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Sustainable Regional Food Systems Workshop Videos

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From June 25-27 the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems hosted an international workshop of researchers from the UK, Germany, South Africa, the US and CAnada, all associated with the Centre.

On June 26, many of these researchers presented their work at a public forum entitled “Sustainable Regional Food Systems”. The videos are available at the links below.
SRFS Workshop Panel 1: Flows of people, knowledge and resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l92RbpUDt2Q

SRFS Workshop Panel 2: Social Dimensions of Regional Food Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSGzS7Ifavc

SRFS Workshop Panel 3: Activating for change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MACuBhBrZnc

SRFS Workshop Panel 4: Sustainable Regional Food Systems: Policy and Planning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxgljrt1A7U

Sustainable Regional Food Systems Workshop: Theory, Practice and Policy

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Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems

Thursday, 26 June 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Waterloo, ON

Hosted by the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, this workshop brings together international academics, practitioners, and policy makers to share on-going research and policy initiatives. The workshop is SOLD OUT!

SCHEDULE

8:30 – 9:00 – Registration & Welcome
9:00 – 10:30

FLOWS OF PEOPLE, KNOWLEDGE & RESOURCES

Discussant: Terry Marsden, Director, Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University 

 Rich Pirog, Senior Associate Director, Michigan State University, Centre for Regional Food Systems

The Michigan Good Food Charter: Using networks to create change in the food system
Juliane Brandt, Christoph Kasper and Undine Giseke, Technical University, Berlin

Urban agriculture as an integrated planning strategy – a productive green infrastructure for Casablanca
Andrew Spring, PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Joe Hanlon, Sahtú Renewable Resources Board

Food security in the Sahtú Region, NWT
Charles Levkoe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilfrid Laurier University

The food movement in Canada: A social movement network perspective

10:30 – 10:45 – Networking Break
10:45 – 12:15

SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS

Discussant: Cornelia Flora, Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University

 Damien Conaré, UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, Montpellier SupAgro

Emerging linkages in global food studies: A UNESCO Chair perspective
Peter Andree and Patricia Ballamingie, Carleton University, and Carolyn Doris

Challenges at the intersection of food and housing security with fair wages for farmers
Molly Anderson, Partridge Chair in Food and Sustainable Agriculture Systems, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine

Fostering food security through sustainable regional food system visions
Erin Nelson and Karen Landman, University of Guelph

Alternative agri-food initiatives and social capital: Learnings from Ontario and Mexico

12:15 – 1:30 – Networking Lunch
1:30 – 2:45

ACTIVATING FOR CHANGE

Discussant: Laurette Dube, Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University

 Connie Nelson and Mirella Stroink, Lakehead University, and community partner

Crowd sourcing and sustainable food system projects
Irena Knezevic, Research Associate, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Su Morin and Linda Best

Innovative food initiatives in Atlantic Canada
Lori Stahlbrand, PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier University

Institutional local sustainable food procurement: Building capacity

2:45 – 3:00 – Networking Break
3:00 – 4:30

SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS: POLICY AND PLANNING

Discussant: Wayne Roberts, Food Policy Consultant, Retired Toronto Food Policy Council Manager

 Phil Mount, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilfrid Laurier University

Supply management and local food: Solving chicken and egg riddles
Jill Clarke, Assistant Professor, John Glenn School of Public Policy, Ohio State University

Integrating sustainable food systems into planning
Samina Raja, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo

Planning for food: Insights from the Healthy Communities Lab
Jane Battersby-Lennard, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town

Everyone’s problem, no-one’s mandate: Working towards an urban food systems approach in Cape Town, South Africa 

4:30 – 5:00 – Closing

Sustainable Regional Food Systems Workshop

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Theory, Practice and Policy

Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems

JOIN THE WORKSHOP! RSVP REQUIRED!

Thursday, June 26, 2014

9:00 AM to 4:30 PM (EDT)

Balsillie School of International Affairs
67 Erb St W
Waterloo, ON, Canada

Hosted by the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, this workshop brings together international academics, practitioners, and policy makers to share on-going research and policy initiatives. The workshop is free but you must RSVP as the seating is limited.

Confirmed speakers include: Molly Anderson, Peter Andree, Patricia Ballamingie, Linda Best, Alison Blay-Palmer, Jill Clark, Damien Conare, Laurette Dube, Cornelia Flora, Irena Knezevic, Karen Landman, Charles Levkoe, Terry Marsden, Su Morin, Phil Mount, Connie Nelson, Erin Nelson, Rich Pirog, Samina Raja, Wayne Roberts, Andrew Spring, Lori Stahlbrand, and more to come. Complete schedule will be available in the coming weeks.

Please note that lunch is not provided, but there are three cafes in, or nearby, the venue.

Have questions about Sustainable Regional Food Systems Workshop: Theory, Practice and Policy?

Contact Erin Nelson, coordinator of the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems:  enelson @ uoguelph.ca