Local Food Summit

4th Annual Local Food Summit 2012

2012-02-22T18:10:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our 4th Annual Local Food Summit in Washtenaw County. Our theme this year is "Remembering Our Roots: Local Food Victories Past, Present, and Future."

Registration for the Summit is open and we will have "early bird" pricing until March 19th. $35 for the day will include a delicious local food lunch. After March 19th the cost will be $45. Once again, we are offering need-based scholarships especially for farmers, students, and other under-represented demographic groups. If you have the ability, your additional donation can support more scholarships for those who might not otherwise be able to attend.

We are working on finalizing the program. Some of the topics that we will address this year include:

- Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Matter
- Michigan's Culinary and Agricultural History
- Food Sovereignty: Why We Can Buy Guns But Not Raw Milk
- Scaling Up Local Food Access
- Food Hubs and Food Innovation Zones
- Finding Farmland, Finding Farmers
- Washtenaw Food Policy Council: Understanding and Leveraging Policy for a Healthy, Fair and Sustainable Food System
- Getting a Fair Farm Bill
- The State of Farm-to-School in Washtenaw County
- Community and Neighborhood Organizing

We believe that we are stronger by knowing each other and by working together. And we believe that we protect what we love. The HomeGrown Local Food Summit provides many opportunities for networking and for learning about the amazing work and the incredible people in our part of the state.

Space is limited, so please register soon to secure your place at the Summit.

Registration is Open!

2012-02-16T07:47:00.001-08:00

Registration for Local Food Summit 2012 on Monday, April 2nd at Washtenaw Community College is now open.

To register online with a credit card please follow this link.

To register by mail with a check (received by 3/19/2012) please follow this link for a PDF you can print and mail.

For more details on becoming a sponsor of the Summit please follow this link.

Next 2012 Summit 'Planning Committee' Meeting

2011-12-21T13:16:00.001-08:00

All those interested in being involved with the 2012 Local Food Summit planning committee should try to attend the next Planning Committee meeting:

2012 Local Food Summit Planning Committee Meeting
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
6pm @ the Ecology Center
339 E. Liberty, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

We will spend some time formalizing sub-committees as well as ideas for this year's summit. Planning Committee and/or sub-committee volunteers are needed. We are looking for volunteers for the following sub-committees (in order of need):
Content
Finance/Sponsorships
PR/Media
Volunteer Coordination

Notes from the summit visioning session are available with this link.

RSVP for 2012 Summit Planning

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