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	Sustainable Communities Network is a commnity-based non-profit organization located in Lexington,Ky that endeavors to educate, inspire, build, create and empower sustainable cities We welcome any amount of contributions to our on-going programs Thanks for your donation! We encourage you to read our SCN Annual Report 2009 Back 2 Nature project Report Sustainable Communities Network contributed articles, photographs and quotes for this book. Join our garden network! SCN For current Community Gardening events in Lexington, click any of the images below	Bluegrass Food Security Summit "Sustaining Farms and People in the Emerging Economy" March 18 & 19, 2010 Crestwood Christian Church 182 Bellefonte Dr. Lexington, KY Food Security SUMMIT AGENDA Thursday March 18, 6-9pm Recognition Dinner, and Community “TOWN HALL” 5:30pm Doors open, registration, reception 6:00 Community Dinner 7:00 Recognition of Community Partners that contribute to local Food system 8:00 Community “Town Hall” Discussion Open moderated discussion about community initiatives that participants wish to share and community food system sustainability: needs, challenges, opportunities 9:00 Adjourn Friday March 19 8-5pm Food Security Summit Workshops Bluegrass Food Security Summit Agenda 8:00 Registration 8:30 Welcome and Introductions 8:40 Looking at Kentucky’s Food Security 10:00 Break 10:15-12:30 Workshops Break out in 4 tracks 12:30 Lunch 1:15-4:30 Workshops Break out in 4 tracks 4:30 Wrap up of Summit Small group sharing of results/top ideas Next steps 5:00 Adjourn Day long interactive workshops designed to foster visioning for Kentucky’s local food system, create the framework for developing a food policy council, workshops for K-12 teachers, engage youth in food system thinking and develop food system strategies among faith community members. Track #1 Local Food System: Regional Approach and Food Policy Council Track #2 Local Food System and Youth Engagement and Leadership, Green Schools Track #3 Local Food System: Teacher Workshop, School Gardens, Agricultural Literacy, Green Schools Track #4 Local Food System: Food and Faith Community Track #1 Local Food System: Regional Approach and Food Policy Council To raise awareness and understanding in the Commonwealth of the need to improve Kentucky's food security; To help people in different professions to make connections and discuss possibilities for new policies, research, pilot projects, or other actions to improve Kentucky's food security; To bring together farmers, retail, educators, policy makers, community groups to develop strategies for enhanced local food system; To establish a framework for a stakeholder "round table" or state-level Food Policy Council; to develop an integrated food security strategy for Kentucky Track #2 Local Food System and Youth Engagement and Leadership, Green Schools The role of youth in Kentucky’s food security, Green and Healthy Schools Initiative, School gardens, summer youth work at farms, agr and eco literacy in schools; Sustainability in the classroom, cafeteria and community;Report of projects, programs youth are involved in related to food systems, sustainability. Such as Sayre School, Eastside Technical, Dunbar HS, Youth GreenCorps, The Learning Center, day Treatment, Drug Court, 4H, How to link projects, youth network. Using web sources to educate, inform Track #3 Local Food System: School Gardens, Agricultural Literacy, Green Schools Update reports on school garden efforts, ways to integrate agricultural science and ecological literacy throughout the curriculum, KY Green and Healthy Schools report information, ways to support teachers in classroom efforts, linking school gardens to food security, Farm to School Track #4 Local Food System: Food and Faith Community Food Security & Faith Community forum invites all faith community leadership and laypersons to discuss community food security issues and to provide entry points for people of faith to work together to make important connections between our food systems, our lifestyles, social justice, environmental stewardship and, respect and care for the created order. People and groups coming from a faith-based orientation can strengthen the food security coalition, increase secular groups' understanding of how to work with faith communities, and broaden the perspectives and vision of the movement. Report on efforts of faith community with CSAs, community gardens, fair trade etc Bluegrass Food Security Summit 8:00 Registration 8:30 Welcome and Introductions GENERAL SESSION WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS PART I: THE BIG PICTURE 8:40 Looking at Kentucky’s Food Security What is a Secure and Sustainable Food System? Kentucky Agriculture, What Are We Growing and Where Are We Going? Macro Trends For Kentucky Food Security: Food Imports, Food Exports, Hunger, Economic “Leakages” Discussion 9:40 Participant Mini-Visioning for Kentucky’s Food Security Developing a Vision for Kentucky’s Food System – what would be visionary yet realistic goals for enhancing Kentucky’s food system security in the next 10 years? 