazingira Institute Dr Diana Lee-Smith co-founded Mazingira Institute, which studied Kenyan urban agriculture in 1985 and hosts the Nairobi and Environs Food Security, Agriculture and Livestock Forum (NEFSALF). She was African Coordinator for Urban Harvest in the CGIAR 2002-2005 and co-edited two books, Healthy City Harvests (2008) and African Urban Harvest (2010). Co-Presenter: Barbara Emanuel, Manager, Food Strategy, Toronto Public Health Barbara Emanuel helped develop Cultivating Food Connections: Towards a Healthy and Sustainable Food System for Toronto and develops initiatives that promote a food systems approach. She brings a multi-disciplinary perspective and many years experience in social and public health policy and sees food as a vehicle for realizing numerous city-building goals. Co-Presenter: Kamba Ankunda, Overseas Program Officer, Rooftops Canada Moderator: Luc Mougeot, International Development Researcher
12 NOON1:30 PM 1:30 PM3:00 PM
LUNCH (SCC COURTYARD LOUNGE) CONCURRENT SESSION 4 Lessons Learned from Cuba
This session will address a recent study tour to Havana, Cuba where the participants focused on the urban agriculture model in Cuba. The session will present highlights from this trip and discuss how lessons learned in Cuba can be utilized to facilitate an urban agriculture model within social housing in Ontario. Co-Presenter: Miguel Salcines Lpez, Organoponico Vivero Alamar Co-Presenter: Isis Salcines Milla, Organoponico Vivero Alamar Co-Presenter: Marcela Fresolone, Director of Housing, Evangel Hall Marcela has worked in Latin America and Canada as an educator and community developer. She directs her attention to the interconnected and systemic issues that deter social justice and equitable treatment for many marginalized communities. Food security is her particular passion and she brings this to all the places where she works. Co-Presenter: Larry OConnor, Vice President, Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), Chair, CNE Agriculture/Horticulture Committee With 20 years of elected public life, now a retired politician, Larry has gained a keen understanding of Community Development. Moderator: Mary Roufail, Community Food Animation Coordinator, FoodShare
Transforming of Spaces through Urban Agriculture
Re-Imagining Spaces/Building Community: Urban Gardening in Detroit Urban agriculture is happening all over the city of Detroit for many different reasons and through many different organizations from food justice work, to community building, to education and beautification. We would like to present where and how Lafayette Greens fits into the overall environment of urban agriculture in Detroit. Lafayette Greens is a unique, hybrid greens space that is corporately sponsored but exercises grass-roots practices around growing, education, and outreach. We will present an overview of other projects in the city, the history of the Lafayette Greens project itself, the design and programmatic features of the space, and how we connect and collaborate with other urban farmers. Co-Presenter: Gwen Meyer, Garden Manager, Lafayette Greens, Compuware Corporation Gwen Meyer coordinates Compuwares urban garden project, Lafayette Greens. She manages the garden in the heart of Detroits central business district. She worked with Detroit urban agriculture projects Earthworks Urban Farm and Rising Pheasant Farms. She loves to keep bees, preserve all produce, and spend time outdoors. Co-Presenter: Lindsay Pielack, Urban Garden Program Manager, Greening of Detroit Lindsay Pielack is the Urban Garden Program Manager at The Greening of Detroit. For seven years, she has coordinated new garden development, facilitated resource distribution (including coordination of Detroit's Garden Resource Program), and worked with community members to build connection, leadership and capacity within Detroits urban agriculture community. Urban Farming: The Roots of Greener Cities Food scarcity and food security have become urgent national issues widely discussed, even inside the White House. This concern is generating many innovative approaches among Americans and this session will focus on the urban farm project as an environmental boon to the city using the following as detailed case studies: (Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn and a private residence penthouse in Battery Park City, Manhattan). Additional urban farming projects that will be referred to during the presentation include the Eric Dutt Eco-Center at NYC Public School 6; PS 62R, NYCs first Net Zero Energy school and 510 West 22nd Street, a proposed commercial building adjacent to the Highline in NYC. The presentation will provide an overview of proper layout, soil choices, crop choices, irrigation methods and labor requirements for medium to large scale food production. In addition, the basics of green roof installation techniques, lessons learned on crop choices, productivity numbers and associated costs, marketing of produce/distribution and inputs required for seasonal care will also be discussed. Co-Presenter: Mark Morrison, RLA, FASLA, GRP; President, Mark K Morrison Landscape Architecture PC Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 20
As president of Mark K. Morrison Landscape Architecture P.C. a full service landscape architectural firm, Mark brings to his work nearly 40 years of professional design experience. His green roof projects have ranged from an international trade center in Moscow in 1976, 11 Diagonal Street in Johannesburg in 1983 to a master plan for the United Nations. His work can also be seen in Central Park, Battery Park City, Riverside Park, and Flushing Meadows - Corona Park. A University of Wisconsin graduate, Mark was president of the NY Chapter of the ASLA in 1993/1994 and 1981/1983. He was made a Fellow in 1997 and is certified as a Green Roof Professional. Co-Presenter: Annie Novak, Director, Representing Eagle Street Rooftop Farm Annie Novak is founder and director of Growing Chefs, fieldtofork food education program; the Assistant Manager of the Howell Family Garden for the New York Bo tanical Gardens, and in cofounder and head farmer of the pioneering Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Annie has worked with the CENYC Greenma rket, Slow Food, and Just Food advocating and growing urban agriculture throughout NYC. Her work in agriculture has been featured in New York Magazine, Edible Br ooklyn, WNYC and NPR; and the Martha Stewart Show among other press. Annie has spoken at numerous conferences and organizations on her work in food and farming, including the 2010 ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo, at the Edible Instit ute in Santa Barbara, for Growing Powers NationalInternational Urban Agriculture Conference, the 20102011 Winter Lecture Series for the New York Botanical Garden, and the Young Farmers Conference at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. Annie has interviewed and paneled with food and agriculture writers Joan Gussow, Lisa Hamilton, Katherine Leiner, and Rachel Botsman. Annie writes on her farming experience for TheAtlantic.com. Moderator: Aimee Carson, Manager, Community Development, Evergreen
Growing & Selling World Crops in the City
