Dig In! Food & Garden Conference

Posted by on February 19, 2012

Dig In! Food & Garden Conference

Registration Closes March 9th!

If you grow, prepare, market, eat, compost, educate or set policy about food, this event is for YOU! Participants may include school staff & parents; business owners & employees; community leaders & residents; and health & food-focused professionals.

The Dig In! Food & Garden Conference will offer information, inspiration and resources to develop and strengthen food-based projects and policies. Sessions will offer innovative, effective strategies for gardening, composting, procurement, marketing and nutrition education in schools, businesses and communities; important components of a healthy, secure and connected food system.  With a focus on organizational level programs, Dig In! promotes cultural and environmental change to positively affect many individuals.

Conference Sessions Include…

Plenary Sessions:

Is Ketchup Really A Vegetable? Developing a Healthy Food Culture
Amy Cotler, Author, Chef & Advocate

Developing Food Systems for Vital Communities
Tom Gilbert, Highfields Center for Composting

A Sample of Workshops in Four Tracks:  Schools; Communities; Worksites; Retail & Restaurants:

The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement:  Cornell University’s Smarter Lunchrooms Initiative

Community Gardening:  Steps to Success

The Business Case for a Healthy Worksite Culture

Where’s the Product?:  Locating & Marketing Local Foods

A Sample of Facilitated Discussion Sessions:

Action Planning

Food 101: Campus Food Cultures

Founding a Mobile Meat Processing Unit:  A Food-Based Economic Opportunity

Dig In! will be held on March 19, 2012 in Potsdam, NY.  The registration deadline is March 9th and space is limited, so register soon!

Complete conference information including schedule, presenter biographies, registration information and more at http://gethealthyslc.org/