March 17, 2013 - 5:00pm to 10:00pm
seed swap • community organizations • seed vendors • crafts for kids • gardening book/magazine exchange • seedy cafe
Speakers
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11:30am-12:20pm Food and the City: urban agriculture around the world in 50 slides
Jennifer Cockrall-King is an Edmonton writer and author of Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution. She travelled to five countries and dozens of cities which are at the forefront of putting food production at the centre of their urban environments while writing her book. Join her for a gorgeous garden-hopping slideshow to visit urban farms, community gardens and urban agriculture projects from Paris, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Cuba, Chicago and Detroit. - 12:30pm-1:20pm Shoulder Season Gardening & Urban Farming with Kevin Kossowan
- 1:30pm-2:20pm Permaculture,Gardening, and Societal Change with Jordan Wilson
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2:30pm-4:00pm Multicultural Intergenerational Gardening Panel
Kathryn Gwun-Yee Lennon will talk about community building through gardening and will be joined by Francisco Huezo of the Wecan Community Garden and Jesus Meija from Generations Gardening and Growing Together.
Free admission/by donation
Location
Alberta Avenue Community Hall
9210 118 Avenue NW
Edmonton
, AB
See map: Google Maps