10:00 Break Friday March 19, 2010 Food Policy Council Workshop Chalice Hall POLICIES THAT IMPACT KENTUCKY’S FOOD SECURITY 10:15am Chalice Hall An Integrated Approach to Food Policy – Lessons, Successes and Visions What are the state and local government policies and programs that support food security? Where are the missing links and what is the vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the local or state or federal policy level? Panel Facilitators: Aloma Dew, Jim Embry Panel Speakers: Steve Meredith, Finance Secretary Office, Project Manager Governor’ Garden Louise Caldwell, LFUCG Angela Caporreli, KY Government Dept of Ag Joel Neaveill , Chief of Staff Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy A. Lee Meyer, UK Extension Professor (Sustainable Agriculture) 11:15am Healthy Food, Local Farms, Community What are you doing to promote sustainable farming and local food systems that support food security? As a farmer or community partner where are the missing links and what is your vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the support of local farms with appropriate local/ state/federal policies Pete Cashel, Terrapin Hill Farm Erik Walles, Berries on Bryan Station Jeff Dablett, Lexington Farmer’s Market Judge Lucinda Masterton, Family Court Bruce Mundy, Fayette County Health Diane Fleet, Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program Angel Clark, AVOL 12:15 Discussion: Integrating our vision with Kentucky’s Food Policy 12:30 Lunch PART III: INITIATIVES, LESSONS, MODELS AND INSPIRATION 1:15 Innovations in Reducing Food Insecurity (Hunger and Poverty) in Kentucky What are you doing to ensure healthy food for all and local food systems that support food security? As a community partner where are the missing links and what is your vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the support of food access, affordability and local farms with appropriate local/ state/federal policies Panel Speakers: Kristin Ingwell Goode, God’s Pantry Ginny Ramsey, Catholic Action Center Rick Christman, Employment Solutions Sheila Taluskie, Chyrsalis House/Purple Lunch Box Tina Garland, Farm to School/KY Agr Michelle Coker, Fayette County Public Schools 2:15 Strategies to Increase Farm Viability and Community-based Strategies for Sustainable Food Systems What are you doing to support local food systems that support food security? As a community partner where are the missing links and what is your vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the support of food access, affordability and local farms with appropriate local/ state/federal policies Matt Chaliff, Agricultural Education Consultant/ FFA Donald Van Erden, Community Farm Alliance Zachary Davis, UK Sociology Department Dan Arnett, Good Foods Co-o Carol Norton, KY Food Trader 3:30 Small Group discussions · How can we connect all of these different issues together, to create an integrated approach to Kentucky’s food security? · Creating State and Regional Food Policy Council · What specific initiatives would you like to contribute to – community-based? State-based? · Are other initiatives underway that you would like to share or announce to the Summit? 4:00 Wrap up of Summit Small group sharing of results/top ideas Next steps 4:30 Adjourn ************************************************************************************** Friday March 19, 2010 School Garden Workshop Seeker Room 10:15 KY Green and Healthy Schools- Integrating School Gardens Carolyn Gilles, UK Tracy Farmer Institute, Green and Healthy Schools Coordinator Introductions of all participants and why we are here Interview with Pete Clausing re: yard as learning landscape 10:45 School Gardens...Updates, Best Practices from the Field Serenity The, Woodford County High School Amy Sither, Montessori Middle School of KY David Wicks, KY School Garden Network 11:25 am School Gardens and CORE Curriculum Josh Radner, Yates Elementary School 12:30 Lunch 1:15** Reconvene in Seeker Room and