Growing & Selling World Crops in the City More and more, Ontario farmers are starting to grow food that meets the burgeoning demand amongst new Canadians for world crops crops that are cultural staples and are available here in Canada primarily as imports. Through the work of Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, the World Crops Project and Toronto Public Healths Food Strategy, crops like okra, bottle gourd, Asian eggplant, and tomatillos are now being commercially grown as nearby as North Toronto and are being sold in various ways across the city. In this session, players from key segments of the value-chain will be represented from the farm, to consumer research, to market development. They will share their involvement in the movement to create a local food system that includes ethno-cultural crops. Overall, this session will convey how collaboration, network-building, and connection to community are creating a new opportunity to commercialize production of world crops so that peri-urban farmers can serve a wider range of the citys eaters. Co-Presenter: Emily Van Halem, Coordinator, World Crops Project Emily has been working with a variety of world crops initiatives including the World Crops Project, The Stops Eat Local, Taste Global program, and the Feeding Diversity project at the Toronto Food Strategy. She actively promotes locally grown world crops through various media, market cooking demos, and her recently published guide to world crops, Eat Local, Taste Global. Co-Presenter: Amy Cheng, Farmer, Red Pocket Farm and Fresh City Farms Amy Cheng is a new farmer and owner of Red Pocket Farm. Red Pocket Farm is an urban market garden specializing in Asian vegetables, and operates on land provided by Fresh City Farms at Downsview Park, Toronto. She is also a member farmer with Fresh City Farm, as well as a member of NUAAGs New Urban Farmers food group. Co-Presenter: Dr. Isabelle Lesschave, Research Director-Consumer Insights, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre Dr. Isabelle Lesschaeve leads Vineland's consumer research initiatives that help horticultural products like "world crops" be produced to best meet the consumer demand. She does this by analyzing factors impacting consumer purchasing habits and preferences. Lesschaeve holds a PhD in Food Science specializing in sensory evaluation of foods (University of Burgundy France). Moderator: Jennifer Stevenson, Manager, Ministry of Agriculture Development Branch, OMAFRA
Community Food Centres and Urban Agriculture
In Every Community A Place For Food: The expansion of The Stops Community Food Centre Model In 2010, The Stop began a pilot project to support the creation of two new Community Food Centres based on its successful Toronto model. A new community food centre has now been launched in Perth Ontario, a second in Stratford Ontario will open in September, and additional national partners are now being solicited. At the same time, The Stop is launching a new organization Community Food Centres Canada to oversee this exciting initiative. Join Project Coordinator Elizabeth Fraser to hear about this expansion, and the role of urban agriculture in building community food centres across the country. Presenter: Elizabeth Fraser, Project Coordinator, The Stop Community Food Centre Elizabeth Fraser joined The Stop in 2010 as the Project Coordinator of their replication initiative. Frasers interest in non-profit growth strategies began when she worked with The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, where she focused on examining initiatives that were trying to take successful local models to scale nationally. During her time at The Stop, she helped support the development of two new community food centres, and the creation of Community Food Centres Canada. From Neighbourhood Meals-on-Wheels to Community Food Centre: Lessons Learned from Santropol Roulant Specifically, we are interested in building a food system that is healthy, just and sustainable. As such, our urban agriculture projects are designed to support local and organic agriculture, while assuring that such foods remain accessible to all regardless of socio-economic status, level of mobility or degree of autonomy. From rooftop gardening to peri-urban farming and from urban beekeeping to a new fruit tree sharing project, this presentation will explore the many ways through which this ever-growing organization has succeeded in engaging both young and young at heart in a fresh new approach to food and community. Presenter: Tim Murphy, Director of Sustainability and Urban Agriculture, Santropol Roulant Tim has served as Santropol Roulants Director of Sustainability since 2006, tasked with overseeing the development of its well reputed Urban Agriculture Program. Santropol Roulant is a youth driven not-for-profit organization based in Montreal that uses food as a vehicle to break social and economic isolation between generations and to strengthen and nourish its local community. Moderator: Jordan Edmonds, Architectural Designer, Hilditch Architect
From Victory Gardens to Municipal Food Strategies
From Victory Gardens to Municipal Food Strategies: The Past, Present and Future Of Urban Agriculture Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 21
Co-Presenter: Debbie Field, Executive Director, FoodShare Debbie is the executive director of the award winning non-profit organization, FoodShare Toronto. FoodShare works with multiple communities to improve access to affordable, healthy food through sustainable food programs. FoodShare has launched some of Canadas most successful social enterprises including the Good Food Box, the Toronto Kitchen Incubator, Field to Table Catering, Green Jobs and Student Nutrition programs. Co-Presenter: Wendy Mendes, PhD, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia Wendy Mendes holds a PhD in urban geography from Simon Fraser University. Her research interests are local governance, sustainability, and participatory decisionmaking with a specialization in urban food systems in Canada, the United States, and Latin America. Dr. Mendes is currently Adjunct Professor at the School of Community & Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia; Research Associate at Ryerson University's Centre for Studies in Food Security (Toronto); Instructor in Ryerson University's Certificate in Food Security, and Planner (Urban Food Systems) for the City of Vancouver. Co-Presenter: Galle Janvier, Project Coordinator, Alternatives Galle Javier has a multidisciplinary profile. She has studied environmental design, urban planning and international project management. She also has practical experience in ecological horticulture and permaculture. Since 2007, she has been working at Alternatives on different projects. She has actively contributed to the urban agriculture project of roof gardens, an initiative that encourages citizen participation in the development of new community, edible, and green spaces. In recent years, Galle has coordinated and participated in food security projects in African and Latin American countries and worked for other predominant international NGOs. Moderator: Wally Seccombe, Everdale

