A Mid-Atlantic regional summit to promote agriculture, learn about trends in food distribution & and find ways to reduce hunger. Hosted by: The
Food Trust Major Sponsors: Pennsylvania Department of AgricultureNutrition Education Network Land O'Lakes Foundation Supporting Sponsors: Maryland Department of Agriculture Contributors: Penn State University Cooperative Extension& College of Agricultural Sciences New for 2001: |
Conference basics: Date: Nov. 29 to 30
Network with farmers, faith-based food providers, legislators and government officials, educators, agribusiness representatives, food wholesalers and retailers, food bank representatives, nutritionists, extension agents, and youth from the Mid-Atlantic region. The Mid-Atlantic region has a wealth of resources -- including some of the richest agricultural soils in the world. It has a diversity of residents -- from urban populations -- including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- to large rural populations including the Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Competing uses for its vast resources have important implications for our future food system. As federal programs and policies are increasingly shifted to states, local governments and the nonprofit sector to implement -- it is important that farmers, consumers, industry, government and nonprofits collaborate. . The Summit is creating a place where these interests can come together to share ideas about problems and solutions affecting the farm and food system in the region. Our intent is to develop and promote recommendations that will guide the formation of farming and food policy in the Mid-Atlantic region, and set the stage to influence future federal, state and local government policies. We will disseminate policy recommendations that grow out of discussions at the Summit to leaders in the farm and food system throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. At the Summit you will hear from experts and your peers about how the region's food system works today - and where it is going - and how we can help to shape it for the future. Learn about inner-city supermarkets, minority entrepreneurs, genetically modified food (GMO's), women in agriculture, rotational grazing, youth involvement in agriculture, marketing to today's health conscious consumers, cooperatives, ethnic produce -and much, much more! Future of Our Food and Farms Summit
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