sustainable food systems: workshop on june 14, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Keynote address by John W. Boyd, Jr., President of the National Black Farmers Association; Preview screening of Food Deserts In a Land of Plenty. Angela Odoms-Young and Noel Chavez of University of Illinois. Richard Ryan, ADM; register at [email protected]TRANSCRIPT
Objectives of the workshop
Participants will be able to name the components of a sus-tainable food system, and how they promote resilient, pre-pared communities.
Participants will describe examples of inequities in the pre-sent food system experienced by rural, suburban and urban dwellers, farmers, people of color and low income people, and proposed policy solutions.
Participants will be able to describe specific ways in which they can work together across sectors and organizations to promote a policy agenda that supports equal access to healthy food and prepared communities.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Westin Lombard Yorktown Center
Lombard, Illinois
Space is limited. Register for IPHA
Annual Meeting at www.ipha.com.
Please register for the workshop at
foodworkshopjune14ipha.eventbrite.com.
Contact: [email protected]
Sustainable Food Systems Building the Foundation for Prepared Communities
The Food and Nutrition Section of the Illinois Public Health Association invites you to a workshop at the 2011 IPHA Annual Meeting
President of the
National Black Farmers
Association
A new documentary on
Illinois’ statewide food
issues
Richard A. Ryan
Archer Daniels Midland,
discussing the global role of
ADM in the food system
Noel Chávez
University of Illinois at
Chicago, offering an
international food systems
perspective
Sarah Carlson
Director and Producer of
Food Deserts In a
Land of Plenty
Angela Odoms-Young
University of Illinois at Chi-
cago, presenting findings
from the African American
Obesity Prevention Network
Panel discussion with
Keynote address by
John W. Boyd, Jr.
Preview screening of
Food Deserts In a Land of Plenty