National Urban Agriculture Forum 2018 - 'From Resilience to Liveability'

Climate change. Health and wellbeing. Connected and flourishing communities. Sustainability. Resilience. Fairness. Food systems are at the centre of all of these fundamental challenges - and urban agriculture - cities feeding themselves and supporting nearby farmers - is essential to our flourishing in this century.

So Sustain: The Australian Food Network is very excited to announce that the second national Urban Agriculture Forum (UAF) will be held at the Melbourne CBD campus of William Angliss Institute on the 23rd & 24th of February 2018.

The 2018 UAF will build on the success of the inaugural 2016 Forum, a ground-breaking event attended by 170 people from around Australia. The 2018 UAF will showcase how urban agriculture creates more liveable cities, communities and homes. Participants will share and explore success stories and lessons of practice and policy, from around Australia and internationally. We'll discuss and plan how Australians from diverse backgrounds and sectors can work together to meet the global Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 11, 'Sustainable Cities and Communities.'

Speakers and presenters

Program below - note that this is still subject to minor revision until the event commences.

Who should attend?

The Urban Agriculture Forum is tailored to a wide-cross section of stakeholders, including staff from state and local government working in health and wellbeing, social and strategic planning, economic development, community engagement and environment and sustainability; the education, university and TAFE sectors, designers and urban planners, urban farmers, community and backyard gardeners, chefs and restaurateurs, food social enterprise and retail businesses, health professionals, emergency food relief providers, and waste management professionals and agencies.

Please visit http://www.uaf.org.au for more information and program details closer to the event date.

Sustain members receive a 20% discount on all tickets.

Please email georgia@sustainaustralia if you are registering for a group of 5 or more, as group discounts may apply.