Growing the City: Supporting Urban Agriculture at the City of Toronto
Supporting Urban Agriculture In Toronto
During the Urban Agriculture Summit, the GrowTO Urban Agriculture Action Plan will be launched. The Action Plan marks the culmination of dynamic process to identify key opportunities and barriers for growing food in Toronto. Many practitioners, supporters and food system advocates were convened through the GrowTO process: urban farmers and community gardeners; designers and architects; community food activists and entrepreneurs; city staff; environmentalists and social housing professionals. The Action Plan is a result of their work together. Join community collaborators and City staff for a discussion of how to implement the action plan, and the role different groups, individuals, and City Divisions can play to scale up urban agriculture. The session will include brief presentations from each of the panelists, and then ample time for questions and answers. The goal of this session is to promote collaboration and foster better understanding between urban agriculture practitioners and City staff. Panelists: Mark Bekkering, Manager, Implementation & Support, Toronto Environment Office; Barbara Emanuel, Manager, Toronto Food Strategies, Toronto Public Health; Christian Giles, City Planning; Yafit Rokach, Program Standards & Development Officer, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; Michael Wolfson, Food & Beverage Sector Specialist, Economic Development Moderator: Lauren Baker, PhD, Coordinator, Toronto Food Policy Council Discussant: Lorraine Johnson, Author and lead writer of the GrowTO Action Plan
3:15 PM- 4:15 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION 5 Kids and Kale: Learning Gardens for Youth
YES! Its possible to grow rice in New York City The 15,000 sq. ft. Learning Garden on Randalls Island is an organic vegetable garden. Our Urban Farm is an Edible Education Program for New York City school children. Our program is a seed to table program and hands-on education. In 2011 we had the idea to try to build a rice paddy and grow rice. We built the rice paddy using recycled materials found on the island. We bought an $80 solar aerator pump from Amazon. We propagated the rice from seed with kids and adults. The rice grew over the summer and fall months and in late September we cut it, dried it for a month, threshed and winnowed it in a traditional way and in conjunction with a local restaurant cooked the rice with the kids. This is a very DIY project, low cost but BIG satisfaction. Part of what we are trying to do with our Edible Education Program is to teach kids where food comes from. Kids do eat carrots, but they have no idea how they grow. Our kids are from all over the world and rice is the universal food. In this case, we have learned how something grows that we eat almost every day. Co-Presenter: Phyllis Odessey, Director of Horticulture, Randalls Island Park Alliance Phyllis Odessey attended the New York Botanical Garden School of Continuing Education and received a certificate in garden and landscape design. She has had a residential garden design business for 15 years and is Director of Horticulture at Randalls Island Park in NYC. In 2007, Phyllis was awarded the Perennial Plant Association Honor Award for the Waters Edge Garden on Randalls Island. In 2010 Phyllis travelled to the UK and worked in two National Trust Gardens through a fellowship from The Royal Oak Foundation in Sustainable Gardening. In 2011, Phyllis was awarded The Chanticleer Scholarship in Professional Development. She will be going to the University of Sheffield to study urban plant communities with Professor James Hitchmough. Co-Presenter: Eunyoung Sebazco, Horticulture Manager, Randalls Island Park Alliance Eunyoung Sebazco is an award-winning multi-cultural and multi-lingual, licensed landscape architect, who has managed and developed public, private and commercial gardens in Korea, Japan and the United States. She graduated from New York Botanical Garden School of Professional Horticulture. She was awarded the Perennial Plant Association Honor Award for Landscape Design. Eunyoung is Horticulture Manager for Randalls Island Park. Edible School Gardens and the Imagine a Garden In Every School Campaign Green Thumbs Growing Kids, a 12-year-old organization working in partnership with multiple Toronto schools in close proximity, will share our stories of urban food production within an educational context geared to children and youth living in low-income and newcomer communities. As a small grassroots non-profit, we will discuss successes and challenges in working within networks of institutions to provide children and youth with the hands-on experience of producing their own healthy food, and the magic of school gardens for nutrition and environmental learning. As founding members of the Imagine A Garden In Every School Campaign, we will also be presenting about the progress, goals and objectives of this campaign. Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 22
Co-Presenter: Cassie Scott , Operations Manager, Green Thumbs Growing Kids Before coming to Green Thumbs Growing Kids, Cassie worked for 15 years as the Project Director and founder of the Verde Partnership Garden, a acre school food farm in North Richmond, California. Currently she is the Operations Manager at Green Thumbs and is the coordinator for the Imagine A Garden In Every School Campaign. Co-Presenter: Giovanna Capuani, Board Member, Green Thumbs Growing Kids Giovanna Queeto Capuani is a classroom and garden educator who has developed curriculum for food sustainability, and recently reported on food systems instruction at more than 25 schools for Berkeleys Center for Ecoliteracy. Ms. Capuani currently volunteers as Vice President on the Board of Directors for Green Thumbs Growing Kids. Moderator: Beth McMahon, Director, Canadian Organic Growers

