Equitable Strategies for Growing Urban Agriculture Webinar
February 16, 2012
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (PST); 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. (EST)

A vibrant movement is afoot in cities across the country − farmers, activists, and community organizations are improving the health, economic

outlook, and vitality of their communities through urban farming. Advocates are illustrating that urban agriculture is a pathway to making healthy food more available for low-income communities, a key to shifting economic revitalization efforts, and catalytic for battling the challenges of blight and abandonment.

Building from the recently released PolicyLink Urban Agriculture Tool, PolicyLink will be hosting a mini-series of webinars focusing on how low-income communities and communities of color are incorporating urban agriculture into their community development efforts and into policy infrastructures supporting this work.

This first webinar will feature Green City Grower’s CEO Mary Donnell, Ian Marvy, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Added Value (see video here), and Malik Yakini, Chairman of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network.  Each panelist will discuss challenges and strategies for growing and sustaining urban agriculture projects in low-income communities and communities of color.

To register for the webinar click here.

Breathe California is partnering with RealTime Health to create a new video resource, which will provide valuable information to people newly diagnosed with COPD and their families.

You are invited to help with the development of the resource by sharing your story. Excerpts of filmed interviews with you and six or seven others will be included in the resource to provide advice, comfort, hope and support to people who need it.

If you are interested, please contact Steve French or Janet Ghanem at (408) 998-5865 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

An example of a similar resource produced in Australia can be seen at www.realtimehealth.com/landing/COPD