Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Releases Urban Food Production Virtual Symposium on the Living Architecture Academy

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Written By Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the industry association for professionals in the green roof and wall industry has released a new online offering on the Living Architecture Academy. The recent Urban Food Production Virtual Symposium is now available for purchase.  

The virtual symposium brought together professionals from a variety of disciplines to discuss this burgeoning industry and tools to integrate urban agriculture into their practices. Now, the recorded event can be found on the Living Architecture Academy and is approved for 3.75 APLD CEUs, 3.75 ASLA CEUs, 4 GRP CEUs, 3 AIA CEU and GRP credits. The cost of the online training is only USD 99.

Featured expert presenters include: 

  • Adeline Cohen, Laboratoir sur l’agriculture urbain (AU/LAB) 

  • Sarah Rosenberger-Gullotti, Farmscape Gardens

  • George Gastis, Grow + Gather Urban Farm and The Feedery Kitchen + Market 

  • Jason Brown, Skyland USA and Rooflite 

  • Pete Ellis, Recover Green Roofs 

  • Lindsay Allen, Higher Ground Farm and Boston Medical Center 

This event is especially timely as people are beginning to look for innovative solutions to help them build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic. Urban agriculture has grown rapidly in popularity and is quickly being understood as a resilient solution to COVID19. Urban agriculture helps support strong local economies and brings communities back together again, two things that are vital in COVID19 recovery. Not only will urban agriculture be an effective solution with COVID19, but it also provides many community, economic, and social benefits.

The Urban Food Production virtual symposium can be found on the Living Architecture Academy along with past GRHC events and dedicated training courses. For upcoming virtual events visit https://greenroofs.org/virtualevents

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