Summit: Good Food Now! Food, Farms and Community Health

When
December 1, 2007   8:45 am - 6:00 pm
Where
The New School
66 W. 12th St. (bet. Fifth & Sixth Aves.)
Manhattan
Cost
$60 ($35 for students)
RSVP
Register online or call the New School Box Office at 212-229-5488, M-F, 1-7 pm
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Keynote: Ian Cheney and Aaron Woolf, makers of the soon-to-be-released film King Corn.

Workshop topics include:

  • Climate Change and Agriculture
  • Connections between Racial Justice, Nutrition, Food and Neighborhood Health
  • The Future of Urban Agriculture
  • School Food
  • New York's Global Food Footprint
  • Using Technology to Promote Local Food
  • Youth Curricula in Gardens and Schools
  • Farm Bill
  • Food Advocacy 101
  • Farm to Institution Models
  • Eating Local Throughout the Year
  • Growing Urban Farmers
  • So You Think You Want to be a Farmer?
  • And much more!

Stay tuned to www.justfood.org for the complete list of workshops.