We are excited to present a jam-packed agenda featuring international guest speakers and a number of innovative Australian and International urban agricultural practices including groundbreaking new research in the field.
Welcome by Nick Rose of Sustain and MC Costa Georgiadis.
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First Nations horticulture. Brenden Moore will be sharing his experiences with Community Greening: creating edible, native sensory, cultural learning spaces, horticultural workshops and garden working bees for 23 Years and reaching over 100,000 young people and adults.
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Rabekah will share how the City of Dallas is leading the way in becoming more sustainable through urban agriculture, and Ashley Atkinson will share her experiences of urban farming in Detroit, and Keep Growing Detroit's progress towards cultivating a food sovereign city (this will be an online presentation). There will be a Q and A session at the end of the two presentations.
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Arun Kafle asks the question, "Can Urban Agriculture be Optimised? Exploring Trade-offs between Economic, Social and Environmental Outcomes under the Divergent Development Contexts", focussing on the cases from Adelaide, South Australia and Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Pablo shares his experience in Argentina.
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Belinda and Lauren will co-present on City of Sydney's work in this space. Fiona Berry will talk about food systems and resilience in light of disaters, drawing on her experiences in Lismore. Julian Lee is our third speaker.
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Bridget introduces Grow Cook Share Food Hub, a vision with Bendigo Foodshare to further strengthen Greater Bendigo as a leader in food sustainability. The Hub is co-designed by the community to ensure an inclusive, accessible and inspiring food system, working with local producers, youth and multicultural communities. Georgina shares the story of a cluttered community garden transformed into Smith St Community Farm, a functioning community nursery, CSA, plot holders garden and f...
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In this session, Bjorn, Nayda and Fridaus will share a series of initiatives in Singapore in a continued search for a sovereign food system in a hope of achieving a "Collective food actualization" for Singapore.
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Three speakers share their knowledge about planning - enablers and barriers.
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A panel discussion on how agricultural education can lead to careers in the agriculture sector.
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Lunch is provided and included in the Friday ticket price.
Chelsea presents, multi-functional peri-urban agriculture for sustainable living: sharing insights and lessons from an award winning 7.4 hectare permaculture designed farm at Wesburn in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. Kate, Leigh and Meg co-present therapeutic horticulture in urban agriculture.
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David will share how Feedback Organic collaborates with communities, businesses, and industry to scale sustainable urban food systems. Liane will talk about elegant, efficient, and supercharged worm farming. Ramon discusses winning the war on waste with circular innovative solutions.
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Rosie explains developing biocultural knowledge in educational settings: a community-led digital story making methodology. Eric shares the story of the Grounding Café and the Mermaid Beach Urban Garden – Designing and Cultivating Places for an Urban Community to Promote Connection to Nature for Improved Social, Emotional and Environmental Health.
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Two presentations from Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation and University of Canberra. Bethanay Turner, Rachael Walshe and Ann Hill will be presenting "Growing resilient food futures: Community co-learning in school-based food gardening". Research suggests children learn vital capabilities from school-based food gardening through engaging in a range of positive human and non-human relationships. Garden interactions support children to navigate pressing vulnerabilities, s...
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Clytie shares learnings from a recent Churchill Fellowship to the USA, Mexico, Cuba and Canada to explore how other governments and community groups work together to allow community-based approaches to composting. Jacqulyn discusses the under-examined relationship between people and microbe. Myra presents her session online, and will discuss the necessity of considering community composting as a valuable component of comprehensive waste management strategies.
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A 45 minute wicking masterclass with Eric Sturman from our UAF event sponsor Water Ups.
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Presentations from Ben Harry and Donia Bon, a Torres Strait Islander woman who will be presenting "Torres Strait Islander Peoples Food Practices on Country [Sea, Land and Sky]".
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Prue shares the Airgarden for Schools program - a catalyst for sustainability and learning. Lucy explores the work of Foodladder, how the work we are doing directly addresses the issue of food insecurity and the impact on the ground for disadvantaged schools across Australia
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End of day plenary.
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Welcome by Naomi Lacey of Community Gardens Australia and MC Costa Geordiadis.
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Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) started as a grassroots movement in the late 1970s, when gardeners in Denver’s Northside neighborhood came together to create a space for a group of local Hmong women to grow their own food. DUG was formally incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1985; now our network spans seven metro Denver counties with 200 community gardens and 20 food forests.
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Panel discussion - Is growing food just for the privileged middle class? We ask our panellists to share whether they think growing food is just for the middle class and privileged few, whether they think this is a problem, and what change they would like to see.
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Urban agriculture with ABC TV presenter Hannah Maloney. Whether you have a sprawling backyard, a small urban block or a tiny apartment with no direct sunlight there is a way you can grow some of your food. Don't believe her? Come spend an 50 minutes with Hannah and she'll show you exactly how the trickiest landscapes, the shadiest balcony and the poorest soil can produce delicious and nutritious food.
