Urban Agriculture

For the Greener Good

Video from the National Building Museum

Presenter(s): Josh Viertel, Liz Falk, Steve Cohen,Allison Arieff (moderator)
Date Recorded: January 26, 2010
Duration: 01:26:11
Sponsored by: The Home Depot Foundation

Listen to a panel of experts discuss the ecological impact of how we grow our food and how urban agriculture has the potential to reclaim unused land in cities. The panel included Josh Viertel, president, Slow Food USA; Liz Falk, director and co-Founder, Washington D.C. based Common Good City Farm; Steve Cohen, food policy and programs, Portland Oregon’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability; and moderator Allison Arieff, Food and Shelter Ambassador, GOOD and “By Design” columnist, The New York Times.

Urban Agriculture from National Building Museum.

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Learn more about the presenters:

• Josh Viertel
• Liz Falk
• Steve Cohen
• Allison Arieff

Additional information and background can be found on these sites:

• Common Good City Farm: http://commongoodcityfarm.org/
• Slow Food USA: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/
•  Pavement to Parks (article by Allison Arieff): http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/pavement-to-parks/
• City of Portland, OR Bureau of Planning and Sustainability: http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm
• Green Roofs in DC: http://www.anacostiaws.org/

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