Conference Program for the Community Food Security Coalition's 14th Annual Conference. Food, Culture & Justice: The Gumbo That Unites Us All New Orleans, LA October 15 - 19, 2010

1. 14th Annual
CFSC Conference

2. A Hearty
thank you To All Of Our Sponsors
conference
agenda overview
Saturday, October 16, 2010
4:00pm - 6:00pm Exhibit Hall Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Borgne & Canal St Corridor
5:30pm - 8:30pm Welcome Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Armstrong Ballroom
Sunday, October 17, 2010
6:30am - 7:30am Flow Yoga with TRIYOGA Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riverfront
7:30am - 6:00pm Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Foyer
7:30am - 6:30pm Exhibit Hall Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Borgne & Canal St Corridor
7:30am - 9:00am Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Ballroom
9:00am - 10:30am Opening Plenary: Food, Culture & Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Ballroom
10:45am - 12:15pm Breakout Session #1 – Workshops
Beyond Urban Ag: The Real Dirt on Food Policy and Planning in Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . A1
City Government in Brazil Improves Health Outcomes by Opening Restaurant!. . . . . . A2
Credit and Capital for a Just and Sustainable Food System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
The Minneapolis Healthy Corner Store Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D1
Environmental Justice and Food Justice: A Rallying Cry! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D2
Youth are the Roots: Young People as the Foundation of the Food Movement. . . . . . . . D3
Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Successes and Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . Maurepas
Food Movements, Unite! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southdown
Grantsmanship Workshop with USDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gallier AB
Innovative Solutions to Food Deserts in Urban Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Chenier
Food, Climate, and Policy: Creating Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grand Cocteau
12:15pm - 2:30pm Lunch on Your Own
12:15pm - 1:15pm CFSC Policy Committee Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurepas
1:00pm - 2:15pm Food Justice Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 & A2
Research Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D1 & D2
2:30pm - 4:00pm Breakout Session #2 – Networking and Committees
Community Food Project Indicators of Success. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1
Food and Faith Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2
Food Policy Councils: Looking Beyond the Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
L AW S O N Engaging Youth in Food Justice and Community Building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D2
Healthy Corner Stores Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D3
VA L E N T I N E
Fisheries: Innovation and Culture Alive on the Gulf Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurepas
F O U N DAT I O N
Generation Organic: Sustainable, Young Farmers Working for the Future . . . . Southdown
Communications Professionals: Building Community & Working Together . . . Gallier AB
From Detroit to New Orleans: Building a US Food Sovereignty Movement . . Grand Chenier
Urban Agriculture Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grand Cocteau
Cover Photo Credits: Flickr.com: Okra, Shelley Bernstein. Yellow Feathers, Alysha Jordan. Crawfish, Wally Gobetz
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3. 4:00pm - 4:15pm Break Utilizing Farmers Markets as Hubs for Diverse Food System Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . D3
International Links Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurepas
4:15pm - 5:45pm Breakout Session #3 – Workshops Faith-based Food Security Non-profits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayside A
Food Banking Outside of the Box: Incorporating the Language of Community
Reinventing Food Distribution for Regional Food Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 Food Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayside C
Food & Faith: A Values-Based Approach for Community Food Security . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Community Economic Development Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nottoway
Food Systems Education and Student-driven Food Reform in New Orleans . . . . . . . . . A3 Youth Food Policy Councils: Engaging Youth Within the Food Policy
Building Community Food Security through Community Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D1 Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Alley
Tearing Down the Silos: Collaboration & Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D2 Gulf South Food Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Chenier
Confronting Corporate Power in the Food System: ¡Sí Se Puede! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D3 National Farm to School Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grand Cocteau
Growing Abundance: Restoring Neighborhood Connections to Healthy Food . . Maurepas
Participatory Food Assessments: Integrating Diverse Perspectives and 4:30pm - 4:45pm Break
Building Local Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southdown
USDA Risk Management Agency Partner Achievements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gallier AB 4:45pm - 6:00pm Jobs Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Alley
Growing the Community: Public Health and the Farm Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Chenier 7:00pm Gather for Reception and Second line to French Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hotel Lobby
Emerging Technology and the Threat to a Just Food System . . . . . . . . . . .Grand Cocteau 8:00pm - 10:00pm Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . French Market
Monday, October 18, 2010 Tuesday, October 19, 2010
