October Urban Agriculture Month Kickoff
Arlington's Urban Agriculture Future
Saturday, October 1, 2022
10:00am - 1:00pm
Arlington Central Library
1015 North Quincy Street
Schedule
9:45am - Doors open
10:00am - 12:00pm Program
- Keynote Speaker: Joe Guthrie, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
- Powerful Partner Award Presentation: Mary Sanders, HCAT
- Arlington County October Urban Agriculture Month Proclamation
- Country Board Members Libby Garvey & Matt de Ferranti
- Roundtable 1: Maximizing Food Production in Arlington County
- Moderator: Becky Halbe, FOUA Board Member
- Plot Against Hunger Garden
- Highlands Urban Garden
- School Garden
- Roundtable 2: Urban Ag as Economic Development in Arlington – Present and Future
- Introductions by Kim Haun, Arlington County Urban Agriculture, and moderated by David Sachs, FOUA Board Member
- Fresh Impact Farms
- Area 2 Farms
- Roots 'n Shoots
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Garden Talk Tables - mini-presentations from the weekly Wednesday Garden Talks at Central Library