Public Affairs Forum: Urban Farms

From the First Unitarian Universalist Church –

Michael Hanan is CEO of Agua Dulce Farm in Austin. Agua Dulce Farm is Austin’s premier grower and supplier of fresh salad greens, herbs and fish – serving many of Austin’s favorite restaurants, farmers’ markets and grocery stores. Mr. Hanan and Agua Dulce Farm has been featured in National Geographic

Driven by a passion to help people live healthier and happier lives and to improve the sustainability of our food and agriculture systems, he has been working on the front lines of urban agriculture in Austin for the past 5 years – first, as Co-Founder of Ten Acre Organics and, most recently, as CEO of Agua Dulce Farm. Agua Dulce develops, employs and demonstrates the most efficient methods of Organic growing, including aquaponics and controlled environment agriculture.

About the Public Affairs Forum

The Public Affairs Forum is held at 12 noon on most Sundays in the Sanctuary at First UU, sponsor of the forum. The church is located at 4700 Grover. These one-hour forums are open to the public and admission is free.

Forums include lectures by prominent speakers on a wide variety of topics – social equity, politics, environmental issues, science, community action initiatives, and others. Most forum events allow time for the audience to ask questions of the speaker. The presentation is videotaped, edited and broadcast on ChannelAustin TV cable channel 10 at 6 p.m. on Sundays.