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| From http://www.healthyfoodslocalfarmsconference.org/:
The 10th annual Sierra Club "Healthy Foods, Local Farms" Conference is on the theme "Growing Community Through Food". $40.
Speakers include Kentucky author and activist Wendell Berry; Sam Levin, co-founder, Project Sprout; Josh Viertel, Slow Food USA; Laura Krebsbach, chairperson, Nebraska Prairie Harvest Project (Nebraska Environmental Action Coalition); writer Sarah Fritschner; Nicolette Hahn Niman, author of "Righteous Porkchop"
From http://www.healthyfoodslocalfarmsconference.org/HFLF%20final%20agenda.doc:
Final Agenda for 2009 HFLF Conference
8-9 a.m. Registration and light breakfast—Strickler Hall
9-9:30 Welcome-- Hank Graddy and University of Louisville Shirley Willihnganz Room 102
9:35-10:05 Sam Levin—“No Time for Tomorrow: Working Today, One Carrot at a Time” Room 102
10:10-10:40 Nicolette Hahn Niman “Righteous Pork Chop—Can Meat be Sustainable?” Room 102
10:45-11:00 BREAK
11:05-11:35 Wendell Berry “A Fifty Year Farm Bill” Room 102
11:40-12:10 “ NuLu East Market –Building a Food Neighborhood”--panel Gill Holland, facilitator; Steve Paradis, Jennifer Charles, Room 102
12:15-1:10 Lunch
1:15- 2:05 Keynote Speaker Josh Viertel—“Slow Food” Room 102
2:10-2:40 Sister Amelia Stenger and Jonathan Miller—“Faith and Food—the Community Approach” Room 102
2:45- 3:15—BREAK and Book Signings
3:20-4:30 Break Out Sessions
4:35-5:30 reports from breakouts, wrap up the day, perspective of the past ten years.
BREAKOUTS
Farming Community: Adam Barr, Laura Krebsbach, Jake Schmitz
Tim Mayer, CFA, facilitator Room 208 A
Health community—Dr. Bob Siegell, Cathy Cooley, Dr. David Allen, Joshua Jennings; Betsy Bennett, facilitator Room 208
Global Community Issues—Josh Viertel, Cathy Frank, Karen Moskowitz; facilitator Rona Roberts Room 101
Gardening for Community—Chris Valentine, Sarah Fritschner, Steve Paradis, Tracey Williams, facilitator Room 310 G
Community Leaders for Tomorrow—Sam Levin, Sarah Kelty, Miranda Hileman; Rebecca Self, facilitator Room 102
Non-Traditional Food Communities-- Berea Eco Village--Ruhiyyih Young, Pine Mountain Settlement School--Randal Pfleger, White Light Diner-- Rick Paul; Susan Lambert, facilitator. Room 209
Sponsors: Sierra Club Water Sentinels, University of Louisville, Brown-Forman, Slow Food Bluegrass, Socially Responsible Agriculture Project, Kentucky Department of Agriculture; WFPL Louisville NPR; Kentucky Country Day School, Kentucky Association of Independent Schools, Community Farm Alliance, Kentucky Council of Churches, Kentucky Resources Council, Tallgrass Farm Foundation; Partners for Family Farms, EarthWorks LLC, Carmichael’s Bookstore, Heine Brothers Coffee
Supporters: University of Kentucky College of Agriculture; Rainbow Blossom, Whole Foods, Amazing Grace, Greater Louisville Sierra Group, Cumberland Chapter Sierra Club
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