Conference Workshops
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Unless otherwise noted, all Teen and Adult workshops will be held at John Jay High School–see address in right-hand bar.
Click here for a complete list of workshops with panelists and descriptions. (PDF)
View or download (PDF) the Conference Film Program.
Childcare will be available at John Jay High School.
Click here to download a PDF version of the following Workshop schedule.
The Brooklyn Food Conference kicks off on Friday, May 1 with a screening and discussion of the film FRESH!
7:00 p.m.
Park Slope Food Coop, 782 Union Street (between 6th & 7th Aves.)
Filmmaker Ana Joanes will attend this screening.
10:00 Opening Plenary featured speakers: LaDonna Redmond, Raj Patel, and Dan Barber.
Saturday, May 2nd Conference Workshop Sessions with Room Numbers
Workshop 1 • 11:30am–1:15pm
Why co-ops matter 249
Eating for a healthy pregnancy 230
Eating locally: Community supported agriculture (CSAs) & farmers’ markets 241
Climate change and the world’s food supply G38
Hunger in new york City: What’s being done & how to change it 251
Meet our local farmers 254
Organizing in the obama era: digital activism 258
Obesity, diabetes and the food crisis for adults 200
Permaculture 336
A modern victory garden: Making and growing food in your backyard 304
Meet our congressional reps: ask your questions on federal food policy aud
Challenging big food: How food transnationals harm our health and environment and how to fight back 322
Immigrant communities responses to the food crisis 418
Food workers closer to home 400
Food and the elderly: Food insecurity as a way of life 462
Food sovereignty north and South: People’s control over their own food 463
Health food stores in underserved communities: From first aid to economic development 116
Transforming the faith-based health fair: Toward a new wellness paradigm 440
Small businesses and the stimulus package 300
Defending against genetically engineered food: Saving seeds Old Stone House
Film screening and discussion: Life & Debt by Stephanie Black 238
Film screening and discussion: Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock 216
Workshop 2 • 1:30–3pm
Strategies challenging the food systems: learning from other communities 300
Food as a treatment and life-enhancing approach for at-risk populations 116
Green economic development strategies: What needs to happen to make that a reality 243
Fighting hunger through advocacy & public policy 336
How to start a food co-op: Nuts and bolts 418
Water and food: Connected crises G38
Community gardens 304
Our industrial meat complex: Hazardous to our health and our habitat 465
School food activism: Making it better 322
Food rebellions 251
Prenatal nutrition in immigrant communities 209
Our sustainable restaurants: a roundtable of NYC chefs aud
Milk: Good, bad, organic, conventional? 200
Changing the us farm bill: Challenging agribusiness 254
How to hold a sustainable event: decreasing our carbon footprint while organizing 400
Food as culture 208
Urban agriculture: Farms in Brooklyn 440
Future of New York City food policy 245
Union organizing: local, national and global strategies for transforming the food system 241
The perils of a globalized food supply: Trade policy and how to change it 258
Film screening and discussion: Life Running Out of Control by Jeff Smith and Bertram Verhaag 238
Workshop 3 • 3:15–4:45pm
The political economy of food: Why are we all eating Big Macs? 336
Good food now: Getting healthy food into underserved communities 230
Feeding the hungry in our communities 254
Fair trade and food justice 251
Labor rights for workers in the food chain 209
Passing the hoe: our new farmers share stories and experiences 249
Fuel vs. Food: are biofuels and agrofuels the answer? G38
US farmer visits Cuba: alternative agricultural structures 258
Obesity and youth 200
Gastropolis: Food and New York City 418
Chickens in the city 462
Race and the food system 400
College students’ response to the food and health crises 463
“Food Summer” enrolling for Food Stamps, WIC and Healthy Choices 440
Public hearing on food policy & implementation with state and city elected officials aud
Breastfeeding: The safest and healthiest way to feed your infant 241
Green roofs: Integrated agricultural systems 208
You are what you eat: Health, beauty, intelligence 322
Fish: Urban aquaculture, fresh water and sea fishing 116
Film screening and discussion: Flow by Irena Salina 238
Off-site Guided tours
11:45a.m.–3p.m.
Compost tours and field trip to Garden of Union
Union St. btwn 4th & 5th Aves.
11:45a.m.–1:15p.m.
Old Stone House demonstrations
3rd St. & 5th Ave.
5:00 Closing plenary speaker: Anna Lappé
