The Irving Public Library will launch the Learn 2B Green program series, a monthlong examination of environmental issues, with Grazing in the Park presented by Darrin Nordahl. The program will take place at the Central Library, 801 W. Irving Blvd.
“The library is excited to host Darrin Nordahl, author of Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture, for the Learn 2B Green kick-off presentation,” said Chris Dobson, adult services supervisor. “His case for local government involvement in food production is a revolutionary idea that is taking root all over the United States.”
In his presentation, Nordahl will discuss the benefits of urban agriculture and close-to-home sources of fresh food, including edible landscapes like community and home gardens. He will lecture on the benefits of “municipal agriculture,” the use of the abundant land under public control (parks, plazas, city squares, parking lots, and grounds around libraries, schools, government offices and jails) to grow food for communitywide health and prosperity.
Nordahl is the city designer at the Davenport Design Center, which was formed in 2003 as a division of the Community and Economic Development Department of the City of Davenport, Iowa. He has taught in the planning program at the University of California at Berkeley and is also the author of My Kind of Transit.
This informative session on urban agriculture will be followed by a series of earth-friendly programs offered for all ages in March. The Learn 2B Green series is sponsored by Bank of America.
“The library is excited to host Darrin Nordahl, author of Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture, for the Learn 2B Green kick-off presentation,” said Chris Dobson, adult services supervisor. “His case for local government involvement in food production is a revolutionary idea that is taking root all over the United States.”
In his presentation, Nordahl will discuss the benefits of urban agriculture and close-to-home sources of fresh food, including edible landscapes like community and home gardens. He will lecture on the benefits of “municipal agriculture,” the use of the abundant land under public control (parks, plazas, city squares, parking lots, and grounds around libraries, schools, government offices and jails) to grow food for communitywide health and prosperity.
Nordahl is the city designer at the Davenport Design Center, which was formed in 2003 as a division of the Community and Economic Development Department of the City of Davenport, Iowa. He has taught in the planning program at the University of California at Berkeley and is also the author of My Kind of Transit.
This informative session on urban agriculture will be followed by a series of earth-friendly programs offered for all ages in March. The Learn 2B Green series is sponsored by Bank of America.
