Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges
March 13th, 2010, 1:34 pm
Landscape Architecture specialist Karen Landman will present “Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges” to the public at 7pm on Thursday March 18 at the University of Windsor.
Ms. Landman will address the opportunities and challenges of sustainable living through urban food production while discussing urban agriculture, land stewardship, food systems and urban ‘greening’ projects in other communities.
A professor in Landscape Architecture at the School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph has a background in landscape architecture, planning and development, and cultural geography. Landman has had a design practice for over 20 years, specializing in planting design. In 2007, she was the recipient of the Ontario Agriculture College Distinguished Professor Award. Her current research interests include green infrastructure, urban agriculture, local food systems, urban to rural linkages, community landscape-stewardship planning, and especially the linkages between design and planning.
Event:
- Thursday March 18th
- 7- 9pm
- Room 115
- School of Visual Arts, LeBel Building
- University Of Windsor
(South West Corner of Huron Church Road and College Ave.)
All students and community members are encouraged to attend this event to gain valuable insight into establishing Urban Agricultural Projects for our West Windsor community.
This event is hosted by University of Windsor, Green Corridor in support of the Campus Community Garden Project.
Urban Argriculture Gets Down to Business
March 11th, 2010, 7:18 pm
karen landman The Urban Agriculture Group has been up to no good once again. After meeting with Rod to discuss the further details to how involved our partnerships with the other resources outside of the group are and how important it is to solidify a strong relationship with them. We have also been diligently working on a press release for Rod about the Urban Agriculture opportunities and challenges and also a promotional poster to advertise a presentation with Karen Landman. Karen has a background in landscape architecture, planning and development, and cultural geography. She has had a design practice for over 20 years, specializing in planting design. , she has been a full-time faculty member in Landscape Architecture at the School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph.
Karen will be presenting Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges in the Lebel Visual Arts Building, Room 115 on Thursday March 18 at 7pm to 9 pm. This meeting will be an intriguing discussion that will provide all attendees with an immense insight into the various aspects of Urban Agriculture and the benefits and difficulties associated with it. All students and community members are invited to join in on the discussion.
Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges
March 4th, 2010, 10:03 pm
After a very successful midterm presentation, the Urban Agriculture group has taken a step back and reviewed the objectives that we laid out at the beginning of the semester. Taking into account both the suggestions and critiques that were expressed during the discussion of our progress, the Urban agriculture group has formulated some new initiatives and directions that the group will proceed towards.
One of the new initiatives that the Urban Agriculture group is undertaking with the assistance of Rod and a few other vital partners is organizing the talk that Karen Landman is going to be leading. The title of this talk is Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges. This event will be taking place in the Lebel Visual Arts Building, Room 115 on Thursday March 18 at 7pm to 9 pm. This talk will be an intriguing discussion that will provide all attendees with an immense insight into the various aspects of Urban Agriculture and the benefits and difficulties associated with it. Keep tuned in for further details on this event.
