Diversified Farming Systems lecture series at UC Berkeley

[Guest guest]

EVENT: Regional Grower Perspectives on Diversified Farming Systems: costs,

benefits and obstacles

DATE: Jan. 26, 2010 (Tues.)

TIME: 12:30-2:30 PM

PLACE: UC Berkeley, Morgan Hall Lounge & Patio, Berkeley

SPONSOR: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

RSVP: albiemiles

Discussion Leader: Dr. Claire Kremen, Professor, Environmental Sciences Policy

Management, UC Berkeley

Panelists: Dale Coke, Coke Farm; Robert Goodwin, Mirrageos/Cooper Land Co.;

David Martella, Martella Farming Company Inc.; Tom Powers, Alhambra Valley Ranch

The Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE) will host Roundtables on

Diversified Farming Systems (DFS), a series of eight interactive sessions that

brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers, writers and

practitioners focused on the efficacy and complexities of multi-functional

agriculture. The goal is to engage in incisive dialogue on the current

scientific understanding of the ecology, sociology and economics of diversified

farming systems, and to identify knowledge gaps leading to development of

research proposals and new scholarly work. By exploring the private and social

costs and benefits of multi-functional DFS, the intent is to identify new

pathways for redirecting agricultural development toward greater ecological and

social sustainability. All interested members of the community are invited.

Spring 2010 Topics: Save the Dates!

• February 23 (12:30 - 2:30 PM) - Diversified Farming Systems and

Consumer-Producer Alliances.

Discussion leader: Dr. Robin Marsh, Center for Sustainable Resource Development,

UC Berkeley.

Panelists: Thaddeus Barzotti, Farm Fresh To You; Thomas Nelson, Full Belly Farm;

Dave Runsten, Executive Director, Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

• March 16 (12:30 - 2:30 PM) - Economics of Diversified Farming Systems: market

and non-market values.

Discussion leader: Dr. David Zilberman, Professor, Agricultural & Resource

Economics, UC Berkeley.

Presenter: Dr. Tom Tomich, Director, UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability

Institute.

• April 20th (12.30-2.30 PM): Smallholder Livelihoods, Fair Trade Cooperatives &

Food Security: Diversified Farming Systems and Consumer-Producer Alliances.

Discussion leader: Dr. Christopher M. Bacon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of

Geography, UC Berkeley.

Panelists: Salatiel Valdivia, Vice Manger of Cooperative Development, PRODECOOP;

Ben Cory-Moran, Roastmaster and Coffee Buyer, Thanksgiving Coffee Company.

• May 5th (time TBA): Faculty panel with keynote address by Dr. Sara J. Scherr

(President and CEO, Ecoagriculture Partners, Washington, DC).

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