Food and Public Space in a Global City

Summer Colloquium: Food and Public Space in a Global City
Saturday 21st May 2011  10am - 5pm
Room 101 Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck College 


This colloquium will be focused on one particular city - London - and will bring together the themes of food growing, 'public' space and the city to explore  thought-provoking questions around food equity, access to public and semi-private space, and the ability of different socio-economic groups to establish their own interests in city planning and construction processes that have consequences for private and community-based food production and distribution (e.g. the provision and retention of community food growing spaces, the creation of productive and educative school grounds, the provision of housing with growing and food preparation spaces). 

More information: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/news/food


Speakers:
Carolyn Steel<http://www.hungrycitybook.co.uk/>  -  author of 'Hungry City'

Paul Smyth<http://www.somethingandson.com/> -  Something & Son

Professor Martin Caraher<http://www.city.ac.uk/communityandhealth/phpcfp/foodpolicy/about/mart...> - Professor of Food and Health Policy, City University

Ben Reynolds  -  Network Director, Sustain<http://www.sustainweb.org/>
 

Lunch will be provided and will be catered by Sarah Moore Caterers<http://www.sarahmoore.co.uk/> a catering firm that specialises in local, seasonal and sustainable food and includes ingredients sourced from within London. 


Numbers will be limited, so please register early at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/news/food
Cost: including lunch

Standard<https://www2.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/activities/> -  £25

Other Student/unwaged<https://www2.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/activities/> -  £10

Birkbeck staff/students<https://www2.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/activities/bbk> -  £10