participants will walk across the street to Pete Clausing’s House 1891 Bellefonte,to observe natural and learning landscaping 1:30 School gardens and CORE Curriculum continued – Josh Radner, Yates Elementary School 2:15 School and Community Support for School gardens Ryan Koch, Seedleaf Kelly Breeding, Fayette County Public Schools Amanda Conley, Agricultural Education Consultant/ FFA Pete Cashel, Terrapin Hill Farm 2:50 Worm Composting Hands-on approach Participant’s will have an opportunity to build a worm composting bin Lesson plans and curriculum guides 3:30 Group discussion: building support within the school system, from the community, local and national grant resources. What local and state policies need to be created to support a garden in every school ? 4:00 Wrap up of Summit rejoin all four(4) track groups in Chalice Room 4:30 Adjourn ************************************************** Faith and Food Forum Mary and Joseph Room MC-5 10:30am An Inter-faith Approach to Food and Faith: General overview and discussion of faith calling to stewardship of our Food System.** What are the moral and religious implications of the way in which we, as a society, produce and distribute our food? How can we work to translate our values into action? Mark Johnson and Cynthia Cain, Interfaith Alliance 11:00am Healthy Food, Local Farms, and Faith Community Reports on model initiatives to involve faith community in support of sustainable, fair, nutritious, and affordable food system, community gardens, hoop houses, composting, CSAs and other faith strategies to support local Farmers *Panel members: Ginny Ramsey, Catholic Action Center Chad Mueller, Fresh Stop First Presbyterian Church; Lisa Satin and Rabbi Moshe Smolkin, Ohavay Zion Synagogue; Beth Dotson Brown, author of Yes! I Am Catholic; Kathy Werking, Bedford Acres Christian Church. Mark Johnson, Central Baptist Church Cynthia Cain Unitarian Universalist Church Erica Horn, Beaumont Presbyterian Church 12:15 Lunch* 1:15 Reconvene in Mary and Joseph Room. Faith and Food participants walk across the street to Pete Clausing’s house and front yard to observe natural habitat and landscaping. *1:40* continued Healthy Food, Local Farms, and Faith Community Reports on model initiatives to involve faith community in support of sustainable food system. *Panel members continued: Ginny Ramsey, Chad Mueller, Lisa Satin and Rabbi Moshe Smolkin, Beth Dotson Brown, Kathy Werking, Mark Johnson, Cynthia Cain , Erica Horn, 2:45pm Working Together to affect Public Policy* How do we build a dynamic network of individuals, congregations, and faith-based organizations that can exchange insights and work together to make positive change in our food system. How can we connect all of these different issues together, to create an integrated interfaith approach to Kentucky’s food security? 4:00 Wrap up of Summit reconvene with other workshops in the Chalice Room Small group sharing of results/top ideas Next steps 4:30 Adjourn Meals Included in the cost of the registration are two—dinner on Thursday and lunch on Friday. The meals will also include as much locally produced food as possible. Feel free to bring your own bowl/plate and utensils for dinner/lunch. Sponsors Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools Initiative, UK Tracy Farmer Center, Sustainable Communities Network, Kentucky School Garden Network, Bluegrass School and Community Garden Network, Terrapin Hill Farms, Central KY Council for Peace and Justice, Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community Questions/Information: call (859)312-7024 or email embryjim@gmail.com Fees & Registration The registration fee for the Friday March 19 Workshop is $45. The Thursday March 18 Recognition Dinner fee is $20. But no one will be turned away for lack of funds. There are scholarship opportunities to cover the registration fee. You can apply by completing the registration page and writing in “requesting a scholarship”. Location The Bluegrass Food Security Summit will take place in Lexington, Kentucky at the Crestwood Christian Church at 1182 Bellefonte Drive located off of Albany Rd, between Tates Creek and Nicholasville Rds. , across the street from Glendover Elementary School. Workshops Tracks click each track for details: 1)Food Security: Regional Approach and Food Policy Council, 2)Food Security: Youth Engagement; 3)Food Security: School Gardens-" A Garden At Every School in Kentucky"; 4 )Food Security: Faith Community and Food For Food Summit statement of purpose click here For Food Summit agenda click here *

