Garden Cities: Urban Ag in the Garden State Conference Information
March 2015
Urban Agriculture
Ag In The City Conference
Newark NJ
The sold out event included
panel speakers:
Karen Washington of Let’s Get
Farming
Have a listen to my
conversation with Karen.
Mary Seton Corboy of
Greensgrow Philly
Laura Lawson Professor and
Chair of the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
The event was coordinated by
the newly created Ag In The City non-profit located on State St. in Trenton NJ.
The importance of food is
never under debate as it shouldn’t be, however there is a long history and a
number of growing efforts to educate the populous about access to food.
Urban areas are often called
“food deserts” because they have limited access to foods such as fresh fruits
and vegetables. This debate will
continue as many players voice opinions about the hierarchy of food not to
mention the merchants and the economy of food.
The Isles organization with
over 30 years of experience has a database of over 50 gardens in New Jersey’s
capital city including school, share and community gardens.
In short Urban Agriculture is
growing fruits, herbs and vegetables as well as raising animals in cities. So much more information is available on the Internet
have a look at these links.
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/county/quickinfo.asp?Mercerhttp://magazine.good.is/articles/five-reasons-why-urban-farming-is-the-most-important-movement-of-our-time
New Jersey is called the
Garden State and conferences like this are fine examples of the efforts of many
from various backgrounds taking an active approach to address a fundamental
need, FOOD.