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Fiona shares urban farm ventures that provide vocational pathways for aspiring food growers. Brendan and Alison co-present on community olive oil initiatives and the success of Barwon Oil Barons.
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Tim talks about supporting food growing. Charlie and Bridget will be co-presenting "Nourishing Ourselves, Farms and Places'.
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Two sessions on food in schools. Ben Shaw will be sharing his experience with Farm My School. Imagine a school that can feed its community. A farm, built within a school: sharing the story of creating a market garden on a school in the Geelong region linking with school curriculum and engaging students in food growing, preparation and zero waste. De Chantal will be sharing the recent Reservoir East Primary School Poultry Trial. Reservoir East Primary School is in inner urban school with a ...
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Saturday's lunch is a fundraiser BBQ to raise money for the NCIE's Young Fit and Deadly youth program. Sustain will be donating $15 per person to this cause. If you wish to participate in the fundraiser you are welcome to make an additional contribution on the day. Water Ups will be presenting a 30 minute wicking workshop during the lunch break.
Two presenters share their perspectives and answer the question, how can permaculture inform making space, holding diversity and feeding the future?
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Amy and Carol will co-present on designing educational journeys in the community garden: Reflecting on the Youth World Food Gardens and Kitchens project. Jo Dean will be delivering her session online, and will share stories of Tasmanian community gardens.
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AJ Linke will share more about the Illawara Edible Garden Trail. Bethanay will share her insights into growing food justice and inclusion through ecological belonging.
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Anastasia will share her PhD research on public realm food producing trees. Jorge will talk about agroforestry, and Ediblescapes permagarden transition to a communal agroforestry food system.
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A governance workshop for community gardeners.
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Deborah Lennis, Terry Lennis and Wadiya Wirinya will be sharing First Nations wisdom.
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Manu Prigioni will be sharing more about Farm It Forward, a social enterprise farming on unused private land in suburban and peri-urban areas with her talk "The enablers and benefits for accessing and utilising unused private land for social enterprise market gardening". Robin will be sharing more about gardening and growing your group's organizational structure, nurturing yourself as part of a thriving, interconnected guild. Leonie will discuss her realization that the main obstacle to gr...
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As the number of community food projects explode, the world's best programs are innovating a variety of growing methods, distribution models, funding arrangements, governance and operation systems. Community food projects are proven performers in a multitude of areas including biodiversity conservation and restoration, food sustainability, community capacity building, and health and wellbeing. In this 45 minute workshop Gavin explores three critical areas for success - typologies, funding ...
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Annual Community Gardens Australia Awards presentation.
Wrapping up the two-day Forum for 2023.
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Come on a journey to the Illawarra and some fabulous urban agriculture sites. Starting at Dapto Community Farm for a tour with their volunteers then on to Green Connect, a social enterprise supporting young people and refugees. We will have lunch here before heading to Pope's Produce, an excellent example of small scale urban agriculture. Our final stop will be at Darkes Glenburnie Orchard for a tour of their property where they produce fruit, cider, honey and mead. We will sample their cider...
Get fit and active with this fabulous cycling tour we have created for you! Arriving at NCIE you will collect your courtesy Lime bike* and get an induction on how to operate them. Then, starting with Sydney City Farm, we will head off on a tour that will highlight modern urban agricultural practise in the heart of one of the world's great cities. From Sydney City Farm we cycle to Pocket City Farms for a tour, followed by lunch, and then on to Camdonville Paddock Community Garden. You...
This tour will take in three fabulous community gardens in Sydney. After departing from NCIE in Redfern, we will first visit Randwick Community Organic Garden, then on to Permabee Community Gardening Program for a tour of this amazing educational garden. There's a lunch break before making our way to Rose Bay Community Garden for afternoon tea. Tour departs from and returns to NCIE in Redfern. Lunch and afternoon tea included.
Come on a tour of Sydney City Farm - a place to learn about urban agriculture and sustainable food production. Sydney City Farm grows fresh seasonal produce, and minimises waste, while using organic growing principles. This one hour tour will show you all the highlights.
A Walking tour from NCIE to Poets Corner, Redfern. Led by Brenden Moore, First Nations Community Greening Education Officer, you will visit the informal supported Mens and Womens Garden, the Poets Corner Community Garden and the Solander Community Garden. These sites are all surrounded by high rise public housing soon to be redeveloped - one of the biggest renewals in Australia. We will also attend a seed saving and sowing workshop so bring along some seeds to share and grow with other c...
This tour will take in three fabulous community gardens in Inner West of Sydney. After departing from NCIE in Redfern our first stop is at Wilkins Green Community Garden; then on to Whites Valley Creek Park for lunch with its food forest, community garden, nursery and wetlands; before making our way to Marrickville West Community Garden. Tour departs from and returns to NCIE in Redfern. Lunch and snacks included.
Come and enjoy a tour of this productive urban farm in the heart of Sydney. Pocket City Farm is an educational space that shares their philosophy of connecting people with regenerated environments and fair food. Learn about the benefits of urban farming whilst looking into the daily operations of the farm and their farming methods.