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Urban Agriculture Symposium a First for Guelph
November 13, 2009
Academics, municipal planners, community activists, gardeners and farmers will gather at the University of Guelph next week to cultivate connections between city-dwellers and the food on their tables by encouraging farming in urban areas.
Opportunities for Action: An Urban Agriculture Symposium is a first for Guelph and takes place November 20 at the Arboretum. Hosted by the University and several local partners, including the Backyard Bounty project, the all-day event aims to explore key issues and help people make connections to advance the urban agriculture movement.
The symposium kicks off with a keynote presentation by Karen Landman, a landscape architecture professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Landman will discuss her recent tour of urban agriculture projects across the western United States and Canada.
