As mentioned in previous posts on the Rural Sociology weblog, an international conference entitled ‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society’ will be held from 1 to 4 April 2012 in Wageningen. A whole range of different topics and research findings will be presented and discussed in 20 different working groups, including a variety of food themes such as [...]
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Die Produktive Stadt / Carrot City – Designing for Urban Agriculture
Carrot City is a traveling exhibit that shows how the design of buildings and cities can enable the production of food in the city. It explores the relationships between design and urban food systems as well as the impact that agricultural issues have on the design of urban spaces and buildings. The focus is on how [...]
Street food – New discussion on FSN Forum
An interesting discussion forum about issues of food security and nutrition is the FSN forum hosted by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN. In the past years many topics relevant to PUREFOOD and FOODLINKS have been discussed, such as the ones on ‘Public procurement of agricultural good’, ‘Food, agriculture & cities’, ‘Climate change [...]
Podcast: Food and Public Space in a Global City
This conference may be of interest; speakers include Carolyn Steel, Paul Smyth, Martin Caraher, and Ben Reynolds. The podcast, audio files, and program outline are linked below. Event Date: 21 May 2011 Birkbeck, University of London Torrington Square, Bloomsbury London WC1E 7HX Food and Public Space in a Global City – Podcast [...]
How food shapes our cities
Watch the Ted talk of Carolyn Steel, one of our bloggers.
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Toni Massanés: Molt bo, Leah!...
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Dorte Ruge: Hello everybody !
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Leah Ashe: Thanks, Jess. First: Since I know you enjoy a good...
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Henk Renting: Thanks, Jessica and also Maria for your additional...
