Sustainable Design

75-Minute Education Session

SAT-A08 - Climate, Mobility, and Community: Systems Thinking and the Future of Food

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Gary Sorge, FASLA, AICP

  Vice President
  Stantec

Speaker(s)

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  Bernadette Austin

  Associate Director, Center for Regional Change
  University of California, Davis
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  Cannon Michael

  President/CEO
  Bowles Farming Company

Climate change, community health, infrastructure, and farming practices influence the quality of and access to our nation’s food. A landscape architect, commercial farm executive, and university researcher examine beneficial practices for systems' optimization and food security in the production and distribution of agricultural products originating in California’s Central Valley.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the depth and breadth of food insecurity, the fragile infrastructure systems that support production and distribution, and the means to optimize practices for greater sustainability, resiliency, and community well-being.
• Learn the environmental, physical and social pressures that affect food production and distribution.
• Learn how producers are responding to climate change and environmental and community health to achieve reliable and healthier yields and to practice as ethical employers and stewards of the land.
• Discover how landscape architects can influence systems thinking, enhance physical and social infrastructure in the agricultural community, and counter food insecurity through design.