6:30am - 7:30am Flow Yoga with TRIYOGA Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riverfront 6:30am - 7:30am Flow Yoga with TRIYOGA Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riverfront
6:30am - 7:30am Movement Meditation with Marilyn Yank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayside B 7:30am - 12:00pm Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Foyer
7:30am - 7:00pm Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Foyer 7:30am - 1:00pm Exhibit Hall Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Borgne & Canal St Corridor
7:30am - 7:00pm Exhibit Hall Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Borgne & Canal St Corridor 7:30am - 9:00am Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Ballroom
7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Ballroom
9:00am - 10:30am Breakout session #6 – Workshops
8:30am - 9:30am CFSC Annual Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Ballroom
9:30am - 10:30am International Plenary & Food Sovereignty Prize: Knowing You Make a Difference: Community Food Security Assessment and
“From Local to Global, Another Food System is Possible!” . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Ballroom Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2
Increasing Healthy Food Access through Community and Internet Grocer
10:45am - 12:15pm Breakout Session #4 – Networking and Committees Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
Why Healthy Soils Produce Healthy Food: Soils and Urban Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . D2
The Food Commons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Where’s the Food At? Community Health through Open Green Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . D3
Strengthening Food Business Clusters to Create Community Wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3 Building Local Power: Communities Take Back their Food Systems! . . . . . . . . . Maurepas
Whole Measures for Community Food Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D2 Foraging for Funding: Is Social Enterprise Right for Your Non-Profit? . . . . . . . . Nottoway
Building a Global Movement: Discussion with Food Sovereignty It’s Harvest Time: Food, Security and Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Alley
Prize Honorees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D3 FoodCorps: Planting a Shovel Ready Service Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Chenier
Recipe for Change: Healthy Food in Every Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurepas Maple Apple Gumbo: Farm to School Collaboration in Vermont . . . . . . . . .Grand Cocteau
The Journey to Local – Creating and Implementing a Sustainability Plan . . . . . Bayside A
Organizing for Labor, Racial, and Immigrant Justice in Community Food 10:45am - 12:00pm Closing Plenary: “Growing a Movement, Building Power” . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Ballroom
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayside C
SNAP-UP: Food Stamp Incentive Programs at Farmers’ Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . Nottoway
Food Insecurity: Improving Accessamong New Orleans
Low-Income Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Alley
Blueprints, Maps and Frameworks: Developing State-wide Food Systems
Policy Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Chenier
Plate to Politics: How Women Can Lead the Recipe for Change . . . . . . . . . .Grand Cocteau
12:15pm - 3:00pm Lunch on your own
1:30pm - 2:45pm Farm Bill Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Alley
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CFSC Strategic Planning Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2
Top Ten Best Practices for Successful Community Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
MILK BUTTER CHEESE EGGS
Strategies for Creating Effective and Successful Garden Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D2
JUICE SOY PRODUCE
Gotreaux Family Farms
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5. Saturday, October 16 9:00am - 10:30am Napoleon A3 Napoleon D3
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Opening Plenary: Credit and Capital for a Just and Youth are the Roots: Young People
Welcome Reception “Food, Culture & Justice” Sustainable Food System as the Foundation of the Food
Armstrong Ballroom, 8th Floor
Napoleon Ballroom Ben Burkett, Mississippi Association of Cooperatives Movement
Welcome to New Orleans! Join us for a reception Mayor Mitch Landrieu, invited Niaz Dorry, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Christine Hadekel, Cornell Garden-Based Learning
featuring produce, rice and goats from local farms Lolis Ellie, Filmmaker and Writer for Treme
Lisa Griffith, National Family Farm Coalition Drew Love, Boston Locavores
and gardens, including several visited by field Pam Broom, Urban Gardener
New Orleans is brimming with people who are Scott Marlow, Rural Advancement Foundation Alicia Sparks, Real Food Challenge
trip participants. At the reception you’ll have the
passionate about food. Listen to a group of all-star New International – USA Learn from three different grassroots organizations
opportunity to meet conference attendees and speakers,
CFSC board and staff, and the Local Host Committee. Orleanians share their personal connection to food – Bob St. Peter, Food for Maine’s Future about how young people are playing an effective and
family cooking traditions, business ventures, gardening vital role in the food movement. Then, through small
Hilde Steffey, Farm Aid
Food Justice Photo and farming – and you will be fired-up to explore this
To create jobs and strengthen our food and local
group discussion, learn how you can successfully
city’s dynamic food culture. partner with youth to accomplish your organization’s
Contest Gallery economy, farmers, fishers and workers must have fair goals and to build a more diverse and sustainable food
access to capital, credit and disaster assistance. Session movement.
