Two upcoming events of possible interest to folks working on Community Food
Systems -
Growing Your Community Food System from the Ground Up Workshop
January 12-14, 2007
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Growing Your Community Food System" is an intensive, hands-on,
training workshop offering diverse groups the opportunity to learn, plan,
develop, operate, and sustain community food projects. Project participants
leave the workshop with improved skills that they can take back into their
communities and pass on to others. For information visit
www.growingpower.org/workshops.htm.
Third Annual National Farm-to-Cafeteria and Food Policy Conference
March 16-19, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland
The theme for the third annual National Farm-to-Cafeteria and Food
Policy conference is "From Cafeterias to Capitol Hill: Growing Healthy Kids,
Farms, and Communities." Hundreds of farm-to-cafeteria and food policy
enthusiasts will be on hand at the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore Hotel to
share experiences and get the latest on policy perspectives and the farm
bill. More conference information is available at www.foodsecurity.org.
