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Bluegrass Food Security Summit
 

"Sustaining Farms and People in the Emerging Economy "

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 estalish a framework for a stakeholder "round table" or state-level Food Policy Council;  to develop an integrated food security strategy for Kentucky

Bluegrass Food Security Summit  Agenda Track #1

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



Purpose of the Workshop

 Who should attend?

This workshop is designed as a professional development activity for K-12  teachers. School staff, parents, volunteers and administrators will also find the workshop a valuable experience for supporting your school garden initiative. We invite everyone who wants to make a difference and work to create A Garden at Every School in Kentucky! Professional development certificates will be available at the workshop conclusion.

  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 Gardening with Class:School Garden 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


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”.