Incredible Edible

Have you ever walked past an unloved space and wondered if it could be used to for planting vegetables? Incredible Edible started after a group of friends turn this question into action. Growing spaces led to conversations that encouraged people to imagine that the power of these small actions could help people live happy, healthy and prosperous lives. Lives lived in connected communities, built out of the power of their own will, their own imagination and grown through the power of small actions.

Join Naomi Lacey, of Community Gardens Australia, in conversation with Pam Warhurst, Chair and Co-founder of Incredible Edible. These two activators and champions of urban agriculture are sure to inspire food growing in your neck of the woods!

This is the second evening webinar supporting the Urban Agriculture Forum, proving more opportunities to connect, grow and share. Purchasing a 3-day pass to the Urban Agriculture Forum gives you free access to all three evening webinars!

Registrations close at 5PM AEDT on April 19th.

Pam Warhurst - Chair, Incredible Edible

Pam Warhurst has been an activist and advisor for nearly 50 years. She has been involved in local politics and national policy as the Chair of the Board of the Forestry Commission. Eleven years ago Pam co-founded Incredible Edible, with a vision to build kind, confident and connected communities through food. Beginning in Northern England, it now has 150 groups across the UK and over 1000 worldwide.

Naomi Lacey - President, Community Gardens Australia

Naomi is a permaculturalist who is passionate about promoting healthy food systems, sustainable lifestyles and cultivating community. She helped to establish the first community garden in the satellite city of Palmerston in Darwin and is currently the President of the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network.

Naomi believes that community gardens provide valuable spaces in which to cultivate sustainable lifestyles and healthy food systems in our cities. They are also a wonderful way of bringing people together to share, learn, grow and enjoy the many benefits of growing their own food.

The 2021 Urban Agriculture Forum:

Care Farming & Gardening in the Climate Emergency

April 22rd to 24th, 2021

The Urban Agriculture Forum (UAF) is a bi-annual event that will be held online. The 3rd National UAF will be held on Thursday April 22nd, Friday April 23rd and Saturday April 24th, 2021. The forum attracts over 200 policy makers, practitioners, innovators and institutions in the urban agriculture sector.

You’re invited to join us as we explore the growing urban agriculture initiatives in Australia and beyond and the positive impacts it has on our community’s health and wellbeing.

Please get in touch with us via uaf@sustainaustralia.org for more information on how you can get involved.

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This event is organised by Sustain.

About Sustain: The Australian Food Network

Sustain is a national food systems think and do network that co-designs and co-builds better food systems. We work collaboratively with stakeholders across government, community and business towards the transition to a food system that works for all Australians and supports flourishing communities and ecosystems.

Sustain was formed in 2015 and is based in Melbourne, with members and partners in all states and territories. Sustain’s leadership and impact is demonstrated with the multiple achievements of the ground-breaking collective impact projects Cardinia Food Circles (2016-present) and the Melbourne Food Hub (2018-present), as well as its coordination of two national Urban Agriculture Forums (2016, 2018) and an inaugural Australian Community Food Hubs conference and speaking tour (2016).

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