The photographs depict the effects of food justice 10:45am - 12:15pm attendees will learn of the barriers food producers
projects and collaborations in communities across the
country. The winning photographs and other selected
Breakout Session #1 face in our financial infrastructure, including farmer Maurepas
access to agricultural land, fisherman’s access to fishing
photos will be on display during the reception in the
Napoleon A1 rights and the strategies necessary to redefine this Child Nutrition Reauthorization:
Armstrong Ballroom and throughout the conference in
the Common St Corridor. Beyond Urban Ag: The Real Dirt
infrastructure. Successes and Implementation
on Food Policy & Planning in Napoleon D1 Megan Lott, Community Food Security Coalition
Also at the reception:
Seattle The Minneapolis Healthy Corner Sheilah Davidson, School Food FOCUS
6:00 pm - 7:00pm
Kara Martin, Martin & Sanders Consulting LLC
Store Program Ellen Teller, Food Research and Action Center
Book Signing Aliyah Ali, Minneapolis Department of Health & Family
This panel of national policy experts will highlight
Tammy Morales, Urban Food Link wins in the recent Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization
Meet the authors of three recently published books and Support legislation, including mandatory funding for Farm to
Andrea Petzel, City of Seattle Department of Planning &
have your copy signed. Learn about the evolution of the Minneapolis Healthy School programs, and explain what is now needed as we
Development
Corner Store Program, highlighting experiences shift gears towards implementing these policy wins.
Seattle is considered a leader in the urban agriculture
with store recruitment, relationship building, needs
movement, but the city’s efforts to increase the security
Sunday, October 17 assessment, and leveraging existing policies. By Southdown
and sustainability of its local (and regional) food system
sharing lessons learned throughout planning and
6:30am - 7:30am
extend beyond merely growing and selling food. This
implementation, we aim to educate participants about
Food Movements, Unite!
workshop will identify how local government plays a
Flow Yoga with TRIYOGA Center vital role in the local food system. Presenters will also
how to increase access to healthy foods in low-income
neighborhoods through corner stores.
Eric Holt-Gimenez, Food First
share the challenges of implementing food policy at the Annie Shattuck, Food First
Woldenberg Park on the Riverfront local level.
Join New Orleans based TRIYOGA Center for morning Napoleon D2 Food First will present our new book “Breaking Through
flow yoga practice at the Woldenberg Park on the Napoleon A2 Environmental Justice and Food the Asphalt: Strategies for Transforming the Food
System” in an interactive workshop with multiple
riverfront on Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Mornings.
Donations are appreciated. City Government in Brazil Justice: A Rallying Cry! authors. The workshop will discuss key strategies for
Improves Health Outcomes by John Burns, Jack and Jakes
change from labor, food justice, and food sovereignty
leaders around the world and in the United States.
7:30am - 9:00am Opening Restaurant! Michelle Erenberg, Gulf Restoration Network
Breakfast Daniela Almeida, REDE Matt Rota, Gulf Restoration Network
Gallier AB
Napoleon Ballroom Examining the intersection of Environmental Justice Grantsmanship Workshop with
Flavio Duffles, City of Belo Horizonte
Sara Franklin, Independent consultant and writer
and Food Justice in the Gulf Coast is vital, as the USDA
effects of a massive oil spill are threatening this entire
Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center community. We will discuss the impacts of several Well articulated goals and objectives can result in
sources of pollution on food security in a region that your proposal being successfully funded. At this
The city government in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, halved
relies on the bayous, marshes, and river for livelihoods interactive session we’ll discuss the keys to successful
infant mortality by launching a comprehensive food
as much as for food. grantsmanship, the Dos and Don’ts in proposal writing,
initiative based on the concept that food is a human
working with collaborators, timelines, evaluation and
right. The city opened a “popular restaurant” that buys
project sustainability.
food from local farms, and feeds low-income residents
healthy local meals at low prices.