The Art of Edible/Medicinal Public Gardens A Presentation on three recent projects which are focused on the integration of edible gardens with public and private venues.
Cutting Edge Design
1. University of California San Francisco, California. + 1 block of medicinal + edible plants within typical urban landscape. 12 foot strips .which surround commercial/ industrial buildings. Of particular interest is the use of permeable surface treatments + no fences to surround the gardens which reflects the philosophy of the University of California, which is a public university which promotes public access to education based on merit not on finances. The construction + technique of the raised beds are both aesthetic + practical... No dog pee!!!! Of particular interest... is the knowledgeable harvesting( @ night )of certain edible plants by immigrant culturesOpuntias/ Rhubarb/ Thai Basil/Rue/Mint/ 2. Arcimboldos Edible Garden. San Francisco Botanic Garden... A Public Edible Garden of Community + Culture for young adults focusing on the educational trifecta of the evidence of potential nourishment from urban horticulture the garden showcases edible plants/art a comprehensive public art installation/ science..the garden as an exterior classroom for the study of plants / hybridization + the relationship of tryptophan, a significant amino acid, to growth. (The paving is the molecular structure of tryptophan...) 3. Narducci Organic Farm...A certified small residential organic farm within the county limits of Napa, California. This garden is unique in the relationships of farm to farmers market... A one mile carbon foot print The Narducci's have created in partnership with local farmers an opportunity for the public to taste unusual heirloom stone fruit which would not be available to market due to the fragility of the fruit skin in shipping. The negligible distance to market allows for the production of unique food products .This is a very interesting farm on multiple levels of partnership + production. Presenter: Topher Delaney, Artist/ Studio Director, T. Delaney Inc - SEAM Studio Topher Delaneys forty year career as an environmental artist has encompassed a wide breadth of projects which focus on the exploration of our cultural interpretations of landscape architecture, public art + the integration within the site spiritual precepts of nature. Her practice, SEAM Studio, has evolved to serves as a venue for the investigation of cultural, social and artistic narratives seamed together to form dynamic physical installations. Ms. Delaneys projects place an emphasis on the integration of physical form with narratives referencing the currency of a sites unique historical, cultural, physical and environmental profiles. The text of the terrain is evidenced in the structure of these narratives, crafted by technical skill and quality of materials to create a site which will be read and interpreted by the general public. Ms. Delaney received her Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley after studying philosophy and cultural anthropology at Barnard College. She has been widely published in numerous periodical + journals in addition to the offering Ten Landscapes: Topher Delaney. Ms. Delaney has received a significant number of awards and honors for her studios installations, which seek to balance the social stratums, the cultural perceptions of art, and the literal pragmatics of a specific site. Moderator: James Kuhns, MetroAg Alliance
Mimicking Nature to Create Urban Agriculture Co-operatives
Social Bio-Mimicry What if bio-mimicry was applied to a social setting such as the urban food sector? Instead of basing our way of working on traditional economic thinking, a cooperative approach based on interrelationships is a strategy that has yet to be applied to urban agriculture on a broad scale. This presentation offers an introduction to this concept, using the NU-AAG model as the lens of how to operate within the urban food system in a bio-dynamic fashion. We will offer clear examples of how the different organisms of the co-op operate in a mutual dependence, much like an eco-system. Co-Presenter: Antonio Gomes, Farmer & Engineer, Urban Crops Inc & NuAAg Antonio holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering as well as permaculture design certificate. In addition he is also certified as a soil consultant. Prior to joining nuaag Antonio worked in space robotics, racecar design, GPS tracking and information management software where he gained several years of research and development experience. Antonio now focuses on developing technologies for farmers which will reduce risk, improve operations and give farmers more time to farm. Currently leads nuaags research and development. Co-Presenter: Eric Rosenkrantz, Owner, Rosenkrantz Sustainable Agriculture Rosenkrantz Sustainable Agriculture (RSA) is a food and farming business focused on the growth and development of a local, sustainable food system in the Greater Toronto Area. By viewing agriculture through a lens of sustainability, RSA is innovating new designs, methods and business models for the modern grower. RSA is a grower of sustainable fruit, vegetables and other farm products for sale to local farmers market, restaurant, CSA members, and institutional customers, grown on near urban farms. Moderator: Hannah Renglich, Local Organic Food Coop
Up Against Goliath: How To Compete Against Giants And Win
Up Against Goliath: How To Compete Against Giants And Win No matter what you farm, you will have to compete against others who have more land and more money with which to compete. You can go up against these goliaths and win the consumer dollars if you have a well-conceived and coordinated strategy. Includes the grand strategy plus ten business strategies with real-life story illustrations. A practical step by step seminar on how small farmers may successfully compete against the giants that dominate the marketplace. Presenter: Michael Olson, Author/Host, Mo Multimedia Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 23
Author: metrofarm: the guide to growing for profit in or near the city / host: nationally syndicated food chain radio show / consultant to agriculture enterprises throughout the world / winner: 2012 farm bureau "friend of agriculture" award Moderator: Reg Nobel, PhD, Academic Coordinator, Ryerson University
Eating Ecologies
Eating Ecologies: Designing Productive Urban Ecosystems This session proposes strategies for expanding urban agriculture by creating productive ecologies that integrate with urban ecosystems. These productive ecologies of corridors, mosaics, nodes and edges developed at the landscape scale have the potential to provide urban edibles (wild edibles as well as weeds, and minimally cultivated systems) with less physical and organizational infrastructure investment, while at the same time promoting multi-functional and healthy urban ecosystems. Using case studies as well as new proposals, the session will outline the methods for 1). Identifying and mapping edible plants and ecological communities, 2). Discovering existing knowledge and cultural practices of gathering urban edibles 3). Responding to issues of toxicity and access, and 4) designing social, spatial and ecological systems that integrate productive ecologies and cultural practices into urban form and processes. Co-Presenter: Matthew Potteiger, Professor, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, State University of New York Matthew Potteiger is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the SUNY, Syracuse where he focuses on the link between food systems and landscape systems. He has studied food system projects in Japan, Brazil, Europe and North America, and is currently working on the food system policy for Syracuse, NY. Co-Presenter: Marla R. Emery, PhD., Research Geographer, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station Marla R. Emery, PhD., is Research Geographer with the United States Forest Service. She is part of an interdisciplinary team researching foraging in U.S. cities including Philadelphia, New York, and Seattle. Dr. Emery leads reporting on subsistence uses of U.S. forests for the Montral Criteria and Indicators Process. Moderator: J. Scott Maclvor, PhD Candidate, York University
Food System Planning
Ad Hoc Food Systems Planning For many planners food systems planning is a new topic. Yet, many cities are making ad hoc planning decisions in response to an increase in demand for healthy, accessible and local foods. This session discusses the how planners are reacting to these demands and gives some recommendations for how planners can be proactive in their approach to the food system. Presenter: Christina Delgado, Research Coordinator; MUP Candidate Cristina is a Masters of Urban Planning candidate at the State University of NY at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning. She works closely with Dr. Samina Raja, PhD, as the Research Coordinator in the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab. Previously, she worked as a Research Analyst at the University of California at San Francisco on pediatric health clinical trials. Cristina focuses on health and sustainability oriented urban planning and research. Some specific areas of interest are: public space, urban growing, urban design for active living at all ages and abilities and contested space. Visit her LinkedIn profile for more information about her past and current work http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cristina-delgado/a/68b/68a. Creating a Toolkit for Community Food Project Development In 2011, a province-wide research team led by Wilfrid Lauriers Alison Blay-Palmer and Guelphs Karen Landman conducted a study of community food projects across Ontario. The results included an analysis of different project models, an assessment of how each one contributes to food system sustainability, and identification of best practices. Based on these results, the research team is creating a toolkit for use by groups interested in developing food projects in their own communities. The goal of the proposed workshop will be to assist in the production of this toolkit. Specifically, participants will be presented with the results of the study, and with initial ideas regarding what the toolkit will look like and what information it will include. They will then have the opportunity to test the draft toolkit, and offer ideas on the kinds of tools they believe would most effectively help interested stakeholders develop effective community food projects. Co-Presenter: Erin Nelson, Research Assistant, University of Guelph Nelson will be graduating from the University of Guelphs Rural Studies PhD Program, where her research focused on local organic farmers markets in Mexico. She has also been involved in a number of community-engaged research projects looking at food security and sustainable food system initiatives in Ontario. Co-Presenter: Ryan Hayhurst, PhD Student, University of Guelph Ryan is currently a PhD student in the University of Guelphs Rural Studies program, conducting research on sustainable food systems in Canada. He also has extensive experience with community food project research, practice and policy in both urban and rural settings. Co-Presenter: Karen Landman, Associate Professor, University of Guelph Co-Presenter: Alison Blay-Palmer, Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University Moderator: Jeff ODonnell, Team lead, Healthy Eating, OMAFRA
4:30 PM5:30 PM
CLOSING PLENARY (ENG SEARS ATRIUM)
Launch of the Urban Agriculture Summit Declaration

