Sustainable Food Planning

 

  

On October 9 and 10, 2009 the first AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference has been held in Almere, The Netherlands. The conference is an initiative of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), the Wageningen University in the Netherlands and ISOMUL. The meeting marked the launch of a new AESOP working group on food and planning. A group of 55 leading scholars, practitioners and politicians in the field of food in urban and regional planning gathered at the urban estate De Kemphaan in Almere.

Below, information on the event and its outcomes can be downloaded.

 

 

De Kemphaan, 9 and 10 October 2009, Almere, The Netherlands

The program

 

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

 

 


  Sustainable Food Planning is an initiative of

 

Rural Sociology Group                

Land Use Planning Group