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Community Food Systems Conference



COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 2-3, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS
Registration deadline September 18, 1996

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




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