Master of Ceremonies - Steven Peck, Founder and President, Green Roofs For Healthy Cities
Steven W. Peck is the founder and President of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. For well over a decade, Mr. Peck has conducted public policy research on a variety of environment and economy issues with a focus on environmental technology transfer and public policy. He is a founding member of the World Green Roof Network that encourages the formation of green roof industry associations throughout the world, and the Green Infrastructure Foundation Ontario Coalition. In 2006, Steven won the Canadian Urban Institute Urban Leadership Award for his efforts to promote 'City Livability'. He has authored or co-authored numerous reports and written extensively on the topic of green roof design, policy and research and has spoken on the subject at conferences throughout North America and internationally. He is an honorary member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and participated on the committee which developed the first and only form of accreditation for those working in the green roof industry, the Green Roof Professional (GRP) designation. Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 24
Wayne Roberts, Canadian Food Policy Analyst and Writer
6:30 PM9:00 PM
SUMMIT CLOSING RECEPTION (The Stop Community Food Centre at Wychwood Barns)
Eat, drink, celebrate, listen, tour, share! Wrapping up several days of exciting programming, delegates will come together to enjoy a fabulously Canadian BBQ showcasing selected seasonal and local ingredients including burgers, corn, salads and a selection of micro-brewed beer. Take a tour of the Edible Roots garden, The Stop greenhouse and other unique aspects of the historic Wychwood Barns venue. Savour a slice of cake - adorned with local fruit - baked by celebrity chef and local food champion Jamie Kennedy. Enjoy the music of local buskers too! Sponsored by Whole Foods, and presented by The Stop Community Food Centre. Featuring Steam Whistle, Black Oak, and Flying Monkey beer
Location: Wychwood Barns, 76 Wychwood Avenue, near Christie St. and St. Clair Ave. West Directions from Ryerson University by TTC (Public Transit): At Dundas Subway station, take the Yonge Line northbound to St. Clair station; head aboveground and board the 512 St Clair Streetcar westbound, exit at Wychwood Farside stop. Walk south to 76 Wychwood Avenue. (Travel time: 20 - 30 mins)
SATURDAY AUGUST 18 RYERSON UNIVERSITY

