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Urban Agriculture and Edible Landscapes

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (CT)

St. Louis,

Urban Agriculture and Edible Landscapes

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Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
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Full-Time Student Ended $0.00 $0.00
Non-Member Ended $20.00 $0.00

Event Details

Urban Agriculture and Edible Landscapes

Presented by the U.S. Green Building Council-St. Louis Regional Chapter

and the Eastern Missouri Group of the Sierra Club
 

Urban agriculture presents opportunities to enhance community connectivity, decrease embodied energy in food, contribute to long-term solutions addressing urban decay, and increase the usefulness and interrelation between land and the community. USGBC-STL, in partnership with the Eastern Missouri Group of the Sierra Club, presents a program exploring how to integrate agriculture – passive and active – into our living, work, and educational spaces.   Mary Dewesse, Acorn Landscapes, will discuss opportunities and strategies for incorporating edible landscapes and permaculture principles into commercial development and city planning.  Gwenne Hayes-Stewart, Gateway Greening, will describe how to get community buy-in from grassroots and citizen-managed initiatives, and provide an overview of community gardens, food policy, land use, and the results of the Whitmire Study which examines the relationship between community gardens and their immediate neighborhood.  Dr. Millie Mattfeldt-Beman, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Saint Louis University, will present experiences on campus and in public schools developing gardens and teaching programs to improve nutrition, and discuss SLU’s participation in the Tree Campus USA program with emphasis on edible species.


Speakers
Mary Francois Deweese, Principal and Lead Project Landscape Architect, Acorn Landscape Architecture

Gwenne Hayes-Stewart, Executive Director of Gateway Greening

Mildred Mattfeldt-Beman PhD, RD, LD, Chair, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Saint Louis University

Moderated by Rhonda Schaper, Glorious Gardens.

When
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
5:30-6:15pm – Registration & Networking
6:15-7:30pm – Program

Where
AmerenUE Headquarters
1901 Chouteau, St. Louis, MO 63103 


Fee
Free for USGBC-STL members, Sierra Club members, and full-time students
$20 for non-members


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In the Ticket Information section above.
Questions? Contact USGBC-STL staff at (314) 577-0225

 

When & Where



AmerenUE Headquarters
1901 Chouteau Avenue
St. Louis, 63103

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (CT)


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U.S. Green Building Council - St. Louis Regional Chapter



The U.S. Green Building Council is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from  across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. The St. Louis Regional Chapter includes every segment of the building industry: architecture; engineering; construction; landscape architecture; interior design; product manufacturing and sales; facilities management; insurance; real estate; federal, state and local government and non-profit organizations.