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