International Conference on Urban Harvest and Sustainability – Portugal

April 7, 8, 2011, Seixal County, 20km from Lisbon

The congress will take place at Municipal Auditorium of Seixal County, on 7 and 8 April. Seixal is a county on the south bank of the Tagus River, about 20km from Lisbon

April 7 (Thursday)

8:30 – Reception
9:00 – Opening Session
Presidente da Câmara Municipal do Seixal, Alfredo Monteiro / Vereador do Pelouro do Ambiente e Serviços Urbanos, Joaquim Tavares/ Ministério da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas / Quercus – Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza

Panel 1 – Public Policies and Planning
Moderador: Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles (Arquitecto Paisagista)
Relator: Giovanni Allegretti (Arquitecto, Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra)

9:40 – Achieving the CPUL (Continuous Productive Urban Landscape) City, moving from theory to practice
Andre Viljoen
Bohn & Viljoen Architects, UK

10:00 – Urban Agriculture in Teresina: Community Gardens and Generation of Employment and Income
Juliana Portela e Maria do Socorro Monteiro
Universidade Federal do Piauí, BRASIL

10:20 – Carrot City: Designing for urban agriculture
Nicholas Potovszky
Ryerson University – Toronto, CANADA

10:40 – Micro solutions for family sustainability in time of crises: the case of HOME GARDENING HoLa
Luis Saboga Nunes
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL

11:00 – Coffee break

11:10 – Urban Agriculture: A New Strategy for Lisbon Green Structure
José Sá Fernandes
Vereador Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, PORTUGAL

11:30 horas – Status and challenges for urban and peri-urban agriculture policy making, planning and design
Marielle Dubbeling
Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), HOLAND

11:50 – Communications
12:30 – Debate
12:50 – Lunch

Panel 2 – Health, Nutrition and Food Security
Moderador: Luis Saboga Nunes (Sociólogo, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública – Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Relator: Celeste Gonçalves (Médica, Coordenadora Técnica do Projecto Seixal Saudável)

14:30 – The Benefits in the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables
Ana Montenegro Correia Louro
Colaboradora da Direcção Geral de Saúde, PORTUGAL

14:50 – Main Threats to the Practice of urban agriculture
Raquel Cortinhas
Laboratório Agroleico, PORTUGAL

15:10 – Direct supply of small quantities of food – exemptions provided
Pedro Nabais
Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE), PORTUGAL

15:30 – Take care of this seed! Germinate better mental health, the benefits of urban agriculture
Maria Antónia Frasquilho
Médica Especialista de Psiquiatria – Alterstatus, PORTUGAL

15:50 – Coffee break
16:00 – Communications
16:50 – Debate
17:30 – Poster Session
20:00 – Dinner

April 8 (Friday)

9:00 – Reception

Panel 3 – Social Integration, Civic Participation and Citizenship
Moderador: Luísa Schmidt (Socióloga, investigadora principal no Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa)
Relator: António Tavares (Médico, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge)

9:15 – Community gardens as a component of Urban Agriculture in London
Michael Tomkins
University of Brighton, UK

9:35 – Cascais Urban Allotments
Joana Silva
Câmara Municipal de Cascais, PORTUGAL

9:55 – Hope Garden
Rodrigo Barros
Associação de Albergues Nocturnos de Lisboa, PORTUGAL

10:15 – Urban Agricultures and the City. Mapping issues around Citizenship and Democracy
Giovanni Allegretti
Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra, PORTUGAL

10:35 – The Portuguese Network of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture
Jorge Moreira
Associação Para a Cooperação e o Desenvolvimento (ACTUAR), PORTUGAL

10:55 – Achieving Food Security in Cities: the potential of social technologies applied to urban agriculture
Miguel malta
Grupo de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Agricultura Urbana (GRAU), PORTUGAL

11:15 – Coffee break
11:25 – Communications

12:10 – Pé na Terra
Movie by João Vladimiro

12:30 – Debate
12:50 – Lunch

Panel 4 – Environmental Education, Sustainable Agriculture and Public Health
Moderador: Filomena Miguens (Professora, Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra – Grupo de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Agricultura Urbana)
Relator: Joaquim Judas (Presidente da Assembleia Municipal do Seixal)

14:30 – Farming in Urban Space – a matter of future
Susana Fonseca
Associação nacional de Conservação da Natureza (QUERCUS), PORTUGAL

14:50 – 25 Years Developing Organic Farming in Portugal Contribution to the Urban Agriculture
Jaime Ferreira
Associação Portuguesa de Agricultura Biológica (AGROBIO), PORTUGAL

15:10 – HoLa hydroponic: urban gardening, health literacy and social sustainability
Luis Saboga Nunes
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL

15:30 – Biological Kitchen Gardens of Porto’s Region
Ana Lopes
Divisão de Valorização Orgânica da Lipor, PORTUGAL

15:50 horas – Ingote Urban Kitchen Garden
Francisco Queirós
Vereador da Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, PORTUGAL

16:10 – Seixal Urban Garden Network – School Projects
Sónia Lança / Sónia Borges
Câmara Municipal do Seixal, PORTUGAL

16:30 – Coffee break
16:40 – Communications
17:30 – Debate
18:00 – Conclusions and Closing Session
Joaquim Tavares, Vereador do Pelouro de Ambiente e Serviços Urbanos/ Corália Loureiro, Vereadora do Pelouro de Recursos Humanos, Modernização Administrativa e Acção Social/ Ministério do Ambiente e Ordenamento do Território/ Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses / / AFLOPS – Associação de Produtores Florestais da Península de Setúbal

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