Growing Edible Towns and Cities - 27/10/2022
Presented by Drs Nick Rose and Kelly Donati, this William Angliss Institute Research Seminar series presents the findings and Sustain's roadmap for urban agriculture in Victoria to launch their second national Urban Agriculture Month.
Because we love food but hate waste, bookings are essential so we can cater appropriately.
FREE
RegisterThursday 27 October 2022 4:45 PM - 7:30 PM
Angliss Restaurant
550 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Snapshot
What You Learn
Urban agriculture - the growing of food in urban and peri-urban areas - is as old as the first world’s first cities.
In early 2022 Sustain worked with Agriculture Victoria to conduct a first-ever mapping and survey of the urban agriculture sector in Victoria.
What did we learn? Urban agriculture is always about much more than growing veggies. Now more than ever, urban farmers in all their diversity can play an important role in helping governments and communities meet the challenges of climate change, wellbeing, and food security.
What You Get
- Patrick Turnbull, co-founder of Farm Raiser, will share a unique urban agriculture partnership with the Waratah Special Development School in Melbourne’s north. This inspiring story is a lesson in what is possible when passionate urban farmers and schools join forces to nurture a more inclusive (and delicious!) community.
- Enjoy a tour of the unique William Angliss Institute Indigenous Culinary Garden featuring native medicinal and culinary plants in the heart of the city. The presentations will be followed by canapes and beverages on the deck of the Angliss Restaurant, featuring seasonal produce from Farm Raiser's very own urban farm.
This free event is made possible by the generous support of the William Angliss Institute Faculty of Higher Education. The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation has also provided support for the design of the final report.
Speakers
Dr Kelly Donati
Founding Board Director & Chairperson - Sustain
Dr Kelly Donati led Sustain's research on the urban agriculture sector in Victoria and coordinates and lectures in Australia's only Bachelor of Food Studies and Master of Food Systems and Gastronomy at Angliss. Her unique interdisciplinary research and teaching practice focus on urban foodways, community food systems, gastronomy and fermentation.
- In 2020, she co-authored the Pandemic Gardening Survey Report with Dr Nick Rose.
- In 2019/2020, she was a research fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany.
Dr Nick Rose
Executive Director - Sustain
Dr Nick Rose is a leading thinker in food system governance and urban agriculture with over 15 years of experience in sustainable food systems and local food economies and has published extensively on urban agriculture, food system governance and food policy. In addition to teaching food systems and research at Angliss, he coordinates Sustain's biannual Urban Agriculture Forum.
- In 2014, he completed a Churchill Fellowship investigating innovative models of urban agriculture in Canada, the United States and Argentina.
- In 2018, he co-edited Reclaiming the Urban Commons: the past, present and future of food growing in Australia's towns and cities with Dr Andrea Gaynor from the University of Western Australia.
- In 2020, he co-authored the national Pandemic Gardening survey with Dr Kelly Donati.
Patrick Turnbull
Co-founder - Farm Raiser
Growing up, Patrick Turnbull never knew of a failing food system, food insecurity or culturally appropriate food and what it meant to a city like Melbourne.
Since studying horticulture at Burnley and starting Farm Raiser, Patrick has become more aware and invested. Through his work, he aims to improve the current food systems to become more regenerative and treat farmers and consumers with respect and dignity.
Over the years, Patrick has worked with Food For Change, Somerset Heritage Produce and The Veggie Empire.