8:00 AM1:00 PM 12:30 PM4:15 PM
ROOM: ARC 200A
Summit Registration Desks Opens (STUDENT CAMPUS CENTRE) AFTERNOON HALF DAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL TRAINING COURSES & WORKSHOPS (RYERSON UNIVERSITY)
Urban Mushroom Growing Workshop

Marcus Lobb, Coordinator, Concordia City Farm School
Interest in fungi has been growing recently, and many people are realizing that growing them in their apartments and backyards is not only possible, but fun and inexpensive! Mushrooms are magical, and mysterious, as the conditions for which they thrive are often difficult to imitate in the city. This workshop will show two very simple methods for mushroom cultivation that are easy to initiate in an
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urban setting. All participants will also receive the basic ingredients for growing mushrooms to take home with them. The two types of mushrooms that we will focus on will be: Oyster and King Stropharia. Note: If you are interested in taking a mushroom growing kit home with you, then please bring a bag strong enough to hold a few pounds worth of wood chips or straw. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half day workshop on August 18th) ROOM: ARC 300E
Harnessing The Power Of Co-operatives For Urban Agriculture

Hannah Renglich, Animator, Local Organic Food Co-ops Network; Glenn Valliere, Purchasing Manager, Ontario Natural Food Co-op; Peter Cameron, Co-op Development Manager, Ontario Co-op Association
A growing network of food and farm co-operatives are coming together in Ontario in support of innovative models for locally and ecologically produced food. The Metcalf Report Scaling Up Urban Agriculture in Toronto recommended a feasibility study and the formation of an urban growers co-op. This workshop will bring together people interested in forming such a co-op with those wellversed and already involved in local food co-ops within Ontario. Participants will leave equipped with the knowledge, skills, and resources to help them organize an urban agriculture co-operative. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half day workshop on August 18th)
8:30 AM12:30 PM
MORNING HALF DAY TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS
Yes In My Backyard and Urban Fruit Tree Tour

Liz Curran, YIMBY/Global Roots Garden Coordinator, The Stop Community Food Centre; Laura Reinsborough Founder/Director, Not Far From the Tree
Come learn about The Stop Community Food Centres innovative Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY) garden sharing program. YIMBY works to connect gardeners wanting to grow food who dont have the space, to yard owners with space to share. YIMBY also provides a tool lending library, seedlings, a community seed exchange, gardening workshops, and opportunities to connect with other gardeners. See what is growing in some of the backyard gardens in the Wychwood neighbourhood, gardeners will be on hand to show you what theyve been up to and answer questions. Bring water and comfortable shoes! Tour a Toronto neighbourhood for an on-the-ground perspective of innovative food production programs on residential property. At Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street, Barn 4. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half day tour on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
Urban Farm Tour: Black Creek and Fresh City Farm

Gavin Dandy, Farm Director Everdale; Ran Goel, Co-Founder, Fresh City Farm
Visit Fresh City Farms and the new Black Creek Urban Farm site. Learn about how Fresh City is incubating new farmers and bringing city-grown food to their customers. Visit the 8-acre Black Creek farm site in the Jane-Finch community where Everdale is working with FoodShare, AfriCan FoodBasket, Fresh City Farms, York University, Ryerson University, Toronto Region Conservation Authority, and others to launch a community-based farm. This will be an interactive experience. Come prepared to get your hands in the soil and hear your ideas on how the Black Creek farm project can best serve the community. Price: $125 for Delegates and $150 for Non-delegates (Half day tour on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby).
Photo Courtesy of Fresh City Farm
1:00 PM5:00 PM
AFTERNOON HALF DAY TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS
Downtown Eastside: Carrot Commons & Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services
Kimberly Curry, Carrot Green Roof; Lara Mrosovsky, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services
The Carrot Green Roof space invites the community to enjoy learn and participate. This space showcases a wide range of vegetation and innovative practices within its intensive and extensive gardens. The knowledge gathered through our on-line Learning Hub and from the gardens and experimental vertical growing spaces can benefit future projects across the city. Next stop for the tour will be of the Green Roof at Access Point, a Hub of community services including a Community Health Centre (CHC) run by Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services. New in 2011, the Green Roof is becoming an integrated part of health services and programming at the Hub, and we are the only CHC in Ontario to have a Green Roof. We offer a variety of Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 26
gardening programs on the Green Roof with a focus on Food Security and environmental education. The roof includes multicultural herb and vegetable gardens as well demonstrations of various techniques for growing food in small spaces. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half day tour on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
Concrete to Carrots Building Productive School Gardens on Asphalt

Sunday Harrison, Executive Director, Green Thumbs Growing Kids; Cassie Scott, Operation Manager, Green Thumbs Growing Kids
This workshop will give participants exposure to Compressed Earth Blocks, an eco-friendly building material. We will be designing, building and retrofitting on a school ground to use techniques that save water and watering time. Hugelkultur and other wicking types of raised beds will be discussed, in combination with rainwater catchment without a roof. Participants will be involved in the creative process of design as well as the hands-on building of new, productive school food garden beds. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half day off-site workshop on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
The Permaculture Project GTA

Toyin Coker Founder and Director of The Permaculture Project GTA; Jacob Moreland, Occupy Gardens Coordinator; Zora Ignjatovic, Gardener, Permaculturist, & Community Animator
The Permaculture Project GTA invites participants on a critical walk within Toronto, discussing and exploring hands-on permaculture! Join Toyin Coker, Founder and Director of The Permaculture Project GTA, Jacob Moreland, an Occupy Gardens Coordinator, Shantrey, Director of The Living Centre and Zora Ignjatovic, Master Gardener as they take participants through a practical, dynamic, interactive and critical journey around the current, past and future work of permaculture here in Toronto. This walking workshop is an opportunity to really feel permaculture, where one will explore the ways of understanding and of being a leader in this time of huge change and reconnection. Tools and successes of projects will be discussed on the go in Toronto including a visit to a demo site using advanced permaculture approaches. Explore the connections between new leadership, story sharing and artistry as a base of heart-felt collaboration. All this while getting your hands dirty! There will be a dedicated Q&A session and a mind mapping process offered as well, where participants can feel the spirit of collaboration; sharing their collective dreams and values. Come expecting to leave inspired, with more questions and positivity in mind. This workshop will be at the Permaculture GTA Headquarters. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half day off-site workshop on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
Integrative Pest Management For Organic Orchard Trees

