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Press invitation: Urban Agriculture Summit 2011 - House of Sweden, Washington D.C. - November 16

Press invitation. Welcome to The Urban Agriculture Summit 2011 to discuss "How do we feed people in the urban era?" at House of Sweden, Washington D.C. on November 16.

Join Swedish clean-tech and American know-how in a half-day seminar on how to use urban agriculture technologies to create a more sustainable city of tomorrow, a city where consumers will have access to healthy and nutritious food in their neighbourhood.

When: November 16th, 2011, 1 PM to 5 PM 

Where: House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, Washington DC

Register for the event: http://event.plantagon.com/urbanagriculture/

Speakers: Professor Oren R Lyons, Keith Curtis, Richard Fedrizzi, Sally Schneider, Tony Socci, Craig Cox, and others.

Program: http://event.plantagon.com/urbanagriculture/program.html

Press contact: Carin Balfe Arbman, Plantagon, carin.balfe-arbman@plantagon.com, phone: +46 70 633 35 08.

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Partners:.
Swedish Trade Council www.swedishtrade.se
s.a.g.a. – Swedish American Green Alliance www.sagastory.blogspot.com
SymbioCity www.symbiocity.se
Sweco Group www.swecogroup.com
Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org
Plantagon International AB www.plantagon.com

Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C

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  • Environment, Energy

Categories

  • swedish embassy washington
  • jonas hafström
  • keith curtis
  • richard fedrizzi
  • green building council
  • craig cox
  • eva nygren
  • sally schneider
  • symbiocity
  • urban agri summit
  • sweden house
  • from farm to fork
  • oren lyons
  • plantagon
  • sweco
  • industrial farming
  • oren r lyons
  • hans hassle
  • international summits
  • onondaga nation
  • greenhouse for urban agriculture

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Contacts

Per Östling

Press contact Member of the Board +46707310988

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