Midwest Real Food Summit

Building a Student Coalition for Just & Sutainable Food

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Map and Directions

The Midwest Real Food Summit, organized by the Real Food Challenge, will be held in Fairfield, Iowa from March 7th-8th, 2009. This regional gathering of students, allies, and key members of the Just & Sustainable Food Movement will build upon campus accomplishments from around the Midwest to catalyze regional communication and coalition building.

Students will:

  • Share and gain skills to act for greater social, environmental, and economic justice in their local communities & institution
  • Learn from successful models and case studies
  • Build lasting relationships toward future collaborations
  • Return back to their institutions prepared to work for the solutions and change needed.

The summit will begin on Saturday morning and close on Sunday afternoon.  We will do our best to arrange free housing for all students in Fairfield.

Schedule

Saturday, March 7

10:00 Welcome
11:45 Lunch
1:00 Plenary
1:30 Workshop session I (Sustainable Food Systems)
2:45 Workshop session II (Social Justice in the Movement)
4:00 Plenary
4:30 Workshop session III (Connecting to the Community)
5:30 Free time
6:30 Dinner
8:00 Keynote speaker: Erik Esse
9:30 DJ Dance Party

Sunday, March 8

7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Reconnect the group
9:00 Keynote speaker: Denise O'Brien
10:00 Workshop session IV (Work out the Issues)
11:00 Plenary
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Optional Tours: Ecovillage & Radiance Dairy
 

Summit fees (register by Feb. 20th):

Students: $25
Non-students: $175

Fees include access to all conference activities and food for the weekend (feel free to bring snacks).

We are committed to making sure that everyone can participate fully in the Summit regardless of financial means.  Travel and registration fee scholarships will be available on a limited basis.

We encourage you to fundraise locally to help pay for travel/registration costs. For ideas, contact midwest@realfoodchallenge.org.

For more details, contact Sue at midwest@realfoodchallenge.org