Midwest

Welcome to the RFC Midwest!

This region includes Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

REGIONAL COORDINATORS
Allison Stewart, Macalester College
allisonstew@gmail.com
914-844-2253

Sally Goodman, University of Minnesota
good0452@umn.edu
608-495-0500

PAST EVENTS

Midwest Real Food Training
July 11th - July 13th
Ames, Iowa

Want to learn concrete skills to help you organize your campus for real food? Want to collaborate with climate change activists, campus gardeners, dining services liaisons, and farmworker rights advocates?  Join us this July at the Midwest Real Food Training. This gathering will bring students together to build organizing skills, connect to a national student movement, and build relationships with other youth who are doing similar work.  Come along to participate in workshops and to take a field trip to Marshalltown, Iowa to meet with organizers there.

The registration cost, $25, will cover meals, housing, and materials at the training.  Bring a friend! - we are encouraging each campus to bring two students to participate in the training.

For more info, contact David at david.is.schwartz@gmail.com
Want to register? Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=PlJdA5WPuy3nzTjaVVVjvg_3d_3d (register by June 10th)

 

March 7-8, 2009
Maharishi University, Fairfield, Iowa
 
In the spring of 2009 a real food summit will bring together students from around the Midwest to create networks and build coalitions.  This summit is for students in the Midwest who are active in various food issues – campus gardens, animal welfare, local food programs, climate change, and fair trade to name a few.  The activities at the summit will involve break-out sessions led by students, local organic food meals, and keynote speakers.