Sustainable Food Planning Conference

In her recent blog, Petra already reflected on the Sustainable Food Planning Conference that was held in Almere (at De Kemphaan) on 9 and 10 October. My personal impression is that it was a very successful kick-off of the AESOP thematic group on sustainable food planning. In addition to lots of interesting presentations, there were interesting discussions and the strong will and desire among the participants to continue collaboration. One of the ways to continue collaboration is by means of an annual conference. Another is to create an electronic platform to facilitate exchange of experiences, examples, articles, reports, etc… Soon we will launch such a platform by means of a weblog similar to this one. For the time being, this post provides the links to the dowloads of the presentations and the discussion.

De Kemphaan, 9 and 10 October 2009, Almere, The Netherlands
The program
The participants
Presentation 1	Mr. Henk Mulder	Including food and agriculture in urban planning: The Almere approach
Presentation 2	Prof. Han Wiskerke	An integrated and territorial perspective on food studies, policy and planning
Presentation 3	Mr. Henk de Zeeuw	Feeding the city: Practices, challenges and lessons from developing countries
Presentation 4	Prof. Gianluca Brunori	Reconnecting consumers and producers: Dynamics, diversity and potentials of alternative food networks
Presentation 5	Dr Roberta Sonnino	Urban food and public spaces: Planning for security and sustainability
Presentation 6	Dr Marin Caraher	Food and the city: The links between food, public health and sustainable urban development
Presentation 7	Mrs. Lenie Dwarshuis	Food and agriculture in Europe’s peri-urban regions
Presentation 8	Dr. Nevin Cohen	The practice of food planning in New York City
Presentation 9	Mr. Bart Pijnenburg, MSc	Amsterdam’s food strategy (“Proeftuin Amsterdam”)
Presentation 10	Prof. Jerry Kaufman	Including food in planning studies and planning practices: Experiences from the USA
Report of the discussion