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Farming on the Edge
Goals:
• Consolidate Berkeley expertise in Sustainable Food in all its meanings
• Bring in international experts for cross-collaborative learning
• Create an infrastructure to facilitate research and graduate education
Proposed Event
• Fall 2012• 1.5 days (?)• weekend (?), Friday/Saturday (?)• post event fund-raising dinner
A List of Starting ThemesSymposium Themes • Food Systems in Transition: Energy and Resource Limits in the 21st Century • Farming on the Edge: Urban Agriculture • Farming without Oil: Lessons from Traditional Agricultural Systems • Empty Seas: The Exploitation of Global Fisheries • Eating Wildlife: The Economics and Policies Affecting Bushmeat Consumption • Thinking About What We Eat: Formal and Public Education on Food • The Disappearing Landscape: Preserving and Sustaining Farmland • Legislating Change: Toward a Sustainable Farm Policy
• The Business Perspective
Some Suggested Participants
• Olivier De Schutter• Tony Weiss• Ivette Perfecto and John VanderMeer• Peter Rosset • Steve Gliessman