Susan Poizner, Founder, Growing for Green; Ray Martinez, Articling Agrologist Specialist in Fruit Tree
Agrologist Ray Martinez outlines the ways you can protect your fruit trees from pests and disease. This workshop covers: Apple Clearwing Moth, Aphids, Leaf Miner, Apple Scab, Black Knot and more. Workshop includes classroom talk and field work in a newly planted orchard of 75 fruit trees. This workshop will be at the 109 Lotherton Pathway Toronto, hosted by Growing for Green in partnership with Green Here. Ray Martinez is a fruit tree specialist who worked in Mexico for 8 years caring for peaches, apricots, apples, bananas, avocados and other trees. He has a special interest in agricultural diseases and integrative pest management. Price: $50 for Delegates and $75 for Non-delegates (Half day off-site workshop on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) provided.
8:30AM 4:15 PM
FULL-DAY TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS (Includes transportation and lunch)
Introduction to Organic Gardening and Permaculture Workshop

Jane Hayes, Founder, Garden Jane
This hands-on workshop introduces permaculture theory and ways to apply it in your home or community garden. Topics: organic gardening basics; permaculture design and practices; working with water; plant guilds (plants that grow well together, help soil tilth and support the larger ecosystem); dynamic accumulators (plants that accumulate nutrients & feed the soil); plants and plant selection; starting new gardens and soil building; cover crops & mulches; composting; humans and other animals; working less for more; diversity gardening. Price: $100 for Delegates and $125 for Non-delegates (Full day off-Site workshop on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Transit fare (return) and lunch provided. Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 27
Exploring Near-Urban Farms On Public Lands

Carolyn Bailey, Urban Agriculture Program Manager, EcoSource & Deanna Coop, MA Candidate, Department of Geography, University of Guelph
Public lands range in use from recreation to green space. This tour will visit the Iceland Teaching Garden in suburban Mississauga, part of large community sports complex and the first urban agriculture teaching space on municipal land in the City. The Mississauga Sustainable Urban Agriculture (MSURA) Project is led by EcoSource in partnership with the Eden Community Food Bank, supported by the City of Mississauga and the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). Through this project we are working to increase access to fresh healthy food in our community, and to connect students and community members with meaningful educational opportunities to learn about sustainable food production in Mississauga. With the loss of agricultural lands, there is support to incorporate public space into the local food system. However, growing on public lands requires new perspectives on the use of green space and often, a shift in policy. In 2008, Toronto and Region Conservation led this change with the release of their sustainable near-urban agriculture policy. Today, this has formed FarmStarts McVean Farm, Albion Hills Community Farm and Rosenkrantz Sustainable Agriculture. Each utilize public lands ranging from 10-acres to 76-acres for sustainable near-urban agriculture production with their own distinctive vision that benefits the local farming system - non-profit social enterprise, training and entrepreneurial support, and sustainable farm modeling. The tour will showcase new models of growing on public land and take participants to three very unique farm models developed in the GTA. Hands-on training and tours will be provided at each site, along with some fresh food sampling. Stop Locations: Iceland Urban Agriculture Demonstration Space Hershey Sportszone Park, Mississauga FarmStart McVean Incubator Farm Clareville Conservation Area, Brampton Albion Hills Community Farm Albion Hills Conservation Area, Caledon Living City Farm Kortright Centre Conservation Area, Vaughan Price: $125 for Delegates and $150 for Non-delegates (Full day tour on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Includes guided tours, presentation and private bus transportation. Lunch provided. .
Courtesy of EcoSource
Growing Food Where Urban And Rural Meets

Katie Burns, Sustainability Coordinator, Town of Markham; Jamie Reaume Executive Director, Holland Marsh Growers Association
The tour will explore urban agriculture in rapidly urbanizing municipalities through an in-depth tour of Markham. Like many municipalities, it has a combination of urban, suburban and rural lands within its boundaries, creating both opportunities and challenges for agriculture. In the past five years interest in food and agriculture has increased significantly in Markham. The result has been a wide-range of new policies and partnerships that will be the focus of the proposed tour. Markhams newly adopted Sustainability Plan includes educating and engaging residents, increasing community food growing opportunities, and working with farmers and food processors. Partnerships with existing and new organizations, including co-tour leads York Region Food Network and Seeds for Change, have led to new and enhanced projects including new community gardens, York Region Community Garden Network, and York Region Food Charter. Locations include: A Seeds for Change garden; York Region Food Networks Markham Community Garden; Markham Museums heritage apple orchard and summer camp learning gardens. In the next tour location, participants will have the opportunity to visit Holland Marsh also known as Ontarios vegetable patch or Canadas Salad Bowl! Holland Marsh is located 50 km North of Toronto. Located in the protected Greenbelt, the Holland Marsh has for decades been considered a crown jewel in agricultural production. With the might of the Marsh behind the local food movement growers anticipate a significant shift in choices for consumers.Having focused traditionally on carrots, onions and celery, we will now build on efforts to diversify crop production to meet a wider demand across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Join Jamie Reaume, Executive Director of the Holland Marsh Growers Association in this exciting tour! Price: $125 for Delegates and $150 for Non-delegates (Full day tour on August 18th) Departing from / returning to Ryerson University (SCC Lobby). Includes guided tours, presentation and private bus transportation. Lunch provided.
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Green Roof Professionals (GRP) can earn up to 12.25 Continuing Education Units (CEU) by attending the Urban Agriculture Summit. Summit Full Delegate Pass
Includes all plenaries and concurrent sessions, trade show (August 16 ), all hospitality (Opening Reception August 15 ; lunch on August 16 & 17 ; th th City Hall Public Reception on August 16 ; Closing Reception August 17 ) Government & For Profit Rate Limited Admission Government & For Profit One Day Delegate Pass (August 16 )
Includes plenary presentation and all concurrent sessions, trade show & lunch on trade show floor, City Hall Public Reception
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$349
Non-profit & Charitable $199
Student $149
Non-profit & Charitable $115 $115
Student $75 $75 Rate $15
$199 $199
One Day Delegate Pass (August 17 )

