Farming on the Edge

Goals:

• Consolidate Berkeley expertise in Sustainable Food in all its meanings

• Bring in international experts for cross-collaborative learning

• Create an infrastructure to facilitate research and graduate education

Proposed Event

• Fall 2012• 1.5 days (?)• weekend (?), Friday/Saturday (?)• post event fund-raising dinner

A List of Starting ThemesSymposium Themes • Food Systems in Transition: Energy and Resource Limits in the 21st Century • Farming on the Edge: Urban Agriculture • Farming without Oil: Lessons from Traditional Agricultural Systems • Empty Seas: The Exploitation of Global Fisheries • Eating Wildlife: The Economics and Policies Affecting Bushmeat Consumption • Thinking About What We Eat: Formal and Public Education on Food • The Disappearing Landscape: Preserving and Sustaining Farmland • Legislating Change: Toward a Sustainable Farm Policy

• The Business Perspective

Some Suggested Participants

• Olivier De Schutter• Tony Weiss• Ivette Perfecto and John VanderMeer• Peter Rosset • Steve Gliessman