Convened by the NEW AGRARIAN CENTER and NEOFoodWeb.org
In partnership with Lorain County Community College and the Oberlin Project
MARCH 10, 2012
9 to 4pm at the Sptizer Center at Lorain County Community College
1005 N Abbe Road Elyria, OH 44035
About the Event
Learn about growing a local food system, whether you are a backyard gardener, farmer, business owner, eductaor, or just someone interested in getting involved with efforts to grow local food systems.
The event will be structured in a way to enable you to learn new ways to get involved with local food systems, meet and network with others, learn from some of the innovators in Northeast Ohio's local food system, and find new opportunities for collaboration and shared investment to grow community wealth and opportunity in the region.
The event will provide an interactive format that will allow you to learn and network with others. Some of the connections that we will help to make include:
- Growers and commercial buyers
- Growers and consumers
- Farmers and farmers
- Transportation, distribution, storage
We will leverage the event to increase opportunities for farmers to connect with local businesses or institutions interested in local food purchasing, identify new business opportunities in the local food economy, determine education and training pathways to develop the workforce and entrepreneurs who can find opportunity in food localization, and to develop new models for capitalizing growth of local food systems.
Fill Out a Survey
The following on-line surveys will help us better understand assets and opportunities for growing the local food system. Please take a moment to fill them out before the summit:
If you are a farmer, click here to fill out our farmer survey
If you work with a restaurant or food service, click here to fill out our restaurant survey.
Event Schedule
Click here to see a schedule for the event.
About the Speakers and Facilitators
The event will feature a keynote address by June Holley, founder of the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACENet) and international expert on network-based approches to economic development. The event will be faciiltated by Jack Ricchiuto, a renown author and organization and leadership facilitator based out of Cleveland.
Registering for the Event
To register for the event, click here.
The fee for the event will be $30. Most of the entrance fee will go toward a common investment pool which will be invested in growth of regional networks to keep us connected and growing after the event. You will have an opportunity to help shape how our collective money is invested at the event itself, modeling a new way for us to grow community wealth by finding and cultivating the assets inherent in our own communities.
Payment Options: The event fee is $30.There is a $10 discount if you bring one person and if you bring two people, your event fee will be waived. Alternatively, you can pay with your time by agreeing to volunteer for 3 hours with the George Jones Farm or with City Fresh in lieu of the event fee.
Participants are also asked to bring a donation of either seeds or food for the Food Bank.
For questions about the event, contact Sandy Kish-Jordan at 440-396-6966.