Dallas Urban Farms, Social Impact of Greening the City Topics of Panel Discussion

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In recent years, various forms of urban agriculture have been used across the country as the core of community stabilization and development, with a strong emphasis on improving the public health of neighborhood residents.

Don Gatzke

In Dallas, these urban farms include Paul Quinn College’s initiative called “We Over Me Urban Farm” and “Bonton Farms” in South Dallas, plus a number of businesses and organizations that produce and distribute locally grown produce.

Representatives of several urban agriculture projects in Dallas will discuss the objectives and impact of their projects on the overall goal of reintroducing nature and green space and solving the “food desert” dilemma in urban areas at the next Dallas Architecture Forum panel event, Tuesday, April 19.

The moderator will be Don Gatzke, who served as Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington from 2004 through 2014 and is now a Professor at the university on the faculty.

Panelists include Valerie Miller, the Director of La Bajada Urban Youth Farm; Daron Babcock of Bonton Farms; and Hannah Koski, associated with “We Over Me” urban farming initiative at Paul Quinn College.

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The event will begin with an informal reception at 6:15 p.m., with the panel at 7 p.m., at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rogers, Suite 100. It is free and does not require reservations.

For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, or the Panel Discussion Series, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.