UFSS 2016 Program Schedule

3:00 – 6:00 pm

Registration

5:00 – 7:00 pm

Welcome Reception

Thursday, June 23

8:00 – 9:00 am

Registration

9:00 – 9:30 am

Welcome

Eleni Pliakoni – Chair of the Organizing Committee
April Mason – Provost, Kansas State University
John Floros – Dean of the College of Agriculture, Kansas State University

9:30 – 10:30 am

Keynote Speaker
Julian Cribb – The Age of Food

10:30 – 11:00 am

Coffee/Tea Break
Sponored by Rimol Greenhouse Systems, Inc.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Invited Speaker
Ken Meter – The Long tradition of Urban Agriculture in the U.S. – and it’s Future

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Oral Session 1: Urban Food Production Systems
Moderator: Josh Smith, Cultivate KC

1:30

Concepts of Sustainable Intensification for Urban Food Production Systems
Jessie L. Vipham, Kansas State University

1:45

Factors Contributing to and Limiting Vegetable Crop Productivity Across an Urban to Rural Transect in Greater Chicago, Illinois
Ross Wagstaff, University of Illinois

2:00

Integrating High Tunnel Production to Provide Resiliency for Urban and Peri-urban Supply Chains
Cary Rivard, Kansas State University

2:15

Managing Urban Garden Soils to Minimize Potential Soil Contaminant Transfer to Humans
Ganga Hettiarachchi, Kansas State University

2:30

Panel Discussion

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Oral Session 2: Policy, Planning and Advocacy
Moderator: Katherine Kelly, Cultivate KC

1:30

Strategic Planning: Exploring the Scope and Participants of the Food Movement to Enhance Systemic Change
Kelly Moore, University of Florida

1:45

St. Louis Regional Food Study Evaluates the Evolution of Industrial Food Production and Its Impacts on Public Health, Economics, and Environment
Melissa Vatterott, Missouri Coalition for the Environment

2:00

Constructing Resilient Systems in the Conservative South
Makenna Coon, College of Charleston

2:15

Just Like Mama Used to Make: Urban Farming as an Adjunct to the Federal Import Regulatory Scheme Regarding Immigrant Foodways
Wendy Tien, U.S. Department of Justice

2:30

Panel Discussion

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Oral Session 3: Nutrition and Human Health
Moderator: Sara Gragg, Kansas State University

1:30

Nutrition and Food Safety Extension Programming in Urban Kansas City
Londa Nwadike, Kansas State University and the University of Missouri

1:45

Incentivizing SNAP Transactions at Farmers’ Markets in Cleveland, Ohio
Amanda Osborne, Ohio State University Extension, Cuyahoga County

2:00

Development of an Environmental Health Risk Assessment Framework for Consumption of Foraged Items in the Urban Environment: a Baltimore, MD Case Study using Berries and Greens
Chris Zuidema, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2:15

Increasing Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in a South Los Angeles Food Desert
Cynthia Davis, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

2:30

Panel Discussion

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Coffee/Tea Break
Sponsored by Kansas State University Food Science Institute

3:30 – 5:30 pm

Poster Session and Networking

3:30 – 5:30 pm

Sponsor Exhibits

7:00 – 10:00 pm

Farm Social
In case of bad weather, the social will be held at K-State Olathe

Friday, June 24

9:00 – 9:10 am

Welcome

Ralph Richardson, Interim CEO, Kansas State University- Olathe
Katherine Kelly, Executive Director, Cultivate Kansas City

9:10 – 10:00 am

Invited Speaker
Nancy Creamer, Building a Local Food Economy in North Carolina

10:00 – 10:30 am

Break
Sponsored by Stuppy, Inc.

