For registration information and a conference brochure, call (916) 752-7556
Conference Web site: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/sarep/Events/cfs96/
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Program
Wednesday, October 2
Registration begins at 9:00 am
Conference begins at 9:30 am
Welcome and Introduction to Community Food Systems
Keynote: Joan Gussow, Professor emeritus, Teachers' College, Columbia
University
Break
Plenary Panel: Showcasing Creative Collaborations
Moderator: Gail Feenstra, UC SAREP
Sharon Junge, UC Cooperative Extension, Placer-Nevada counties,
PlacerGROWN
Mohammed Nuru, San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners
Janet Brown, All-Star Organics, Food and Agriculture Policy Group
Frank Tamborello, Interfaith Hunger Coalition
Lunch: local, seasonal buffet prepared by The Mustard Seed
Poetry: Gary Snyder, Pulitzer-prize winning poet
Keynote:Daniel Kemmis, Mayor of Missoula, Montana
Break
Concurrent Workshops: Tools for building community food systems
Farmers' markets, economic development, and low-income communities.
Regional marketing strategies.
Community food system assessment tools.
How to build coalitions and influence public policy.
Concluding Panel: Reflections from panel and audience
Wednesday evening
Meet at the Davis Farmers' Market for dinner and entertainment
Thursday, October 3
Welcome: Tom Haller, Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Keynote: Fred Kirschenmann, organic farmer, North Dakota
Break
Plenary Panel: Farmers', Farmworkers' and Consumers' Roles in Community
Development
Moderator: David Chaney, UC SAREP
Bryce Lundberg, Lundberg Family Farms
Sue Temple, Fiddler's Green Farm
Don Villarejo, California Institute for Rural Studies
Doris Bloch, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Concurrent Workshops: Innovative Strategies
Educating youth about food and farming
Building food-related economic infrastructure
Developing community farms and urban gardens
Preserving farmland and forging rural/urban linkages
Lunch: local, seasonal buffet prepared by The Mustard Seed
Plenary Panel: Institutionalizing Community Food Systems
Moderator: Dave Campbell, UC SAREP
Bob Gottlieb, UCLA Dept. of Urban Planning
Kai Siedenburg, California SAWG
Ellie Rilla, UC Cooperative Extension, Marin-Sonoma counties
Joyce Ewen, Pomona-Inland Valley Council of Churches
Concluding Panel: Reflections from panel and audience
Conference ends 4:00 pm