The State of Sustainable Agri-Aquaculture in San Diego
Speaker Series
04/28/2011, 06:00pm-08:00pm
Location: IR/PS Robinson Complex, Room 3201
Open to: Public, Students, Alumni
Event email: irps-csworker@ucsd.edu
Speaker:
Matt Owens, Operations Director, FishWise
Jay Porter, Owner, The Linkery
Jonathan Reinbold, Executive Director, Tierra Miguel Foundation
Parke Troutman, Ph.D., Consultant, Healthy Work
An Environmental Policy and Business Forum event
The Net Impact Chapter of IR/PS presents the Spring 2011 Environmental Policy and Business Forum. The Forum aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, students, government representatives, and business/community members working on the environmental challenges of today's world.
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Panelists:
Matt Owens, Operations Director, FishWise
Matt directs program management, business development, and internal operations at FishWise, a non-profit sustainable seafood consultancy. As Operations Director, Matt continues to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of client services, internal procedures, and staff resources. Prior to joining FishWise, Matt worked on marine resource and water quality issues with the consulting firm ICF Jones and Stokes as an Environmental Planner. Additional experience includes managing Tropo Farms, a large-scale tilapia aquaculture facility in Ghana, and assisting with the business development of the El Barril Fishermen's Cooperative in Mexico. This direct involvement with production along with daily supplier interactions through his work at FishWise provides him a strong grasp of the seafood supply chain. Also, Matt holds a master's degree from UCSD in International Environmental Policy with a focus on market based approaches to marine conservation. The combination of a solid academic background and hands-on industry experience makes Matt a powerful resource in helping seafood companies create positive change on the water while continuing to perform financially.
Jay Porter, Owner, The Linkery
Jay Porter founded The Linkery restaurant in early 2005. Soon, The Linkery became one of the first true farm-totable restaurants in San Diego, and the first to bring a broad menu of pastured, independently-farmed meats to Southern California. Since that time, The Linkery has continued to lead San Diego’s dining culture by pioneering programs for craft beers and house cured charcuterie. In turn, the 30th Street corridor around the restaurant has developed into the leading culinary area in the city, and, in the words of Men’s Journal, “The Nation’s Best Beer Boulevard.” Jay is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley (Rhetoric) and the University of San Diego (Computer Science). Prior to opening the Linkery, he toiled variously as a writer, advertising executive, engineer, project manager, project management consultant and wedding singer. He lives mostly car-free in the Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego, where he gets around on a commuter bicycle and public transit.
Jonathan Reinbold, Executive Director, Tierra Miguel Foundation
Jonathan Reinbold is the Executive Director of Tierra Miguel Foundation. In addition to handling day-to-day operations of the organization, he is also the project manager of the San Diego Food System Working Group, a collaboration of public health officials, food justice advocates, county policy analysts and agricultural producers. The Working Group is nearing completion of a Food System Assessment & Action Plan to address the gaps and weaknesses of San Diego’s food system. Additionally, Jonathan has led the development of the San Diego Growers, a group of small and mid-scale farmers focused on increasing the long-term viability of agriculture in San Diego and enhancing economic opportunities for local growers through the establishment of a Regional Food Hub. Jonathan earned his MA in Environment & Community from Antioch University Seattle.
Parke Troutman, Ph.D., Consultant, Healthy Works
Parke is a land use and planning consultant for Healthy Works and the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative, a program facilitated by Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP). In that capacity, he analyzes regulations that may inhibit urban agriculture, especially community gardens, and assists local jurisdictions in developing policy language that supports healthy food access. His dissertation research at UCSD was on the politics of urban growth in the San Diego region. He has taught in the Urban Studies and Planning Program at UCSD and at Clarkson University in upstate New York. He is also very active in the One in Ten Coalition, a local food policy advocacy group.
Panel Moderator: Junjie Zhang, Asst. Professor of Environmental Economics, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD
Professor Zhang's research centers on empirical issues in environmental and resource economics. He is particularly interested in the interdisciplinary studies that involve both social sciences and natural sciences. His research topics cover climate change, water resources, and fisheries. Zhang is studying the impact of climate change on fisheries, developing econometric models to study how climate change affects fisheries production. He empirically models fishers' behavioral adaptation to climate variability and its implication for policy making.
Additional Information
Registration
The evening includes a hors d'oeuvres reception, and registration is required:
Non-students; business and community members: $15 registration fee. Non-students, register here through our secured registration page.
Student admission is free:
IR/PS students register at IRPSCAREERS.
Non-IR/PS students contact David Robertson at darobertson@ucsd.edu.
The forum is a presentation of Net Impact, the Environmental Policy and Business Forum, and IR/PS.
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Contact David Robertson at (858) 534-1104 for more information.