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6. Grand Chenier 1:00pm - 2:15pm Napoleon A3 Southdown
Innovative Solutions to Food Food Justice Forum Food Policy Councils: Looking Generation Organic: Sustainable,
Deserts in Urban Areas Napoleon A1 & A2 Beyond the Local Young Farmers Working for the
Adam Diamond, USDA Facilitated by Robert Gottlieb & Anupama Joshi, Urban David McIntyre, International Culinary School at the Art Future
& Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College Institute of Portland
Paulette Flynn, SHARE Wisconsin Melanie Webb, Organic Valley Farmer
The authors of Food Justice will facilitate a discussion
Anita Yap, Multnomah Food Policy Council
Adam Pine, University of Minnesota Duluth with food justice leaders, to help situate and define food Tyler Webb, Organic Valley Farmer
justice as a crucial part of the struggles to change the Food Policy Councils are gaining in recognition and
Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Young organic farmers will discuss challenges during
food system. The forum will identify the various aspects relevance within their local communities. Can FPCs,
Network an era when most farmers are over 55. People of all
of the emerging food justice movement and engage through networking and collaboration, influence
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss on-going ages are invited to discuss the philosophy behind
participants in a discussion about food justice issues. national policies? Small groups will explore the barriers
projects such as food buying clubs and mobile markets family farming, organic sustainability, the duties young
and benefits of FPC collaboration and looking beyond
that increase food-buying options in urban food deserts. farmers take on, and how to unite with hope for the
local issues.
Our goal is to share best practices and develop new Research Forum future.
strategies that expand access to healthy food in urban Napoleon D2
Napoleon D1 & D2 Gallier AB
communities.
Facilitated by Molly Anderson, College of the Atlantic; Engaging Youth in Food Justice Communications Professionals:
Grand Cocteau Megan Carney, UC Santa Barbara; Anne Palmer, Center
for a Livable Future
and Community Building Building Community & Working
Food, Climate and Policy: The CFSC Research Forum will provide a space for Deborah Leta Habib, Seeds of Solidarity Together
Creating Connections attendees to learn about existing research projects and Vanessa Lynch, Seeds of Solidarity
innovative research approaches, connect with others Naomi Starkman, Food Policy Media Consultant
Eliav Bitan, New Era Agriculture Youth programs can provide young people with a
in the field to reflect on research challenges and gap Jen Dalton, Kitchen Table Consulting/Civil Eats
safe and productive community setting to grow and
Betsy McCann, New Era Agriculture areas relevant to community food security, and devise
transform, while cultivating food and skills for activism. Wendy Wasserman, AMS/USDA
This informative workshop addresses the relationship practical solutions to overcoming these challenges.
Through dialogue, this session explores key questions,
Communications directors and independent
between food and climate change through the challenges, and strategies for energizing existing youth
communications professionals provide the voice
presentation of pertinent research. Participants will 2:30pm - 4:00pm food and agriculture programs to inspire and engage
and tools needed to deliver the messages of the food
engage in communication-centered activities that
aid in interpreting scientific evidence for a variety of Breakout Session # 2 young people as changemakers.
movement to a variety of audiences. We will examine
how we can help one another be more effective and
audiences. Napoleon D3
Napoleon A1 use our strengths for future actions in support of food
Community Food Project Healthy Corner Stores Network security and the good food movement.
12:15pm - 2:30pm
Lunch on Your Own Indicators of Success – James Johnson-Piett, Urbane Development, LLC Grand Chenier
Specifically for CFP Grantees Kai Siedenburg, Community Food Security Coalition From Detroit to New Orleans:
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Jeanette Abi-Nader, Community Food Security Coalition
Are you working to bring fresh produce or other healthy
Building a US Food Sovereignty
CFSC Policy Gain detailed information on CFP grantee reporting
foods into small-scale stores in your community, or
interested in doing this work? Come meet members Movement
Committee Meeting requirements. The Indicators of Success is a new of the Healthy Corner Stores Network and learn about
reporting system designed to track outputs and corner store initiatives around the country. We’ll get Nefer Ra Barber, Detroit Black Community Food Security
Maurepas outcomes across programs and demonstrate our brief updates on various efforts and discuss issues of Network
CFSC’s Policy Committee develops policy goals for the collective impacts towards community food security. common interest. Stephen Bartlett, Agricultural Missions
coalition, updates members on the latest federal policy Come learn how to use this form and glean input on
happenings affecting the community food security Joaquin Martinez, Community to Community
your CFP evaluation. Maurepas
movement, and strategizes on current legislative efforts. Development
Join us to hear what CFSC’s policy office has been Napoleon A2
Fisheries: Innovation and Culture Bob St. Peter, National Family Farm Coalition/Via
working on in 2010, and to discuss future policy issues
Food & Faith Committee Alive on the Gulf Coast Campesina North America
affecting community food security.
