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“To connect food system stakeholders in the Spokane region and identify key concerns and opportunities to shape the Spokane Food Policy Council’s policy objectives.”
The Spokane Regional Food Policy Council Presents:
"Growing Food Partnerships"
Join us November 13th as we bring key players in the local food system together to learn from local leaders and nationally recognized food advocate and keynote speaker Mark Winne.
“Mark is a co-founder of food and agriculture policy groups including the City of Hartford Food Policy Commission, the Connecticut Food Policy Council, End Hunger Connecticut!, and the national Community Food Security Coalition. He was chairman of the Working Lands Alliance, a statewide coalition working to preserve Connecticut’s farmland, and is a founder of the Connecticut Farmland Trust. Mark was a member of the United States delegation to the 2000 World Conference on Food Security in Rome and is a 2001 recipient of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary’s Plow Honor Award. From 2002 until 2004, Mark was a Food and Society Policy Fellow, a position supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Mark serves part time as a Senior Advisor to the Food Policy Networks Project at the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future. Mark currently writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional agriculture, community food assessment, and food policy. Bio— http://www.markwinne.com/bio/
Schedule:
8:30 a.m. Registration -light refreshments
9:00 Opening Ceremony by Melodi Wynne and Context and History of the Food Policy Council with Ben Stuckart
9:30 Mark Winne Keynote Speaker
Session 1 10:15-11:00
a) Spokane County Food Story Map- "Where Do You Get Your Food?"
b) Political Boot Camp: Farm Bill
11:15-12:15 Lunch Provided
Session 2 12:30-1:10
a) Food Waste Recovery Panel Discussion
b) Resource Issues and Farmland Preservation
1:15-2:05 Food as an Economic Driver
2:15-3:05 Where do we go from here. Participatory Discussion
3:10-4:00 Closing session with Mark Winne
4:00pm Door Prizes
4:00-5:30 Think and Drink Reception with Open Mic Discussion
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
Spokane Regional Health District
Sodexo Gonzaga University
Catholic Charities Food For All
NW Farm Credit Services
Fruithill Farm
Sodexo Whitworth
WSU Food System Team PNW Co-op Specialty Foods
Pilgrim's Market
Second Harvest
Lee Dominey
Foothills Farm
Futurewise
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
Please contact spokanefoodpolicy@gmail.com
Thanks to
Our Speakers
Mark Winne
Ben Stuckart
Melodi Wynne
Linda Stone
April Gunderson
Kris Major
Adam Hegsted
John Cleary
Josh Guintoli
Fred Berman
Learn more at
SpokaneFoodPolicy.org
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