The 2022 Urban Food Systems Symposium registration is now open! This event will be in Kansas City, MO on September 26-28, 2022.
The goal is to share knowledge on urban agricultural production, local food systems distribution, urban farmer education, urban ag policy, planning and development, food access and justice, and food sovereignty.
Learn more about this event and registration at www.urbanfoodsystemssymposium.org/.
Save the date for the 2022 Urban Food System Symposium! This event will be September 26-29, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri.
This symposium will bring together a national and international audience of academic and research-oriented professionals to share and gain knowledge on how we can build coalitions to adapt to this changing world and how urban food systems contribute to these solutions.
Learn more about this event at www.urbanfoodsystemssymposium.org/.
The global pandemic has exposed numerous vulnerabilities and racial inequalities in our food system. Join the Urban Food Systems program for a virtual and interactive workshop, on November 18, 2020, 10:30am-1:30pm CDT, and learn how food policy councils can refocus their missions and take long term actions to promote more resilient and equitable local food systems. Presenters include:
Mark Winne—expert on food and hunger issues, community food assessment, and food policy
Winona Bynum—Director of the Detroit Food Policy Council
Beth Low-Smith—Vice President, Policy at KC Healthy Kids/ Director of Greater KC Food Policy Coalitions
Misty Jimerson—Health Educator for Thomas County Health Department & Northwest Kansas Food Policy Council
More details to come!
The 2020 Urban Food System Symposium will be held virtually each Wednesday in October 2020.
The goal is to share knowledge on urban agricultural production, local food systems distribution, urban farmer education, urban ag policy, planning and development, food access and justice, and food sovereignty. Topics include nutrition and food security, climate change, food production, and more.
Registration is now open! Learn more about this event at www.urbanfoodsystemssymposium.org/.
The 2020 Urban Food Systems Symposium will be held virtually. Our goal is to bring together a national and international audience of academic and research-oriented professionals to share and gain knowledge on urban food systems and the role they play in global food security. This symposium includes knowledge on: urban agricultural production, local food systems distribution, climate change, nutrition, urban farmer education, urban ag policy, planning and development, food access and justice, and food sovereignty.
Symposium information and registration.
The UFSS will be on Wednesdays in October.
The 2018 Urban Food Systems Symposium will be held August 8-11 at The Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis, MN.
Our goal is to bring together a national and international audience of academic and research-oriented professionals to share and gain knowledge on urban food systems and the role they play in global food security. This symposium includes knowledge on: urban agricultural production, local food systems distribution, urban farmer education, urban ag policy, planning and development, food access and justice, and food sovereignty.
For more information and upcoming registration, go to www.urbanfoodsystemssymposium.org/