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With increasing urban populations, decreasing arable land, and heightened popularity of eating local, the urban farming movement is rapidly growing in New York City. The idea of buying local is getting closer and closer to home-- beyond buying produce grown in-state, it can mean buying produce grown in-neighborhood from an urban farm just blocks away. Or, better yet, in your own building, or on your own roof!
You've heard the buzz about urban farming. You've seen hashtagged photos of beautiful cityscapes behind beds of greens. But what's the deal? Can you really grow enough food in cities to feed its residents? What are the different type of farms - from backyard gardens to rooftops to indoor hydroponics - that are being created in NYC? What opportunities and challenges are arising as urban farming continues to grow as a movement, locally and globally?
Join Be Social Change and Foodstand at Wix Lounge for our first panel in the Future of Food series as we explore how innovations within urban farming are increasing access to locally grown food, having a positive impact on the environment, and influencing the global food systems at large! Hear from leaders in the urban farming movement discuss new and innovative methods of urban farming and learn how you can you get involved!
Featured Panelists:
Kristen Schafenacker - North End Grill Farm
Christopher Washington - RadFarm
Camilla Wilson Hammer - Battery Urban Farm
Shanti Nagel - Hell's Kitchen Farm Project
John Scaife - Spring Ups
{Wine, drinks and snacks will be provided}
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Schedule
6:30-7:00 PM - Doors open
7:00-8:30 PM - Panel Discussion + Q&A
8:30-9:00 PM - Networking
Panelists
Kristen Schafenacker - North End Grill Farm
Currently the Store Manager at Marlow and Daughters Butcher Shop and operating the small but fruitful rooftop garden for North End Grill, Kristen Schafenacker has eaten and grown her way through the Northeast for almost a decade. From apprenticing on organic farms in Massachusetts to managing the agricultural programs and urban farms for Added Value, she wonders in what food adventures her life will take her next.
Christopher Washington - RadFarm
Christopher is the CEO of RadFarms producers of hydroponic greens and living salads that make for a tastiers freser more alive world. Locally sourced pesticed free organic greens for the people.
Camilla Wilson Hammer - Battery Urban Farm
Camilla Hammer has worked on many small organic farms around the globe, and applied the skills and knowledge she developed into starting the farm in 2010. As Project Manager at Battery Urban Farm, Camilla ensures that farm programs are always running smoothly and she is constantly dreaming up new endeavors to keep the farm moving forward.
Shanti Nagel - Hell's Kitchen Farm Project
For most of her life, Shanti Nagel has been dedicated to growing food and developing open and beautiful spaces. Nagel is a trained horticulturist and garden designer working in New York City. At the age of 20 she founded a successful commercial farm in upstate New York where she grew organic vegetables for her own CSA as well as for several farmers market. Currently Nagel is developing open space, parks and gardens in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. She leads interactive community design processes to develop green spaces that are at once highly interactive, useful and beautiful and they exist in a neighborhood in great need of greening. As a founding member and technical/agriculture adviser for the Hell's Kitchen Farm Project, a rooftop farm, she guides the production of produce for a local food pantry.
John Scaife - SpringUps
John graduated from Fairfield University in 2006 with a BS in Mathematics while on a baseball scholarship. After studying probability theory in college, John started working at one of the largest hedge funds in the world, but quickly realized he wanted to pursue a more entrepreneurial path where any success (or failure) would be a direct result of his own actions. In 2008 John began trading cotton in the open outcry pits of the Intercontinental Exchange. Following working on the ICE trading floor for five years, he wanted to apply his quick thinking and creative problem-solving skills to a new entrepreneurial venture that would make a positive impact in the community and broader economy. After falling in love with the food scene in New York, John co-founded SpringUps to bring this vision to life.
Moderator
Henry Gordon Smith - Agritecture
Henry is a sustainability strategist focused on urban agriculture, water issues, and emerging technologies. Henry was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Japan, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Canada, Spain, Austria, and the United States; he speaks several languages. Henry's international upbringing contributes to a global perspective and a unique ability to adapt to change. Henry earned his BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, studied Food Security and Urban Agriculture at Ryerson University in Toronto, and completed an MSc in Sustainability Management from Columbia University in May 2013. Henry is currently Director of Global Strategy at Blue Planet Environmental, an aeration technology startup. He is also North American Regional Manager for The Association for Vertical Farming and Founder of the popular blog Agritecture.com
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Refund Policy: Refunds can be issued in full up to 48 hours prior to the start of the event by contacting Be Social Change.
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