Events

Green Matters: Urban Farming Pioneers Symposium

February 24, 2012 — 8:30am - 4:00pm

Location: Brookside Gardens Visitor Center Auditorium, Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902

Join Montgomery Parks at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland  for Green Matters: Urban Farming Pioneers, a symposium highlighting innovative approaches to feeding the world’s population.

Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will speak about the USDA's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF2) initiative.

Additional featured speakers include:
• Dickson Despommier, Columbia University professor and author of The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
• Darrin Nordahl, landscape architect and author of Public Produce,
• Jeff Semler, University of Maryland SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education) Coordinator
• Ben Flanner, Head Farmer/CEO and co-founder of the Brooklyn Grange this year’s Green Matters will kindle your inner urban farmer and entice you to think about food production in wholly different ways.


Fee: $89 includes lunch. Join us for a Happy Hour immediately following the symposium for just $15 more. This is a great opportunity to continue mingling with other like-minded folks. We are also offering this symposium as a webinar for only $45, Course # 193149. Registration required at www.ParkPASS.org; Brookside Gardens Visitors Center Auditorium Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902.

Visit www.BrooksideGreen.org for more information or call 301-962-1400.