Join Field & Fork, the Environmental Horticulture Department, and the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems for a special seminar and lunch discussion with visiting scholar Dr. Dickson Despommier. He'll share a seminar titled "New City," addressing cutting edge agricultural technology and his book "The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century."
Seminar and discussion: Tuesday, January 14, 12:00 - 1:00 PM in Fifield Hall rooms 1304-1308 (2550 Hull Rd)
Reception and mingling: 1:30 - 2:30 at the Field and Fork Farm and Gardens (2656 Museum Road)
Read about Dr. Despommier's work here http://www.verticalfarm.com/, and check out the Future of Food Forum, right here at UF the next day courtesy of the UF Institute of Sustainable Food Systems! https://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/foodforum/
If you are unable to attend in person, we welcome you to connect via Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/909839233