Sustainable Communities Network is a commnity-based non-profit organization located in Lexington,Ky that endeavors to educate, inspire, build, create and empower sustainable cities

We welcome any amount of contributions to our on-going programs

Thanks for your donation!

We encourage you to read our

SCN Annual Report 2009

Back 2 Nature project Report

Sustainable Communities Network contributed articles, photographs and quotes for this book.

Join our garden network!

SCN For current Community Gardening events in Lexington, click any of the images below

Bluegrass Food Security Summit

"Sustaining Farms and People in the Emerging Economy"
March 18 & 19, 2010

Crestwood Christian Church

182 Bellefonte Dr. Lexington, KY

Food Security SUMMIT AGENDA
Thursday March 18, 6-9pm  Recognition Dinner, and Community “TOWN HALL”

5:30pm Doors open, registration, reception

6:00 Community Dinner

7:00 Recognition of Community Partners that contribute to local Food system

8:00 Community “Town Hall” Discussion Open moderated discussion about community initiatives that participants wish to share and community food system sustainability: needs, challenges, opportunities

9:00 Adjourn

Friday March 19 8-5pm Food Security Summit Workshops

Bluegrass Food Security Summit Agenda
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome and Introductions
8:40 Looking at Kentucky’s Food Security
10:00 Break
10:15-12:30 Workshops Break out in 4 tracks
12:30 Lunch
1:15-4:30 Workshops Break out in 4 tracks

4:30 Wrap up of Summit Small group sharing of results/top ideas Next steps
5:00 Adjourn
Day long interactive workshops designed to foster visioning for Kentucky’s local food system, create the framework for developing a food policy council, workshops for K-12 teachers, engage youth in food system thinking and develop food system strategies among faith community members.

Track #1 Local Food System: Regional Approach and Food Policy Council

Track #2 Local Food System and Youth Engagement and Leadership, Green Schools

Track #3 Local Food System: Teacher Workshop, School Gardens, Agricultural Literacy, Green Schools

Track #4 Local Food System: Food and Faith Community

Track #1 Local Food System: Regional Approach and Food Policy Council
To raise awareness and understanding in the Commonwealth of the need to improve Kentucky's food security; To help people in different professions to make connections and discuss possibilities for new policies, research, pilot projects, or other actions to improve Kentucky's food security; To bring together farmers, retail, educators, policy makers, community groups to develop strategies for enhanced local food system; To establish a framework for a stakeholder "round table" or state-level Food Policy Council; to develop an integrated food security strategy for Kentucky
Track #2 Local Food System and Youth Engagement and Leadership, Green Schools

The role of youth in Kentucky’s food security, Green and Healthy Schools Initiative, School gardens, summer youth work at farms, agr and eco literacy in schools; Sustainability in the classroom, cafeteria and community;Report of projects, programs youth are involved in related to food systems, sustainability. Such as Sayre School, Eastside Technical, Dunbar HS, Youth GreenCorps, The Learning Center, day Treatment, Drug Court, 4H,

How to link projects, youth network. Using web sources to educate, inform

Track #3 Local Food System: School Gardens, Agricultural Literacy, Green Schools

Update reports on school garden efforts, ways to integrate agricultural science and ecological literacy throughout the curriculum, KY Green and Healthy Schools report information, ways to support teachers in classroom efforts, linking school gardens to food security, Farm to School

Track #4 Local Food System: Food and Faith Community

Food Security & Faith Community forum invites all faith community leadership and laypersons to discuss community food security issues and to provide entry points for people of faith to work together to make important connections between our food systems, our lifestyles, social justice, environmental stewardship and, respect and care for the created order. People and groups coming from a faith-based orientation can strengthen the food security coalition, increase secular groups' understanding of how to work with faith communities, and broaden the perspectives and vision of the movement. Report on efforts of faith community with CSAs, community gardens, fair trade etc

Bluegrass Food Security Summit

8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome and Introductions

GENERAL SESSION WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS

PART I: THE BIG PICTURE

8:40 Looking at Kentucky’s Food Security

What is a Secure and Sustainable Food System?

Kentucky Agriculture, What Are We Growing and Where Are We Going?