Karen Washington, New York City Urban Farmer
Rusty Gaude, LSU AgCenter SeaGrant
The Food and Faith committee meets annually at the
Ben Yahola, Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative
CFSC meeting and hosts a google discussion group Robin Barnes, Greater New Orleans Inc.
around issues related to food and faith. Join us to In June of 2010, 15,000 activists converged in Detroit
Darlene Wolnik, Marketumbrella.org
review past goals and select priorities for our work for the US Social Forum. In this powerful space,
Come to this “fair” of information from fishers, markets the foundations were laid for a unified grassroots
in the coming year. This year’s meeting will offer us
and extension services on fisheries on the Gulf Coast. movement for food sovereignty in the US. Learn more,
an opportunity to revisit the focus and format of this
This is a great chance for food activists that are more plug into current actions, and strategize on next steps.
committee so we can plan for our future.
familiar with agricultural products to learn about fish.
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7. Grand Cocteau Napoleon A3 Napoleon D3 Gallier AB
Urban Agriculture Committee Food Systems Education and Confronting Corporate Power in USDA Risk Management Agency
The Urban Agriculture Committee works on national Student-driven Food Reform in the Food System: ¡Sí Se Puede! Partner Achievements
policy and disseminates information of interest to
community gardeners, urban farmers and other
New Orleans Joel Greeno, National Family Farm Coalition Learn about managing risks associated with
communities, farms, and ranches from RMA funded
metropolitan growers. The meeting will brainstorm Cory Ashby, Our School at Blair Grocery Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition
partners. New and old project directors will discuss
speakers to invite to our upcoming monthly conference
Johanna Gilligan, Clean Plate Projects, LLC Karen Washington, Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners their projects’ successes, failures, strategies, and tools
calls, and discuss legislative strategy related to getting
There are more than 2 million farmers and fisherman, used to manage agricultural risks and achieve economic
urban agriculture included in the 2012 Farm Bill. Student Representatives, Kids Rethink New Orleans
15 million food system workers, and 300 million eaters viability.
Schools
in the US. Standing between them are a handful of
School gardens are growing like weeds in New Orleans! Grand Chenier
4:15pm - 5:45pm corporations who control how food gets from one side
This workshop will discuss innovative food systems
Breakout Session # 3 education occurring at Our School at Blair Grocery,
to the other. Learn from people working to change that Growing the Community: Public
equation, through organizing, education, and direct
Napoleon A1
the Edible Schoolyard New Orleans and Kids Rethink
action. Health and the Farm Bill
New Orleans Schools. Participants will share best
Reinventing Food Distribution for practices in their own communities and ideas on how
Maurepas Becca Klein, John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
to meaningfully engage youth in the reform of the food
Regional Food Systems system. Growing Abundance: Restoring Megan Lott, Community Food Security Coalition
Roni Neff, John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
Tim Huggins, Red Tomato
Napoleon D1
Neighborhood Connections to
David Wallinga, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
Betty MacKenzie, Red Tomato
Building Community Food Healthy Food Federal agriculture policy, particularly the Farm Bill,
Red Tomato presents their basic ‘lessons learned’ in
twelve years wholesale distribution and marketing Security Through Community Larry Adams, Walnut Way Conservation Corp has numerous implications for community food
security and public health. This session will explore
of local produce, combined with small and large Gardens Sharon Adams, Walnut Way Conservation Corp opportunities and share concrete resources to expand
group problem solving, information sharing and Young Kim, Fondy Food Center collaboration between public health and community
brainstorming for anyone actively involved in creating Rev. Stephanie Ahlschwede, United Methodist Ministries food professionals locally and regionally in order to
distribution links for local/regional food supply. Nicole Lightwine, Walnut Way Conservation Corp
Mary Lee Fitzsimmons, United Methodist Ministries impact the 2012 Farm Bill.
