Food Insecurity and Food Deserts problem solved here and beyond by local couple
C3L Associates, the parent company of
Asheville Urban Farms has been asked by the organizers of The Global Forum forInnovations in Agriculture
in Abu Dhabi Feb 3-5 2014. to conduct a pathway to controlled environmental
agriculture solutions sessions for 12 African Nations.
The Africa keynote session is one of several
programme items at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture. The
multi-faceted event will also feature: an exhibition and conference; an
Incubator zone; an Innovation Zone curated by the University of Arizona, where
working models of some of the most inspiring innovations in agriculture today
will be featured; Technical Tours to a range of sustainable agriculture
projects in the UAE; a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Farmer Focus, where a
dedicated program will educate GCC farmers on the benefits of sustainable agriculture;
and an NGO Zone, where NGOs, development agencies and charitable foundations
can meet and share ideas.
Anthony and Sherrye Coggiola, the developers
of Asheville Urban Farms, Dr. Elizabeth Porter, an agricultural economist at
UNCA specializing in development, humanitarian assistance and sustainability
and John Wear president of Trident
Environmental Services and Technologies Corporation ,whose nature cooperative bioremediation designs have proven effective
in marsh restoration deployments along the U.S. Gulf Coast where he met Anthony
while developing solutions for the BP oil spill in 2010, will travel together
to Abu Dhabi for the conference.
“We plan to return to Asheville with an even greater
understanding of the most efficient ways to feed the world and our neighbors”
states Anthony when asked what his ultimate goals are for this conference.
Anthony and Sherrye will spend 2014 traveling the US
and Canada seeking the most innovative companies to join them at the 2015
event.
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