The Urban Agriculture Summit - How do we feed people in the urban era? Seminar at House of Sweden, Washington DC, on November 16

Event date 16 November 2011 12:00 – 16:00

Location House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, Washington DC, USA

Welcome to the The Urban Agriculture Summit - How do we feed people in the urban era? The seminar is held at House of Sweden, Washington DC, 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/

Contacts

Per Östling

Press contact Member of the Board per.ostling@firsttoknow.se +46707310988

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US Embassy article about Plantagon

The Swedish American Green Alliance SAGA website, a sustainability exchange for Swedish and American researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, journalists, legislators, activists, industry leaders, academics, NGOs published an article on Plantagon: http://sagastory.blogspot.com/2010/03/swecorp-and-onondaga-nation-team-up.html

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Press Invitation - Seminar at House of Sweden November 16: "The Urban Agriculture Summit - How do we feed people in the urban era?"

Press invitation - Seminar at House of Sweden, Washington DC, on November 16: "The Urban Agriculture Summit - How do we feed people in the urban era?". 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.

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Plantagon in final for SACC NY-Deloitte Green Award 2011

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2 November 2011 14:52

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.

16 February 2011 06:37

Hans Hassle to speak at webinar on vertical farming

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7 October 2010 07:56

Plantagon in "The Diane Rehm Show"

On October 5th Plantagon participated in a discussion concering vertical farming together with Dickson Despommier, professor of microbiology and public health, environmental health sciences, Columbia University and author of ”The Vertical Farm; Feeding Ourselves and The World in the 21st Century”

Link to "The Diane Rehm Show"

27 May 2010 13:01

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20 January 2012 00:21

Presentations from the Plantagon Urban Agriculture Summit 2011

Presentations from the Plantagon Urban Agriculture Summit 2011, held at House of Sweden, Washington D.C. on November 16, are presented here http://event.plantagon.com/urbanagriculture/ Participating experts were Professor Oren Lyons, Chairman Plantagon International; Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor, US Department of Commerce; Tony Socci, US Environmental Protection Agency, and many more.

19 October 2011 21:13

Plantagon CEO Hans Hassle at The Economist Conference "Future Cities" in Stockholm

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19 October 2011 21:36

Plantagon awarded the Stevie Award Distinguished Honoree, in Abu Dhabi on October 11

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Barcelona wants to build a Plantagon Greenhouse in the city

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31 October 2011 09:33

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2 November 2011 14:56

Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor, U.S. Dep. of Commerce, speaks at The Urban Agriculture Summit 2011 in Washington D.C.

Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor, International Operations, US Commercial Services, ITA, U.S. Department of Commerce speaks at the Urban Agriculture Summit 2011 in Washington D.C. on "Swedish-American Green Alliance; a saga about cleantech collaboration". House of Sweden, November 16.

2 November 2011 14:56

Richard Fedrizzi, President of U.S. Green Building Council, speaks at the Urban Agriculture Summit 2011

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8 November 2011 21:51

Oren Lyons, Professor and Chairman of Plantagon, speaks at The Urban Agriculture Summit 2011, November 16

Oren Lyons, Professor and Chairman of Plantagon, speaks on "Food Security amid Global Climate Change and Diminishing Resources" at the Urban Agriculture Summit 2011, in House of Sweden, Washington D.C. November 16. The theme of the Summit is "How do we feed people in the urban era?"

15 November 2011 23:51

Hans Hassle, CEO of Plantagon, speaks on "Feeding the city", in television seminar about Urban Agriculture

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