Sustainable Food Planning

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 14:01

On October 9 and 10, 2009 the first AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference has been held in Almere, The Netherlands. The conference is an initiative of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), the Wageningen University in the Netherlands and ISOMUL. The meeting marked the launch of a new AESOP working group on food and planning. A group of 55 leading scholars, practitioners and politicians in the field of food in urban and regional planning gathered at the urban estate De Kemphaan in Almere.

Program

Participants

Presentations

Mr Henk Mulder
Including food and agriculture in urban planning: The Almere approach
Prof. Han Wiskerke
An integrated and territorial perspective on food studies, policy and planning
Mr. Henk de ZeeuwFeeding the city: Practices, challenges and lessons from developing countries
Prof. Gianluca Brunori
Reconnecting consumers and producers: Dynamics, diversity and potentials of alternative food networks
Dr Roberta Sonnino
Urban food and public spaces: Planning for security and sustainability
Dr Marin Caraher
Food and the city: The links between food, public health and sustainable urban development
Mrs. Lenie Dwarshuis
Food and agriculture in Europe's peri-urban regions
Dr. Nevin Cohen
The practice of food planning in New York City
Mr. Bart Pijnenburg
Amsterdam's food strategy ("Proeftuin Amsterdam")
Prof. Jerry KaufmanIncluding food in planning studies and planning practices: Experiences from the USA


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