From joenasr at sympatico.ca Tue Dec 12 12:07:25 2023 From: joenasr at sympatico.ca (Joe Nasr) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] online urban agriculture and food security courses Message-ID: <297f02a1.1c3.18c5fa43207.Webtop.45@sympatico.ca> Greetings, ? Please share this information with anyone who may be interested in online courses on urban agriculture and food security (I will be teaching the second course). Sorry for any cross-posting. Joe?? ? ------------ ? Are you seeking a deeper understanding of urban agriculture and sustainable cities? ? CVFN 411 Dimensions of Urban Agriculture ? ? In this fully online course, you'll explore the roles, benefits, and potential risks of urban agriculture from the perspectives of health and food security, economics, the environment, and socio-cultural issues.? Readings, videos, and online discussion will link to current topics in both the Global North and South, including analyses of power and privilege, Indigenous issues, and the COVID pandemic. ? Course starts January 15, 2024.??CVFN 411 is part of the four-course Urban Agriculture Certificate Program ?at Toronto Metropolitan University. ? Also offered this winter: ? If you have a particular interest in urban food systems and food security, the Chang School is also offering?CFNY 408 ? Urban Food Security ?in Winter 2024, as part of TMU's Food Security Certificate. Over half of the world?s population now lives in cities. So, ensuring safe and affordable food for urban populations is a real challenge even for advanced industrial economies, and even worse for developing countries where resources are limited and poverty rates exceed 50 percent. The?recently revised?course will examine the unique challenges of creating food security in urban areas, and responses to these challenges. ? To register for CFNY 408, contact Reg Noble (Academic Coordinator) at?food@torontomu.ca . ? --? ? Joe Nasr jnasr@torontomu.ca / joenasr@sympatico.ca ? ? ? Due to a change in the name of our university, my Ryerson email address has changed to jnasr@torontomu.ca . ? ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joenasr at sympatico.ca Tue Dec 12 12:24:00 2023 From: joenasr at sympatico.ca (Joe Nasr) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference - Belgium - June 2024 Message-ID: <6bc745aa.23c.18c5fb362b3.Webtop.45@sympatico.ca> Some of you who might interested in this conference (and in spending a few days in Belgium in June). Joe Nasr ? *** Apologies for cross posting *** Dear All, ? We are happy to announce the forthcoming?XI AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference ?Building Movement, Achieving Transformation?. The conference will be held in?Brussels and Ghent?(Belgium), from the?19th?to 22th?of June 2024. As part of the Associations of European Schools of Planning, the AESOP Sustainable Food Planning group is a diverse community of scholars engaged with the challenges of food system change towards greater sustainability and justice, particularly observing the role of planning and urbanism in these endeavors.? In particular, the XI AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference asks how sustainable food planning can become more embedded into socially innovative and transformative movements. How can we strategically support the multiple communities imagining alternative futures? How can we mobilize around the sustainable transformation of food systems? How can we start from the farmers? perspectives in that endeavor? What can design contribute? Proposals for either?papers or special sessions?are welcome on the following key thematic axes: 1_Spatial planning, soil and the land question 2_A food system lens on architecture, urban planning and design 3_Innovative governance and policy frameworks 4_Socio-ecologically just food systems 5_The challenge of movement building ? Please see attached the extended call for abstracts for a more extensive description of the content and other details.? The deadline for abstracts?submission is the 15th?of January 2024. JOIN US AND SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT?HERE ?(http://bit.ly/Aesopsfp2024 ) We would appreciate if you would share this call with your colleagues, and other professional connections, networks, and partners of research and innovation projects. We are looking forward to your participation! For any question, email us at:?Aesopsfp2024@gmail.com ?? Kind Regards, On behalf of the AESOP SFP organizing team, Prof. Michiel Dehaene, University of Ghent Prof. Elke Vanempten, ILVO-Flanders research institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food & VUB-Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research Dr. Alessandra Manganelli, HafenCity University Hamburg https://aesopsfp.wordpress.com/conference2024/ -- ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sibella at sagecenter.org Tue Dec 12 12:33:07 2023 From: sibella at sagecenter.org (Sibella Kraus) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference - Belgium - June 2024 In-Reply-To: <6bc745aa.23c.18c5fb362b3.Webtop.45@sympatico.ca> References: <6bc745aa.23c.18c5fb362b3.Webtop.45@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: Lets track this. S On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 12:28?PM Joe Nasr wrote: > Some of you who might interested in this conference (and in spending a few > days in Belgium in June). > > Joe Nasr > > > *** > Apologies for cross posting > > *** > > Dear All, > > > We are happy to announce the forthcoming *XI AESOP Sustainable Food > Planning Conference ?Building Movement, Achieving Transformation?