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Who Attends

Building off of the momentum of last year’s inaugural conference, Grow Riverside: The Future of Local Food, slated for June 11-13, 2015, will explore solutions to help cities establish and bolster their local food system initiatives. Using the City of Riverside as a model, the conference will also look at the steps the City has taken to begin to build and strengthen its local food system.

The conference is for anyone with an interest in exploring solutions to sustainably increase local food in cities and on their fringes in an economically viable manner, including:

Growers who utilize innovative business models and sustainable farming practices to maintain economic viability; Farmers looking for new ideas to increase the viability of their farms

Entrepreneurs exploring new business opportunities and technologies related to agriculture: Application Developers, Local Food System Innovators, Small Farmers, Aquaponic and Hydroponic Practitioners

Policy Makers who want to learn about how they can improve and build the local food system infrastructure in their cities

Investors looking to increase their domain expertise in the sustainable agriculture space and meet and network with entrepreneurs, farmers and established ag businesses

Citizens of Riverside who want to learn how they can play a role in shaping the future of their city’s local food infrastructure

Career Changers interested in learning about an up and coming field that has the potential to produce ample job opportunities

Students interested in pursuing careers in the fields of sustainable and startup agriculture