Dec 18 2020, by  Dr. Nevin Cohen, Research Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
Title:  FEW Meter Project: Measuring the Food, Energy, Water and Social Impacts of Urban Agriculture
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Abstract: 

The FEW-meter project is a five-country study of the resource flows of diverse urban agriculture projects. The project developed a comprehensive database of the material composition and practices of the study sites. The data collected over two growing seasons are currently being analyzed to understand the impacts of urban agriculture from a food-energy-water nexus perspective and to help the urban farmers we collaborated with improve the efficiency of their farms. Cohen will discuss the process of creating and populating the database, the methods being used to estimate the life cycle impacts of the farms and gardens, measure the social dimensions of the projects, and model the opportunities and resource needs for scaling up urban food production.

Bio:

Nevin Cohen is Associate Professor at the CUNY School of Public Health, and Research Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute. His research explores policies and systems to support socially just, healthy, resilient urban food systems. Current research includes a five-country analysis of urban agriculture, research on food access; and a study of zoning, planning, and food gentrification. Dr. Cohen co-authored Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City. He has a PhD in Urban Planning from Rutgers University, a Masters in City Planning from Berkeley, and a BA from Cornell.