The Future of Our Food 
and Farms Summit

2002 Conference

Our Future 
Grows Here

A regional summit to promote agriculture, learn about trends in food distribution & and find ways to reduce hunger.
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U.S. Congressman Mike Castle & USDA Regional Administrator Chris Martin to Speak at Hunger Congress

December 5 and 6, 2002
Wyndham Wilmington Hotel
Wilmington, Delaware
Deadline for discount rooms is Friday, Nov. 22.

Conference basics

Program schedule

Brochure (.pdf)

Registration form (.pdf)

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'02 Innovation, Achievement Awards to Michael Hamm, Lorraine Matthews

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Sponsorship opportunities
 
Special Sessions:

Direct Marketing for Increasing Farm Profitability: (Scholarships available)

Hunger Congress

Nutrition Symposium

Ag Economic Development

Local Food Systems 
and Food Security


Special guests:  

  • Thursday opening keynote by Desmond Jolly, Director, Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis

  • Friday closing keynote by Marion Nestle, author of  Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health 

Archived 2001 conference site


Conference basics:

Date: December 5th and 6th 

Special guests:  

  • Marion Nestle, author of  Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health 
  • Desmond Jolly, Director, Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis

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, Pa. -- 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. 

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.

This year's special sessions include: the 2nd Annual Hunger Congress and two new events for 2003 -- the Nutrition Symposium and the Direct Marketing for Increasing Farm Profitability: Training for Trainers Project. 

Additional noteworthy sessions include Economic Development and Local Food Systems and Food Security. All feature renowned leaders and experts from throughout the region as well as timely information for attendees.

Learn about a variety of food, farming and hunger topics in this year's concurrent sessions! Sessions include: 

  • Youth Innovators In Education
  • The Farm Bill's Influence on Farming and Anti-Hunger Interests
  • Promoting Your Non-Profit or Special Project
  • Launching New Food and Farm Businesses
  • New Ventures for African American Farmers
  • Fundamentals of Merchandising
  • Successfully Marketing Farmers Markets
  • Making the Most of Market Opportunities
  • Food in School Curricula
  • New and Beginning Farmers
  • Food Safety
  • Providing Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods
  • Locally Grown Food
  • Successful Cooperative Operations
  • Merging Agriculture, Nutrition and Public Health Policy
  • Farmland Protection - and much, much more! 

And back for a second year in a row due to participant demand -- a dynamic discussion about small and large farms! See the brochure for a full list of topics and speakers.

 


Future of Our Food and Farms Summit

For more information, contact:

Meredith Stone
215-568-0830 • Ext.10
contact@thefoodtrust.org

www.foodfarm.org