Brooklyn Food Conference

I was sorta waiting for someone more "official" than me to post this, but they didn't, so...Tomorrow is the Brooklyn Food Conference, which will be held at John Jay High School, PS 321, and the Old Stone House/JJ Byrne/Washington Park.

From the website:

Co-sponsored by the Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC), World Hunger Year, Caribbean Women’s Health Association (CWHA), Brooklyn Rescue Mission and Brooklyn’s Bounty, this one-day, Brooklyn-wide conference will educate Brooklynites about what we at the grass roots can do to address our broken global food system. Why do we have food shortages and skyrocketing prices? How are high rates of obesity and diabetes related to cheap prices for corn, sugar, and other subsidized commodities produced by agribusiness and added to our food by big food manufac­turers? We’ll learn how the food system impacts social justice, human health, and environ­mental sustainability. We’ll also discover local, regional, national, and inter­national organizations working to change the system by providing healthy, environ­mentally sustainable food and protecting those who produce it.

You can find out more here: http://brooklynfoodconference.org/. Great speakers, awesome food, puppets, a bus, and worms!

AND it's FREE. Advance online registration suggested.

Any suggestions on the panels?
Raj Patel should be good...there's lots of community gardener/food activists...hard to choose, and wish I had more recon!

I've seen a few of the films, all good.

The online reg has just closed - but people can reg the day of. And I know - I want to clone myself!

I will be leading a panel discussion.

Bacon: Is there anything better?

vidro3 wrote: I will be leading a panel discussion.

Bacon: Is there anything better?

No. No, there is not. That is all.

The conference's off-site compost bike tour is coming by our garden (PH Community Farm)...I'll be showing people around, so say hi.

ljnd wrote: [quote=vidro3]I will be leading a panel discussion.

Bacon: Is there anything better?

No. No, there is not. That is all.

Although I have heard tell of chocolate-covered bacon.

Been there... done that (loved it!)

I know Dan Barber's going to be doing something there. That's an opportunity that should not be missed, as there may not be a better chef and supporter of sustainable dining in the US.

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/hundreds-get-the-message-in-brooklyn/?src=twttwt=nytimesdining

http://www.slashfood.com/2009/05/04/brooklyn-food-conference/