Join us for an insightful evening as we explore how to cultivate greener, healthier cities together.
Growing locally has enormous benefits for wildlife, air quality, water quality and social cohesion but how do we start to grow more in our cities when every inch of land is hotly contested?
Urban agriculture has the potential to transform city life—enhancing biodiversity, improving air and water quality, and fostering community. But with urban land in short supply, how do we create more green spaces in our cities? Join us at the Garden Museum for a lively panel discussion on the future of urban agriculture and the steps needed to grow more within our urban landscapes.
Speakers
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Leanne Werner | Chair
Leanne Werner | Chair
Co-Founder and Director of Wilder (www.wearewilder.co.uk), a Social Enterprise working to enhance and increase biodiversity and food growing projects in London. Werner was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for 2023 to visit the U.S.A. and Canada to research best practices in sustainable food production. https://www.churchillfellowship.org/ideas-experts/ideas-library/growing-cities-the-urban-agricultural-revolution/
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Carolyn Steel
Carolyn Steel
Carolyn Steel is a leading thinker on food and cities. She is the author of the award-winning Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives (2008) and Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World (2020). Her concept of sitopia, or food-place (from the Greek sitos, food + topos, place) has gained broad recognition across a wide range of fields in design, ecology, academia and the arts.
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Pamela Warhurst CBE
Pamela Warhurst CBE
Founder of Incredible Edible, a pioneering community-led urban farming initiative in Todmorden, West Yorkshire
https://www.incredibleedible.org.uk/our-story/