*. The > conference will be held in *Brussels and Ghent* (Belgium), from the *19th to > 22th of June 2024*. > > As part of the Associations of European Schools of Planning, the AESOP > Sustainable Food Planning group is a diverse community of scholars engaged > with the challenges of food system change towards greater sustainability > and justice, particularly observing the role of planning and urbanism in > these endeavors. > > In particular*, the XI AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference asks > how sustainable food planning can become more embedded into socially > innovative and transformative movements. How can we strategically support > the multiple communities imagining alternative futures? How can we mobilize > around the sustainable transformation of food systems? How can we start > from the farmers? perspectives in that endeavor? What can design > contribute?* > > Proposals for either *papers or special sessions* are welcome on the > following key thematic axes: > > 1_Spatial planning, soil and the land question > > 2_A food system lens on architecture, urban planning and design > > 3_Innovative governance and policy frameworks > > 4_Socio-ecologically just food systems > > 5_The challenge of movement building > > > > Please see attached the extended call for abstracts for a more extensive > description of the content and other details. > > *The deadline for abstracts* *submission is the 15th of January 2024.* > > *JOIN US AND SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT **HERE* ( > http://bit.ly/Aesopsfp2024) > > We would appreciate if you would share this call with your colleagues, and > other professional connections, networks, and partners of research and > innovation projects. > > We are looking forward to your participation! > > *For any question, email us at: **Aesopsfp2024@gmail.com* > > > > Kind Regards, > On behalf of the AESOP SFP organizing team, > > Prof. Michiel Dehaene, University of Ghent > Prof. Elke Vanempten, ILVO-Flanders research institute for Agriculture, > Fisheries and Food & VUB-Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research > Dr. Alessandra Manganelli, HafenCity University Hamburg > > https://aesopsfp.wordpress.com/conference2024/ > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > Foodplanning mailing list > Foodplanning@u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/foodplanning > -- Sibella Kraus Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Suite 320 Berkeley, CA 94704 Office 510-526-1793 #3 Mobile 510-928-2927 www.sagecenter.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jnasr at torontomu.ca Mon Dec 11 14:24:22 2023 From: jnasr at torontomu.ca (Joe Nasr) Date: Sun Mar 17 22:50:42 2024 Subject: [Foodplanning] urban agriculture and food security courses Message-ID: Greetings, Please share this information with anyone who may be interested in online courses on urban agriculture and food security (I will be teaching the second course). Sorry for any cross-posting. Joe *------------* *Are you seeking a deeper understanding of urban agriculture and sustainable cities?* *CVFN 411 Dimensions of Urban Agriculture* In this fully online course, you'll explore the roles, benefits, and potential risks of urban agriculture from the perspectives of health and food security, economics, the environment, and socio-cultural issues. Readings, videos, and online discussion will link to current topics in both the Global North and South, including analyses of power and privilege, Indigenous issues, and the COVID pandemic. *Course starts January 15, 2024. CVFN 411 is part of the four-course **Urban Agriculture Certificate Program* at Toronto Metropolitan University*.* *Also offered this winter:* If you have a particular interest in urban food systems and food security, the Chang School is also offering CFNY 408 ? Urban Food Security in Winter 2024, as part of TMU's Food Security Certificate. Over half of the world?s population now lives in cities. So, ensuring safe and affordable food for urban populations is a real challenge even for advanced industrial economies, and even worse for developing countries where resources are limited and poverty rates exceed 50 percent. The recently revised course will examine the unique challenges of creating food security in urban areas, and responses to these challenges. To register for CFNY 408, contact Reg Noble (Academic Coordinator) at food@torontomu.ca. -- Joe Nasr jnasr@torontomu.ca / joenasr@sympatico.ca Due to a change in the name of our university, my Ryerson email address has changed to jnasr@torontomu.ca. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: