About the discussion
Monday, March 29 • 7 to 9 p.m.
Guest: Tim Murphy
Moderator: Jane Rabinowicz
Venue: Pucapuca
The 100 Mile Diet: Is growing food in the city the answer?
The 100-mile diet is often proposed as a solution to the current food crisis and its related environmental impacts. If a local diet is the answer, then what are the existing barriers limiting food production in the city? Can organic produce be made accessible to all urbanites regardless of income levels and/or degree of autonomy?
Using Santropol Roulant's Edible Campus Garden and weekly Fresh Basket as examples, this conversation will explore the possibility of growing accessible organic food in the city in tandem with rural farmers and not merely on a separate track.
Guest:
Tim Murphy is the Director of Sustainability at Santropol Roulant (SR) and Coordinator of the Edible Campus Garden. Santropol Roulant's Edible Campus garden is run in partnership with Alternatives' Rooftop Garden Project and the McGill School of Architecture's Minimum Cost Housing Group.The Edible Campus Garden grows mostly vegetables in over 225 containers, using a self-watering technique
Moderator: A passionate advocate of creative expression and self-created contentment, Isabelle Abdel-Sayed facilitates change through Self-Transformation Coaching. She draws immense joy from meaningful conversations, the “aha” moments that arise from them.