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Transcript of GEOG 346: Day 16 Urban Agriculture. Housekeeping Items O Field trip assignments due today. O We have...
Housekeeping ItemsO Field trip assignments due today.O We have a special guest today –
Stephen from Nanaimo Foodshare, who will discuss the various program the organization has relating to urban agriculture here in Nanaimo. Within my somewhat limited experience, I can say that it is one of most advanced groups of its kind in Canada.
Urban Agriculture and Agricultural Urbanism
O I hope you read the excerpt from LeSalle and Holland. There are a number of issues relating to urban agriculture, many of which Stephen addressed:• Food security (including greater regional
self—sufficiency);• Access to safe, healthy food (problem of
“food deserts” and lack of control over what is on the shelf of food stores);
• Maintaining the viability of farming and farmers and preserving farmland from conflicting land uses.