Macro Trends For Kentucky Food Security: Food Imports, Food Exports, Hunger, Economic “Leakages”

Discussion

9:40 Participant Mini-Visioning for Kentucky’s Food Security

Developing a Vision for Kentucky’s Food System – what would be visionary yet realistic goals for enhancing Kentucky’s food system security in the next 10 years?

10:00 Break

Friday March 19, 2010 Food Policy Council Workshop Chalice Hall

POLICIES THAT IMPACT KENTUCKY’S FOOD SECURITY

10:15am Chalice Hall

  An Integrated Approach to Food Policy – Lessons, Successes and Visions

What are the state and local government policies and programs that support food security? Where are the missing links and what is the vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the local or state or federal policy level?

Panel Facilitators: Aloma Dew, Jim Embry

Panel Speakers:

Steve Meredith, Finance Secretary Office, Project Manager Governor’ Garden

Louise Caldwell, LFUCG

Angela Caporreli, KY Government Dept of Ag

Joel Neaveill , Chief of Staff Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy

A. Lee Meyer, UK Extension Professor (Sustainable Agriculture)

11:15am Healthy Food, Local Farms, Community

What are you doing to promote sustainable farming and local food systems that support food security? As a farmer or community partner where are the missing links and what is your vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the support of local farms with appropriate local/ state/federal policies

Pete Cashel, Terrapin Hill Farm

Erik Walles, Berries on Bryan Station

Jeff Dablett, Lexington Farmer’s Market

Judge Lucinda Masterton, Family Court

Bruce Mundy, Fayette County Health

Diane Fleet, Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program

Angel Clark, AVOL

12:15 Discussion: Integrating our vision with Kentucky’s Food Policy

12:30 Lunch

PART III: INITIATIVES, LESSONS, MODELS AND INSPIRATION

1:15 Innovations in Reducing Food Insecurity (Hunger and Poverty) in Kentucky

What are you doing to ensure healthy food for all and local food systems that support food security? As a community partner where are the missing links and what is your vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the support of food access, affordability and local farms with appropriate local/ state/federal policies

Panel Speakers:

Kristin Ingwell Goode, God’s Pantry

Ginny Ramsey, Catholic Action Center

Rick Christman, Employment Solutions

Sheila Taluskie, Chyrsalis House/Purple Lunch Box

Tina Garland, Farm to School/KY Agr

Michelle Coker, Fayette County Public Schools

2:15 Strategies to Increase Farm Viability and Community-based Strategies for Sustainable Food Systems

What are you doing to support local food systems that support food security? As a community partner where are the missing links and what is your vision for the future? What are your ideas for ways to strengthen Kentucky’s food security, through the support of food access, affordability and local farms with appropriate local/ state/federal policies

Matt Chaliff, Agricultural Education Consultant/ FFA

Donald Van Erden, Community Farm Alliance

Zachary Davis, UK Sociology Department

Dan Arnett, Good Foods Co-o

Carol Norton, KY Food Trader

3:30 Small Group discussions

·      How can we connect all of these different issues together, to create an integrated approach to Kentucky’s food security?                                                                            ·      Creating State and Regional Food Policy Council                                                    ·      What specific initiatives would you like to contribute to – community-based? State-based?                                                                                                                               ·      Are other initiatives underway that you would like to share or announce to the Summit?

4:00 Wrap up of Summit Small group sharing of results/top ideas Next steps

4:30 Adjourn

****************************************************************************************

Friday March 19, 2010 School Garden Workshop   Seeker Room

10:15 KY Green and Healthy Schools- Integrating School Gardens

Carolyn Gilles, UK Tracy Farmer Institute, Green and Healthy Schools Coordinator

Introductions of all participants and why we are here

Interview with Pete Clausing re: yard as learning landscape

10:45 School Gardens...Updates, Best Practices from the Field

Serenity The, Woodford County High School

Amy Sither, Montessori Middle School of KY

David Wicks, KY School Garden Network

11:25 am School Gardens and CORE Curriculum

Josh Radner, Yates Elementary School

12:30 Lunch

1:15 Reconvene in Seeker Room and participants will walk across the street to Pete Clausing’s House 1891 Bellefonte,to observe natural and learning landscaping

1:30   School gardens and CORE Curriculum continued –

Josh Radner, Yates Elementary School

2:15   School and Community Support for School gardens

Ryan Koch, Seedleaf

Kelly Breeding, Fayette County Public Schools

Amanda Conley, Agricultural Education Consultant/ FFA

Pete Cashel, Terrapin Hill Farm

2:50 Worm Composting Hands-on approach

Participant’s will have an opportunity to build a worm composting bin

Lesson plans and curriculum guides

3:30 Group discussion: building support within the school system, from the community, local and national grant resources. What local and state policies need to be created to support a garden in every school ?

