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Closing the Food Gap
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October-16-2008 06:30 PM
to October-18-2008 12:00 PM |
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| Where | UK Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Rd., Lexington, KY |
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Closing the Food Gap regional conference will engage participants in discussions of how and why our food system works as it does, whether it is secure, just, and sustainable, and how it might be reshaped for the future.
Sustainable Communities Network
Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community
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Closing the Food____Gap
A Regional Conference
Closing the Food Gap regional conference will engage participants in discussions of how and why our food system works as it does, whether it is secure, just, and sustainable, and how it might be reshaped for the future. The conference will provide an interactive forum that enables attendees to make new connections and share information around the common goal of developing innovative and practical solutions to local and national food-related challenges.
Featured speakers:
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, is coming to Kentucky!
Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director of Appalachian Sustainable Development
Featured workshops:
*Food Policy Council Development Workshop w/Mark Winne* The 2008 Farm Bill & KY legislation* Achieving Agricultural Justice and Domestic Fair Trade*Ecological Basis of Food Systems*Worker Justice as an Element of Sustainable Food* Food Banks and the Food Crisis*Lexington Food Assessment-More Than the Corner Store*Impact of Organic Agriculture* Global Perspective on Agricultural Policy
See this web site for more details: http://www.sustainlex.org/
WHEN:
October 16-18 2008
· Thursday October 16 6:30-8:30pm Dinner and speaker (Mark Winne)
· Friday October 17 8-4pm speakers, panel, workshops
· Saturday October 18 9-12noon community garden workshops
WHERE:
· UK Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Rd., Lexington, KY (Thursday & Friday)
· Community Action Center(Saturday).