North American Urban Ag Alliance Debuts at Conference on Community Food Security

Photo by Cynthia Price. Larger image here.
MetroAg co-coordinators Joe Nasr, James Kuhns and Martin Bailkey, with Marielle Dubbeling of RUAF and Joe’s mother in Philadelphia for the event.

MetroAg promises to bring support and recognition to growing urban agriculture movement

Article by Kristin Reynolds in ‘Urban Grown’ the Newsletter of the Kansas City Centre for Urban Agriculture. Link to all ‘Urban Grown’ issues here.

Excerpt:
In conjunction with the annual Community Food Security Coalition Conference, a newly-formed organization held its first official forum on urban agriculture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Saturday, October 4th, 2008.

The forum was co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, with financial support through the Cedar Tree Foundation. MetroAg: the Alliance for Urban Agriculture is a network of urban agriculture advocates and practitioners from the Unites States and Canada.

MetroAg’s mission is to bring together a wide and culturally diverse range of stakeholders involved in urban agriculture (in and around cities) in North America, to share knowledge and best practices and to foster linkages externally, so as to give voice to its advocates and recognition and legitimacy to its activities.

Kristin’s complete article is the 8th article in the Newsletter. Read here.