INTRODUCTION

Urban and peri-urban agriculture is a real alternative to strengthen food sovereignty of towns and cities. Now-adays many advances have been accomplished in their development and have taken centre stage either in main cities of our country as well as in small towns and villages. This alternative starts to emerge with a great potential in order to solve some of the current challenges faced by our society, and some as ecological restoration, natural resources consumption, health and nutrition, food secu-rity, environmental education, development and diversi-fication of local economy or citizen participation can be highlighted.

Turning citizens into producers of their own food is an intrinsic value to this type of agriculture that helps to strengthen the link with the earth at the same time that produces positive changes in the lifestyles of its actors (food education, family and neighbourhood integration, healthy food, sustainability…).

In 2011, was held the 1st State Congress on Urban and Peri-urban Ecological Agriculture in Elx (Alicante) and in 2014 was held the 2nd State Congress in Utrera (Se-villa), under the theme “Urban food gardens, self-con-sumption and social participation”.

These initiatives have multiplied over the last years and are becoming much more important. For all these we appreciate the need to launch the 3rd State Congress on Urban Agriculture, to update the knowledge in this field, being the main objective to promote educational projects and to give visibility to agro-ecological projects.

OBJECTIVES

• To update and share knowledge and advances on urban and peri-urban ecological agricultures in Spain.• To facilitate the exchange of experiences and knowledge applied to urban and peri-urban ecological agriculture. • To discuss different uses and benefits of urban ecological agriculture.

Organizes: Collaborates:

Organizing committee

L Almenar (SEAE), E Calvo (SEAE), H Cifre (SEAE), V Gonzálvez (SEAE), Ll Planells (Alaquàs City Council), JL Moreno (SEAE), M Ochando (Olocau Viu), MD Raigón (UPV-SEAE), L Roca (Proy. E Verde), R Badenes (ICA-CSIC), S Serrano (SEAE), A Soriano (UPV) Advisory-technical committee

A Domínguez (SPEIT-GV), JM Egea (UMU), M Escutia (Asoc.Vida Sana), C Fabeiro (UCLM), P Galindo (G Ecológica), C García (JCCLM), I Gomez (UMH), V Gonzálvez (SEAE), J Labrador (UEX), F Llobera (SEAE), R Moral (EPSO-UMH), Ll Planells (Alaquàs City Council), J Navarro (UMH), E Calvo (SEAE), M Pajarón (SEAE), MJ Payá (SEAE), F Pomares (SEAE), R Puente (UPO), MD Raigón (UPV), J Rosello (IVIA), MM Moreno (UCLM), XX Neira (EPSL-USC)

MORE INFORMATION

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June 17 and 18, 2018

La Beneficència Valencia Calle Corona, 36

“Cities that feed”

III State Congress on Urban and Peri-Urban Organic

Agriculture

11:30 Pause-break12:00 P5: Participation and urban orchards JJ Fdz Casadevante (Red Huertos Urbanos Madrid), R Colmenares (Triodos Foundation), R Valero (AMPA Camí Tancaeta), A Quiles (EeA), A Sanz (Benimaclet AV). Chair: Ll Planells (Alaquàs City Council)13:30 Poster presentations through brief oral communications14:00 Seed exchange (Llavors d’ací)14:15 Summary and wrap-up15:00 Lunch16:00 Visit to orchards - Alaquàs. Workshop with Mariano Bueno - Valencia. Benimaclet Neighbourhood Association

COMMUNICATIONS

Scientific, technical and experience contributions have been made in poster format about the different topics of the congress, with the possibility of oral communication du-ring the congress ass brief oral communications (“Pechuku-cha” method).

Accepted communications will be published with the rest of the Congress documentation in digital and paper format.

All communications will be revised by pairs and after acceptance will be included in the next numbers of SEAE publications, with ISBN.

Prize for the best poster about the Congress theme.

BROADCAST ONLINE Through our SEAE youtube channel here

PROGRAMME

18th June

09:00 Welcome and opening. J Bort (DiVal), P Soriano (Valencia City Council), MD Raigón (SEAE)09:30 C1: Urban orchards on an international level. M Simón (GIAU+S, UPM)10:15 C2: State of urban orchards in Spain. G Ballesteros (SEAE)11:00 Pause-break11:30 C3: New trends in urban planning and urban orchards. C Verdaguer (GEA21)12:15 P1: Food security and climate change. C de la Sota (itdUPM), M Cabanes (Llavors d’Ací-RdS), P Galindo (Garbancita Ecológica), L Barrios (SJ Chocó-CO). Chair: E Calvo (SEAE)14:00 Lunch-break15:30 Poster presentations through brief oral communications16:30 P2: Therapeutic benefits from the orchards. J I Aznarte (St Agustín’s Hosp, Jaén), E Soriano (AMPY), J Medeiros (GRAS-PC) pdc, A Pla (Bétera Psiq. Hosp.). Chair: L Roca (Econ. Verde Project) 18:00 organic “orxata”-break18:30 P3: Orchards as a social and educational tool. A Gallego (Tekiero verde), C Vignolo (Madrid Botanical garden), L Jiménez (Germinando Coop), A Puente (La Despensa Biológica), A Estrella (Germinando Coop), Xarxa d’escoles per l’horta, A Hurtado (UV). Chair.: P Galindo

19th June

09:00 C4: Urban orchards from Valencia, a tool for improving citizenship structure. T Pardiñas (Valencia City Council), Chair: V Gonzálvez09:45 P4: Sociocultural orchads. A Pecino (Los Barrios City Council), Ll Planells (Alaquàs City Council), P Villar (INEA), O Chantry (Parc Agr. Baix Llobregat), H Molina (el3ments), Aisatu (African women association Paterna), J Ibañez (Huerta Comunitaria Capiscol). Chair: A Soriano (UPV)

REGISTRATION

Free registration

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Organic lunch reservations are optional. One day 15€. Two days 28€

“Cultivate your city! Bring your seeds for the exchange on the 19th!”