Event Details
Date
May 6, 2023
Time
10:00 am - 4:00 pm; doors open at 9:00 am
Location
Edison Career and Technology High School
655 Colfax St
Rochester, NY 14606
Cost
$1.00 - $20.00 pay what you can
Host
CCE Harvest NY, CCE Monroe County, and FoodlinkMarci Muller
585-753-2557
email Marci Muller
2023 Spring Urban Agriculture Conference
May 6, 2023
Join us for a day of workshops (including a rain barrel workshop), panel discussions, and tabling by local organizations and businesses. The keynote speaker is Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm (with ASL interpreter). CCE Monroe County Master Gardeners will be conducting complimentary soil testing (texture/pH) for those interested. All individuals, groups, and skill levels are welcome!
Rochester's Urban Ag Conference welcomes an experienced panel of five experts, including CCE Harvest NY's Urban Community Gardens Specialist Makela Elvy, to discuss issues such as environmental justice and racial equity, and how those topics relate to the urban growing scene and beyond. The panel will be moderated by Nathaniel Mich, executive director of Taproot Collective, following and corresponding to the keynote presentation from Leah Penniman.
Lunch will be provided; vegetarian options included. Rochester On the Move will be on-site for childcare (children ages 10 years and up only).
COST
Pay what you can, $1-20; no one will be turned away.
HOSTS
CCE Harvest NY, CCE Monroe County, Foodlink, and the City of Rochester
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