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This October we celebrate two major food events, one National and one International. Food Day is a nationwide celebration (officially on October 24th) and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. Terra Madre / Salone del Gusto are Slow Food's conference and tasting (held in Torino, Italy) where you can learn how farmers are producing good, clean, and fair food globally; learn about food cultures from around the world; and connect with other people who care about the story behind their food and sample food and wine from around the world.

 

This inspired us to put our own conference and luncheon together along with the Les Dames d'Escoffier Society. We have assembled a dynamic group of speakers who are on the front lines of the sustainable food movement followed by a luncheon prepared by some of our finest women chefs in our region. During the luncheon there will be representatives of various organizations manning "meet and greet" tables in the lobby.

 

We hope you can join us on October 7th!

Where: World Café Live (downstairs), 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

• 11:00am Opening Remarks 
  Presented by Aliza Green and Joseph M Brandolo Followed by our Keynote Speaker Rick Nichols 
• 11:45am Panel Discussion featuring the following speakers;
  
  • Liz Pacheco, Associate Editor of Grid Magazine, will be talking about her personal background in environmental issues, her time with Grid, including the connections she's made with the region's many food activists, farmers and producers, and how daily food choices affect individuals as well as the larger community.   
  • Hannah Smith lives on small farm and heads up the community outreach efforts of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) through the Good Food Neighborhood program. Connecting farmers to communities, this program is designed to strengthening sustainable food systems and is aimed at growing and supporting local communities to develop the infrastructure to support a local foods economy.   
  • Ryan Kuck splits his time amongst Greensgrow, his own non-profit, Preston's Paradise in West Philly and with the Philadelphia Orchard Project where he serves as a board member. He is one of the leading urban farmers in Philadelphia currently and has a true perspective on the challenges of turning urban lots into gardens, serving the community, and changing eating habits in our undernourished city.   
  • Kristin Schwab has worked at Urban Nutrition Initiative since 2006 and currently directs UNI's Youth Development Program, which employs and empowers between 85 and 115 teenagers to teach cooking, nutrition and gardening, run gardens and operate farmers markets in West Philadelphia.   
  • Laquanda Dobson has been involved with UNI for seven years and straddles her time as a college student and the supervisor of the Futuristic Urban Nutritionists (FUN), a crew of high school peer food educators from the School of the Future. Laquanda has presented at more than 5 national food justice conferences and has been selected to participate in a National Youth Food Leadership Retreat by Rooted in Community.   
• 1:30-3:30pm Buffet Lunch with selections prepared by our partners, the amazing women chefs from our region from the Les Dames d'Escoffier Society.
   
  During this time representatives from the local sustainable food movement will be manning tables so you can have an opportunity to meet with them and learn more about the great work they perform. It is also an opportunity to find volunteer and donation opportunities.

We hope that you will come out and show your support to the people who dedicate themselves to the local food access movement.