Nuts and Bolts of Urban Farming

"Urban Agriculture and Health for an Urbanizing World: Delusion or Inspiration?" is the topic of an interdisciplinary panel discussion today in room 204 of Jones Hall on the uptown campus.

The session, scheduled from 12:30 until 2 p.m., features four experts talking about the topic, with Ann Yoachim as moderator. Yoachim is program manager for the Institute on Water Resources and Law Policy and an adjunct instructor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Panel members and their topics are Doug Meffert, Eugenie Schwartz Professor of River and Coastal Studies and deputy director, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, "Ecosystem Services in an Urban Area — and Wetland Restoration and Loss"; Pam Broom, deputy director, New Orleans Food and Farm Network, "Growing for Food: Growing Back to Our Roots"; Emilie Taylor, adjunct instructor, School of Architecture, "Food Justice and Design"; and Jeanette Bell, founder, Fleur D'Eden Community Garden, "The Real Dirt on Urban Farming in NOLA: Words from a Community Gardener."

Sponsored by the Tulane Office of Global Health, the discussion is open to the public, free of charge.