Growing Future Cities: The Potential of Urban Food Systems
Presenter: Yona Sipos, Nutritional Sciences Program, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UW

Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Fall 2022 Seminar: Urban Food Systems

Systemic inequities across communities, low wages for food chain workers, expensive real estate, limited city zoning, polluted soils and water, compromised growing sites, and complicated supply chains are all compounded by increasing climate disasters. Food prices are rising along with food insecurity.

So, what are the solutions? How can urban food systems instead support functional ecological systems, strong livelihoods, and just opportunities that promote food security and food sovereignty? How can the challenges be addressed and overcome to result in stronger health, sustainability, and equity outcomes?
In this seminar we will dig into urban food systems, including communities, soils, agriculture, markets, and more as you engage with leaders at the forefront of addressing these challenges and opportunities. 

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