10:30 – 11:30 am

Invited Speaker
Dr. Sarah Taylor Lovell, Planning Urban Spaces for Sustainable Food Production

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Student Lunch with Wayne Roberts

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Next Steps for the Urban Food Systems Symposium

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Oral Session 4: Urban Farmer Training
Moderator – Cary Rivard, Kansas State University

1:30

Developing New Farmers at Cultivate Kansas City
Katherine Kelly, Cultivate Kansas City, Kansas City, KS, USA

1:45

The Kinsman Farm: A Case Study of an Urban Incubator Farm
Jacqueline Kowalski, Ohio State University

2:00

Creating the Feeding Communities Project, an Urban Agriculture Training Program Designed for the Colorado Front Range
Brien Darby, Denver Botanic Gardens

2:15

Growing Growers Training Program – Maximizing Impact through Collaboration
Marlin Bates, Kansas State University

2:30

Panel Discussion

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Oral Session 5: Food Security I
Moderator – Londa Nwadike, Kansas State University

1:30

Fighting Racism at its Root: An Examination of San Diego’s Community Gardens
Jane Henderson, University of San Diego

1:45

Discursively Constructing Middle Class Positions: Food Insecurity Stories at a Midwestern Food Pantry
Megan A Koch-Schraedley, University of Missouri – Columbia

2:00

Food Systems for an Increasingly-Urban Population
Tanner Roark, Oklahoma State University

2:15

Informal Assistance and the Risk of Household Food Insecurity for Urban Families
Christian King, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

2:30

Panel Discussion

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Oral Session 6: Community and Economic Development I
Moderator: Candice Shoemaker, Kansas State University

1:30

Embedding Food Systems Development in Local Government
Helen Schnoes, Douglas County, Kansas USA

1:45

Iterative Mappings: Spatial Analysis for Community Food Resilience
Ellen Burke, PLA, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

2:00

The Urban Fisher Ecology: the Case of the Artisanal Fishing Community of the Bay of Chorrillos, Lima, Peru
Hector Bombiella, Iowa State University

2:15

Intergenerational Community Development through Urban Food Systems
Kelly Henderson, Ohio State University

2:30

Panel Discussion

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Break
Sponsored by Kansas State University Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources

3:30 – 5:00 pm

Oral Session 7: Food Security II
Moderator – Jessie Vipham – Kansas State University

3:30

Increasing Access to Local Food by Extending Shelf Life of Fresh Vegetables
Eleni Pliakoni, Kansas State University

3:45

Mobile Farmers’ Market Pilot Project Brings Everyone to the Table
Ariel Agenbroad, University of Idaho

4:00

Evaluating the Local Food System of Manhattan, Kansas: Producer and Institution Perspectives
Candice Shoemaker, Kansas State University

4:15

Gathering Baltimore’s Bounty: Characterizations of Urban Foraging Behaviors, Motivations and Barriers
Colleen Synk, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

4:30

Panel Discussion

3:30 – 5:00 pm

Oral Session 8: University/College Programs
Moderator – Judy Favor, Kansas State University

3:30

The Urban Edge: The Role of Urban Student Organic Farms in Raising Awareness of Food System Inequities
Peyton Ginakes, University of Minnesota

3:45

Advancing Urban Food Systems with Community-Campus Partnerships
Jacob Rayl, Indiana State University

4:00

Linking Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes to Urban Agriculture in the Twin Cities
Mary Rogers, University of Minnesota

4:15

From University to Community: Providing Fresh Produce to Food Insecure Urban Communities in Greensboro, North Carolina
Sanjun Gu, North Carolina A&T State University

4:30

Panel Discussion

3:30 – 5:00 pm

Oral Session 9: Community and Economic Development II
Moderator – Alicia Ellingsworth, Cultivate KC

3:30

Design and Decision Making for Year-Round Market Vegetable Production: Scale, Systems, and Season Extension
Greg Garbos, Four-Season Tools, City Bitty Farm, AgRoofs, Kansas City, MO, USA

3:45

Local Farmer’s Markets as a Tool for Community Development
Mary Rodriguez, Ohio State University

4:00

Funding Kansas Community Gardens: Lessons from a Mini-Grant Project
Cheryl Boyer, Kansas State University

4:15

The Giving Grove Impact on Food Insecurity in Kansas City
Amanda Lindahl, The Giving Grove

4:30

Panel Discussion

6:30 – 10:30 pm

Symposium Dinner Banquet
Dinner Speaker – Wayne Roberts, How Food Strategy Creates Cities Most Likely to Succeed
Sponsored by Mizzou Advantage

Saturday, June 25

8:30 am – 2:00 pm

Urban Farm Tours, tours will begin and end at the Embassy Suites, lunch and beverages are included