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Growing Michigan’s Future:
ESD/ASABE Urban Agriculture Summit
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Rock Financial Showplace, Novi
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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If you think urban farming is a Detroit issue or will impact those in the agriculture-related fields only, think again. If you are an engineer, a healthcare practitioner, an energy stewart, or work in the academic field, then you must attend this conference and find out how this slowly emerging industry will impact EVERYONE in the State of Michigan.
The conference will feature four panel presentations with renowned speakers, who will examine urban farming in other states, discuss controversial issues surrounding this field, and outline how urban agriculture can become a statewide initiative.
The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) invite you to a full-day summit to discuss zoning and land use issues; farming concepts; agricultural farming systems including mechanization versus hands-on labor; environmental concerns and financing opportunities including how to start an urban farm.
The summit will feature several speakers including:
Opening Panel: Celebrating Diversity: The various degrees of commercialization from grassroots to large farming.
- Amanda Edmonds, Executive Director, Growing Hope
- Rebecca Salminen Witt, President, Greening of Detroit
- Gary Wozniak, Chief Development Officer, SHAR, Inc.
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Zoning & Land Use Panel: The effect of local and state policies on urban farming
- Kathryn Underwood, City Planner, City of Detroit
- John Mogk, Law Professor, Wayne State University Law School
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- James Johnson, Environmental Stewardship, Michigan Department of Agriculture
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- Andrew Kok, Legal Counsel, Michigan Farm Bureau
Systems Panel: Overview of Urban crop production systems
- Dana Kirk, ADREC Manager, Michigan State University
- KEYNOTE: John Biernbaum, PhD, Professor Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
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Environmental Panel: Forms of contamination, preservation of natural resources and protection of human health
- Moderator: Tim Krause, NTH Consultants Ltd.
- Mark Johnson, Senior Environmental Health Scientist, ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Recovery), Region 5
- Shawn McElmurry, Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University
- Jeffrey Bolin, Vice President, Technical Operations, Dragun Corporation
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- Steven Hoin, Senior Geologist, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment
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- Brian Rowe, Pesticide Section Manager, Michigan Department of Agriculture
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Finance Panel: Financing incentives, approaches and issues:
- Moderator: Jennifer Fike, Executive Director, Food System Economic Partnership (FSEP)
- Gary Klepper, Senior Environmental Scientist, Conestoga Rover & Associates
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- Larry Johnson, Regional Vice President, GreenStone Farm Credit Services
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- Toby Dahm, Senior Vice President, Hennessy Capital
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- Ray M. Waters, President, Enterprise Detroit
- Erin Caudell, Outreach, Ruth Mott Foundation
- Traci Smith, Business Programs Director, USDA Rural Development
For more information, please call Cathy Ross at 248-353-0735, ext. 149 or cross@esd.org |
