2018 Program

Registration, Coffee & Tea

Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country

Food on the City Fringe: Learning from Vancouver

Featuring:

• Lenore Newman, Writer & Urban Geographer, Fraser Valley University, B.C

Edible Garden Design: Aesthetics & Function

Featuring:

• Chris Williams, Lecturer in Urban Horticulture, University of Melbourne
• Costa Georgiadis, Host, Gardening Australia, ABC
• Karen Sutherland, Writer, Garden Designer, Edible Eden Design

Morning Tea

Life Cykel introduces the National Mushroom Network

Citizen Science: Capturing Benefits, Measuring Impacts

Featuring:

• Georgia Pollard, Urban Agriculture Scientist, University of South Australia (UNISA)
• Kate Blaylock, Urban Planner, SGS Economics
• Seona Candy, Research Fellow, Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, University of Melbourne

Urban Soils & Substrates for Food Growing

Featuring:

• Declan Mcdonald, Senior Soil Scientist, SESL Environment and Soil Sciences
• Kirsten Raynor, Lecturer & Subject Coordinator, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, University of Melbourne
• Peter May, Soil Science and Nursery & Landscape Horticulture Specialist, University of Melbourne

Lunch

Learning with Urban Agriculture: Schools, TAFE & Higher Education

Featuring:

• Rebecca Naylor, CEO, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
• Sonia Nuttman, Lecturer & Food Systems Researcher, Deakin University, School of Health and Social Development
• Sophie Jamieson, Accredited Practicing Dietician in Food Systems, Deakin University
• Will Dalgliesh, Lead Educator, Agriculture Horticulture and Environmental Studies, Bendigo TAFE

Property, Policy & Planning: Negotiating the Private and the Public

Featuring:

• Alison Whitten, Operations Coordinator, Resilient Melbourne
• Arif Sarker, Agriculture Environmental Management, Curtin University
• Lauren Rickards, Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University

Re-designing the Food System in the Periurban Fringe: Cardinia Shire (Case Study)

Featuring:

• Bronwyn Horn, Master of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne
• Simon Mcpherson, Founder, Global South
• Tanya Massy, Coordinator, Cardinia Food Circles
• Vicki Jones, Worker & Mentor, CSM Organics

Afternoon Tea

Closing the Loop: The Dirt on Waste

Featuring:

• La Vergne Lehmann, Business Development Advisor, Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
• Liane Colwell, Permaculture Designer, University of Technology, Sydney
• Richard Thomas, Founder, Wormlovers
• Rob Pascoe, Founder, Closed Loop

City of Moreland: Collaboration & Community (Case Study)

Featuring:

• Lee Tozzi, Food System Officer, City of Moreland
• Mark Sanders, Co-Founder, Moreland Community Gardening
• Michael Zagoridis, Farm Manager & Co-Founder, Pocket City Farms
• Natalie Abboud, Councillor, City of Moreland

Global Lessons, Local Applications

Featuring:

• Adrian Hearn, Anthropologist, University Of Melbourne
• Chris Williams, Lecturer in Urban Horticulture, University of Melbourne
• Rodrigo Castellanos, Director & Chief Composting Officer, ZEA Hungry Goods
• Sivaprakasham M Saminathan, Research Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Urban Agriculture: Adapting to Climate Change in Tuvalu

Featuring:

• Marc Noyce, CEO, Biofilta

Ideas Harvest

Call for participant-facilitated open space small group discussions on Day 2.

Reconciling Country, Culture & Cuisine

Hosted as a separate event to the Forum, this dinner will be a place where Forum attendees and non-attendees alike are invited to come together and learn from our incredible speakers.

Featuring:

• Ben Shewry, Owner-Chef, Attica
• Bruce Pascoe, Author, Dark Emu

Welcome & Review of Day One

Foodprints & Foodbowls: Governance for Growing Cities

Featuring:

• Helen Mcgregor, Agriculture & Veterinary Consultant, Redefining Agriculture
• Lenore Newman, Writer & Urban Geographer, Fraser Valley University, B.C
• Rachel Carey, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Morning Tea

Social Enterprise from the Soil Up

Featuring:

• Geert Hendrix, Founder, Farmwall
• Paul Miragliotta, Founder, Day's Walk Farm
• Toby Whittington, Founder, Green World Revolution

Growing, Cooking & Eating: From Plot to Kitchen

Featuring:

• Hayden O'Doherty, School Community Food Program, Cathloc Regional College St Albans
• Kit Duncan-Jones, Master of Urban Horticulture, University of Melbourne
• Rebecca Scott, CEO & Co-Founder, STREAT

Food Equity: Making Urban Agriculture Fair

Featuring:

• James Ward, Researcher, Urban Agriculture Lab, University of South Australia
• John Shone, Founder, The Goods Shed
• John Symons, Research Fellow, Victoria University
• Susie Scott, Garden Program Manager, Fareshare

Designing Communities for Resilience and Liveability

Featuring:

• Bridget O'Brien, Co-Director, Garden Juju Collective
• Charlie Brennan
• David Holmgren, Author, Retrosuburbia
• Morag Gamble, Founder, Permaculture Education Institute

Lunch: Picnic at Flagstaff Gardens with Melbourne Farmers Markets

Governing the Spaces of Urban Agriculture: Who and What Belongs?

Featuring:

• Belinda Bradberry, Senior Legal & Governance Specialist, University of Sydney
• Laura Ballantyne-Brodie, Strategic Advisor, United Nations 'Harmony With Nature' Program
• Madeleine Quirk, Biosecurity Officer, AUSVEG

From Urban to Rurban Agriculture

Featuring:

• Jennifer Alden, Deputy Mayor, City of Greater Bendigo
• Paula McLeod, Urban Farmer, Local Food Connect
• Sarah Saxton, Agribusiness and Food Facilitator, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
• Stephanie Godrich, Registered Public Health Nutritionist, Edith Cowan University

The Anatomy of Local Government: How to Successfully Pitch Urban Agriculture Projects

Featuring:

• Kat Lavers, Sustainable Food Systems Advocate
• Pippa French, Botanist, Horticulturist & Community Facilitator, 3000 Acres
• Trent McCarthy, Councillor, City of Darebin

Afternoon Tea

Ideas Harvest

Open space, crowd-sourced, participant-led discussions

Call to Action - Manifesto: The Melbourne Statement

Living with Joy & Resilience while Retrofitting the Suburbs

Social connectedness. Ecological resilience. Nourishing food. What do they mean for suburbs today and in the future? $30pp - Tickets on Eventbrite.com.au. Wine and cheese included in the entry price.

Featuring:

• David Holmgren, Author, Retrosuburbia
• Mariam Issa, President, R.A.W.