Walnut Way Conservation Corp is a resident-led,
Napoleon A2 Erika Rumbley, Southside Community Land Trust community development organization serving the Grand Cocteau
Food & Faith: A Values-Based Eliza Sutton, Southside Community Land Trust Milwaukee Central City neighborhood. The session
will discuss grassroots urban agriculture projects, Emerging Technology and the
Approach for Community Food This workshop will explore critical success factors for
new community gardens in rural and urban settings
urban revitalization complexities, and health equality Threat to a Just Food System
Security during the planning, implementation and evaluation
issues. Learn how communities can transform through
connections to growing. Sarah Alexander, Food & Water Watch
phases of gardens and then will explore two models for
Pastor Heber Brown III, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church ensuring sustainability in urban settings—establishing Dave Andrews, Food & Water Watch
Southdown
Jenny Holmes, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon both a city wide community garden network and Michael Greger, Humane Society of the United States
Cassi Johnson, Community Food Advocates
marketing collaboratives. Participatory Food Assessments: This panel will discuss emerging technologies in the
Angela Smith, Baltimore Food & Faith Project Napoleon D2
Integrating Diverse Perspectives food system such as animal genetic engineering,
Faith-based organizations and faith communities Tearing Down the Silos: and Building Local Leadership cloning, and nanotechnology. These emerging
technologies threaten the health of humans, animals,
representing different traditions will share their work
to support local farmers, develop community gardens, Collaboration & Partnership Wendy Peters Moschetti, WPM Consulting LLC the environment, and a just food system. Small groups
will discuss how we can build a sustainable movement
and increase healthy food accessibility. Attendees will Dawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University
Lauren Bierbaum, GNO Afterschool Partnership against these dangerous technologies.
be asked to share best practices from their own faith- Cynthia Torres, Longmont Farmers’ Market
based efforts and participate in structured small group Grace Peterson, LSU Ag Center
Presenters will share challenges and successes in
discussions, each led by a panelist. Ashley Wennerstrom, Tulane School of Medicine developing meaningful, participatory food systems
Throughout Louisiana, unprecedented collaboration assessments that engage universities, non-profits, and
is occurring as a response to the struggle for limited governments. This roundtable discussion will use a case
resources. Building collaborative partnerships across study from our experience with developing assessments
sectors is vital for the development of successful to explore the principles of participatory research and
community projects. The presenters will explain the participatory strategy development among diverse food
components involved in creating workable strategies for system stakeholders.
building those collaborations and provide examples of
successful collaborations.
12 Food, Culture & Justice New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, October 17 13

8. Monday, October 18 us that a new food system is possible – and we all have Napoleon D3 the steps taken to assist in funding, build community
6:30am - 7:30am
a role to play in bringing it about!
Building a Global Movement: relationships, partner with local farmers and share our
learnings during our journey.
Movement Meditation with 10:45am - 12:15pm
Discussion with Food Sovereignty
Bayside C
Marilyn Yank Breakout Session #4 Prize Honorees
Organizing for Labor, Racial, and
Djibo Bagna, ROPPA (The Network of West African
Bayside B Napoleon A2 Peasant and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations) Immigrant Justice in Community
Simple standing exercises to strengthen and stretch
the body, calm the mind and build energy. Dress
Food Commons John Kinsman, Family Farm Defenders Food Systems
comfortably. Marilyn has been a student and teacher James Cochran, Swanton Berry Farm Cathleen Kneen, Food Secure Canada Darrin Browder, Restaurant Opportunities Center-New
of Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and meditation for 25 years and
Eric Holt-Gimenez, Food First Dawn Morrison, The Working Group on Indigenous Food Orleans
teaches classes throughout New Orleans.
The Food Commons is a New Deal scale proposal to Sovereignty Derek Robinson, ROC-NOLA
acquire farmland and other food infrastructure to create Christiana Schiavoni, WhyHunger Joann Lo, Food Chain Workers Alliance
7:30am - 8:30am integrated regional food systems nationwide, with
Ruth Simpson, Family Farm Defenders
Breakfast a special emphasis on under-served communities. It
Diana Robinson, UFCW Local 1500
would support the small businesses that would operate Aba Ifeoma, Detroit Black Community Food Security Food system workers and organizers will present
Napoleon Ballroom the system, and be governed democratically by all, Network the problems facing workers throughout our food
from farmers and farm workers, to retailers and retail The 2010 Food Sovereignty Prize winners and other system and the strategies and solutions that they are
8:30am - 9:30am employing to overcome them, followed by a discussion
workers, to customers and communities. leaders in the food sovereignty movement will lead
CFSC Annual Meeting a discussion to increase participants’ understanding with workshop participants about how to link workers’
Napoleon A3 of the concepts of food sovereignty and how these rights and food security into one movement.
