March 15, 2012: Urban Agriculture and Food System Planning

March 15, 2012: Urban Agriculture and Food System Planning

At this session, we explored why urban agriculture is important from both an economic and health standpoint, how it is defined, and how communities across the country are modifying their policies to allow for it and in many cases, encourage it. In addition, we heard how regions across the country are developing food system plans to interconnect activities that get food from the farm (or backyard) to the plate: including growing, processing, preparing, buying and disposing of food.

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