Professor Alfonso Morales (Urban & Regional Planning) was recently interviewed for his expertise on food systems and urban agriculture for the segment "Our Planet: Fishing for food solutions, aquaponics offers clues" on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
Morales discusses the role aquaponics will play in the food and business industry in the coming years. The segment aired November 15, 2010.
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Morales' research article "Healthy Food Outside: Herein of Farmer’s Markets, Taco Trucks, and Sidewalk Fruit Vendors," [pdf] provides arguments on behalf of street food, that work was discussed on the Land Use Professors Law blog, November 18, 2010.
He also recently published “Planning and the Self-Organization of Marketplaces” in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of Planning Education and Research.
Morales is also the project co-director of a five-year $4.9 million grant from USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The grant - "Evaluating Innovation and Promoting Success in Community and Regional Food Systems" - is led by Principle Investigator is Professor Steve Ventura (Soils Science).
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