Napoleon Ballroom
Our annual meeting is a great opportunity for you Strengthening Food Business elements shape their community food security work
which, in turn, revitalizes and strengthens local Nottoway
to better understand the groundbreaking work CFSC Clusters to Create Community economies. SNAP-UP: Food Stamp Incentive
is doing, as well as to shape the direction of the
organization through providing feedback. Meet the new Wealth Maurepas Programs at Farmers’ Markets
Board members and learn about the initiatives CFSC
will be undertaking in 2011.
Dan Carmody, Detroit Eastern Market Recipe for Change: Healthy Food Fernanda de Campos, City Heights Farmers’ Market
Regi Haslett-Marroquin, Rural Enterprise Center
in Every Community Sarah Nelson, Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market
9:30am - 10:30am Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center Alexis Stevens, Green Market
Mary Hendrickson, University of Missouri Extension
International Plenary & Food One of the most effective strategies for strengthening
local food economies is to create clusters of food Mary Lee, PolicyLink
Gus Schumacher, Wholesome Wave Foundation
Sovereignty Prize: businesses that trade with each other, foster Linda Shak, Prevention Institute
Darlene Wolnik, Marketumbrella.org
“From Local to Global, Another strong social connections, and create greater local
interdependency. Learn how two innovative clusters are
Creating healthier food environments requires policies
Join farmers’ market operators from around the country
to hear about programs that increase SNAP (food
Food System is Possible!” forming in rural and urban areas.
and practices that support healthy food retail, healthier
institutions, federal nutrition programs, and sustainable
stamp) participants’ buying power at the market. A
panel discussion followed by small group activities will
Napoleon Ballroom food systems. This interactive session familiarizes
Napoleon D2 help participants learn how to start similar programs in
participants with policy opportunities, emphasizes the
John Kinsman, Family Farm Defenders
Whole Measures for Community importance of working across sectors, and provides a
their communities.
Ruth Simpson, Family Farm Defenders
Food Systems forum for sharing policy and organizational practice
successes and challenges.
Oak Alley
Aba Ifeoma, Detroit Black Community Food Security
Network Jeanette Abi-Nader, Community Food Security Coalition Food Insecurity: Improving
Bayside A
Djibo Bagna, ROPPA (The Network of West African Deb Habib, Seeds of Solidarity Access Among New Orleans Low-
Peasant and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations) Mario Yanez, Earth Learning
The Journey to Local: Income Communities
Dawn Morrison, The Working Group on Indigenous Food How do you measure what is really important about Creating and Implementing a
Pamela Broom, New Orleans Food & Farm Network
Sovereignty your community food systems work? Whole Measures Sustainability Plan
Hear from the 2010 Food Sovereignty Prize recipient for Community Food Systems (WMCFS) is a project David Coffman, Second Harvest
Family Farm Defenders and Honorable Mentions: assessment and evaluation tool based on a set of core James Boushka, University Dining Services at UC Davis Lynette Collin, O.C. Haley Main Street and Merchants
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, value-based practices. It uses dialogue and community Association
Michelle Russell, Colby College Student
ROPPA and The Working Group on Indigenous Food engagement to explore the impact of our work. Learn
Sovereignty. These organizations are implementing about this tool, hear innovative evaluation strategies Allyson Murphy’, Sodexo Campus Services Greta Gladney, The Renaissance Project
creative strategies to put power over our food system and practice engaging with WMCFS. What is important in a sustainability plan? Learn Malcolm Suber, American Friends Service Committee
back into the hands of the people. From local to how to develop a sustainability program for your food This interactive presentation of New Orleans-based
municipal to global levels, their inspiring stories remind service operation. Summarizing the journey on both the racial equity, food access and poverty alleviation work is
UC Davis and Colby College campuses, we will discuss
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