4:00 Wrap up of Summit rejoin all four(4) track groups in Chalice Room

4:30 Adjourn

****************************************************

Faith and Food Forum      Mary and Joseph Room MC-5

10:30am An Inter-faith Approach to Food and Faith: General overview and discussion of faith calling to stewardship of our Food System. What are the moral and religious implications of the way in which we, as a society, produce and distribute our food? How can we work to translate our values into action?

Mark Johnson and Cynthia Cain, Interfaith Alliance

11:00am Healthy Food, Local Farms, and Faith Community                                         Reports on model initiatives to involve faith community in support of sustainable, fair, nutritious, and affordable food system, community gardens, hoop houses, composting, CSAs and other faith strategies to support local Farmers

Panel members:

Ginny Ramsey, Catholic Action Center

Chad Mueller, Fresh Stop First Presbyterian Church;

Lisa Satin and Rabbi Moshe Smolkin, Ohavay Zion Synagogue;

Beth Dotson Brown, author of Yes! I Am Catholic;

Kathy Werking, Bedford Acres Christian Church.

Mark Johnson, Central Baptist Church

Cynthia Cain Unitarian Universalist Church

Erica Horn, Beaumont Presbyterian Church

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Reconvene in Mary and Joseph Room. Faith and Food participants walk across the street to Pete Clausing’s house and front yard to observe natural habitat and landscaping.

1:40 continued Healthy Food, Local Farms, and Faith Community Reports on model initiatives to involve faith community in support of sustainable food system.

Panel members continued: Ginny Ramsey, Chad Mueller, Lisa Satin and Rabbi Moshe Smolkin, Beth Dotson Brown, Kathy Werking, Mark Johnson, Cynthia Cain , Erica Horn,

2:45pm Working Together to affect Public Policy How do we build a dynamic network of individuals, congregations, and faith-based organizations that can exchange insights and work together to make positive change in our food system. How can we connect all of these different issues together, to create an integrated interfaith approach to Kentucky’s food security?

4:00 Wrap up of Summit reconvene with other workshops in the Chalice Room

Small group sharing of results/top ideas Next steps

4:30 Adjourn

  Meals

Included in the cost of the registration are two—dinner on Thursday and lunch on Friday. The meals will also include as much locally produced food as possible. Feel free to bring your own bowl/plate and utensils for dinner/lunch.

Sponsors Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools Initiative, UK Tracy Farmer Center, Sustainable Communities Network, Kentucky School Garden Network, Bluegrass School and Community Garden Network, Terrapin Hill Farms, Central KY Council for Peace and Justice, Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community

Questions/Information: call (859)312-7024 or email embryjim@gmail.com

Fees & Registration

The registration fee for the Friday March 19 Workshop is $45. The Thursday March 18 Recognition Dinner fee is $20. But no one will be turned away for lack of funds. There are scholarship opportunities to cover the registration fee. You can apply by completing the registration page and writing in “requesting a scholarship”.

Location
The Bluegrass Food Security Summit will take place in Lexington, Kentucky at the Crestwood Christian Church at 1182 Bellefonte Drive located off of Albany Rd, between Tates Creek and Nicholasville Rds. , across the street from Glendover Elementary School.
Workshops Tracks click each track for details:

1)Food Security: Regional Approach and Food Policy Council,

2)Food Security: Youth Engagement;

3)Food Security: School Gardens-" A Garden At Every School in Kentucky";

4 )Food Security: Faith Community and Food

For Food Summit statement of purpose click here

For Food Summit agenda click here
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