Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Upcoming Virtual Symposium on Urban Food Production on May 11

Urban agriculture has grown rapidly in popularity over the course of the pandemic and is quickly becoming a multi-functional solution to COVID-19.

Urban Food Production Virtual Symposium
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
1:00 PM 5:00 PM

Urban agriculture helps build strong local economies, supports local food security, engages people in outdoor activities and supports resilient communities. Not only will urban agriculture be an effective solution with COVID-19, but it also provides many other benefits.

On May 11, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is hosting its second Virtual Rooftop and Urban Food Production Symposium to demonstrate the role urban agriculture can play in helping communities recover from COVID19 and become stronger than ever!

George Gastis, owner and founder of Grow + Gather Urban Farm and The Feedery Kitchen + Market, will share the connections made between the local food movement and the community aspects of growing.

Adeline Cohen, the economic research coordinator for laboratoire sur l’agriculture urban (Urban Agriculture Laboratory) will be discussing the unique opportunities and challenges with selling a diverse range of products in an urban setting. Cohen will take the audience through a discussion on 4 viable types of production including microgreens, mushrooms and edible insects, and will be discussing the economic viability of each.

Sarah Rosenberger-Gulloti, the agrihood project manager of Farmscape Gardens, will be talking about the hottest trend in community development: Agrihoods! As their presence has grown significantly in the past five years, Sarah will be discussing some burning questions on the topic, including: What is it that makes these community amenities so popular?

Additional speakers include:

Jason Brown, Sales Director, Skyland USA, creators of Rooflite
Pete Ellis, Senior Project Manager, Recover Green Roofs
Lindsay Allen, Operations Manager at Higher Ground Farm and the Rooftop Farm Manager at the Boston Medical Center

Link here.