Includes plenary presentation and all concurrent sessions & lunch
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Trade Show Only (August 16 3-6pm) Special Skills/Training Workshops (space is limited)
Half Day on Wednesday August 15th Delegates Non-Delegates Integrated Water Management for Buildings and Sites (Include resource manual) $175 $199 Make Money as an Urban Farmer with SPIN-Farming (Include resource manual) $175 $199 Season Extension: Cold Frame Design And Building Techniques Course $50 $75 Integrated Urban Homestead $50 $75 Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON, Canada To register go to: www.urbanagsummit.org, Agenda as of August 10, 2012 (subject to change) 29
Compost 101: Growing Power Style With Will Allen Building Municipal Urban Agriculture Policy Change with Erika Allen Introduction to Rooftop Urban Agriculture (Include resource manual) A to Z of Container Gardening Workshop Half Day on Saturday August 18th Urban Mushroom Growing Workshop Harnessing The Power Of Co-operatives For Urban Agriculture
$175 $175 $175 $50 Delegates $50 $50
$199 $199 $199 $75 Non-Delegates $75 $75
Off-site Workshops and Tours (space is limited)

Half Day on Wednesday August 15th Growing Food, Growing Health - Rooftop Garden and Greenhouse Tour Say Yes to School Grown Food: Whole 9 Yards Downtown Financial District Local Food Tour Edible Landscapes in Schools Workshop Half Day on Saturday August 18th Yes In My Backyard and Urban Fruit Tree Tour Urban Farm Tour: Black Creek and Fresh City Farm Downtown Eastside: Carrot Common & Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services Integrative Pest Management For Organic Orchard Trees Concrete to Carrots: Building Raised Beds with Compressed Earth Block The Permaculture Project GTA Full Day on August 18th Introduction to Organic Gardening and Permaculture Workshop Exploring Near-Urban Farms on Public Lands Growing Food Where Urban And Rural Meets
Delegates $50 $50 $50 $50 Delegates $50 $125 $50 $50 $50 $50 Delegates $100 $125 $125
Non-Delegates $75 $75 $75 $75 Non-Delegates $75 $150 $75 $75 $75 $75 Non-Delegates $125 $150 $150
All prices are in Canadian dollars. Note: Deadline for on-line registration will close at 5 pm (EST) on Monday August 13th to allow organizers to best plan food preparation. We encourage you to Register online in advance! Registration will be available on-site and the cost to register on-site for delegate passes will include a 10% surcharge. Cancellations must be submitted via web site prior to July 24, 2012. A 25% administrative charge applies. After July 24, only substitutions will be allowed.
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DETAILED SUMMIT AGENDA

As of August 10, 2012 (subject to change without notice) Co-Hosts

For more information and to register please go to: www.urbanagsummit.org

Thank you to our sponsors: Gold Sponsors

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 RYERSON UNIVERSTY

8:30 AM12 NOON

Integrated Water Management for Buildings and Sites

Room: ARC 300E

Make Money as an Urban Farmer with SPIN-Farming

Room: ARC 202

Room: ARC 400H

Season Extension: Cold Frame Design And Building Techniques

Room: ARC 200A

Integrated Urban Homestead

Compost 101: Growing Power Style

Building Municipal Urban Agriculture Policy Change

Room: ARC 200A

Introduction to Rooftop Agriculture Course

Room: ARC 202

Room: ARC 400H

A to Z of Container Gardening Workshop

MORNING - HALF DAY TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS

Growing Food, Growing Health Rooftop Garden and Greenhouse Tour

Say Yes to School Grown Food: Whole 9 Yards

Bendale B.T.I. field. Photo courtesy of Meredith Hayes

HALF DAY TOURS AND OFF-SITE WORKSHOPS

Edible Landscapes in Schools Workshop

By TTC (Public Transit):

THURSDAY AUGUST 16 URBAN AGRICULTURE SUMMIT

Master of Ceremonies: Debbie Field, Executive Director, FoodShare

Dr. Fiona Yeudall, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University

Joe Lobko, OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP BD+C, Partner, DTAH

Will Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Growing Power

10:00 AM10:30 AM 10:30 AM12 NOON

COFFEE BREAK CONCURRENT SESSION 1

DESIGN & INFRASTRUCTURE

HOW TO, SKILLS, & TECHNOLOGY

ECOLOGY & LANDSCAPE

PLANNING & POLICY

SESSION 1: COMMUNITY BUILDING & SOCIAL HOUSING

Training New Farmers

SESSION 1: DESIGN & INFRASTRUCTURE

SESSION 1: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

How Are Developers Supporting Agriculture?

SESSION 1: HOW TO, SKILLS, & TECHNOLOGY

Rooftop Food Production

SESSION 1: ECOLOGY & LANDSCAPE

Closing the Loop

SESSION 1: PLANNING & POLICY

Best Practices from Chicago Paris, London and New York

TRADE SHOW (SCC115 ALUMNI ROOM)

Trade Show / Summit Exhibition

12 NOON2:30 PM 2:45 PM3:45 PM

CONCURRENT SESSION 2 Social Housing and Food Production

SESSION 2: COMMUNITY BUILDING & SOCIAL HOUSING

SESSION 2: DESIGN & INFRASTRUCTURE

Emerging Production Landscapes

SESSION 2: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Community Development and Social Enterprise

SESSION 2: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Commercial Rooftop Urban Agriculture

SESSION 2: HOW TO, SKILLS, & TECHNOLOGY

Animals in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture