FINAL DAYS TO REGISTER for Farm to Institution New England's 2021 Farm to Institution Summit, April 1, 8, and 15! The Summit aims strengthen the regional food system by celebrating and supporting the role of institutions as anchors in the region. Join a diverse group of stakeholders in a collaborative process to generate ideas and connections that advance the ability of the Northeast to support viable farm, food, and sea businesses and healthy, just communities.
FEATURED SPEAKERS! Do not miss our own Research & Network Coordinator, Jennifer Wilhelm; the Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director for the Sustainability Institute, Tom Kelly; Program Coordinator for NH Farm to School, Stacey Purslow; and Food Solutions New England's Joy Gary and Lisa Fernandes, facilitate sessions at the Summit this year. Learn more about each session below and be sure to REGISTER!
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FOOD SYSTEMS & FOOD HUBS! Have you dreamed of creating a food system that makes local food the easy choice? Join the NH Food Alliance's Research & Network Coordinator, Jennifer Wilhelm; NH Food Hub Network's Project Manager, Jessica Gorhan; and the Kearsarge Food Hub's Executive Director of People and Programs, France Hahn, to discuss how food hubs switched to direct to consumer from wholesale, activated restaurant workers, improved FTS purchasing opportunities, and found ways to improve local food distribution.
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EDUCATE & PRESERVE! Join Chief Donald Stevens of the Nulhegan Tribe of the Abenaki in Vermont; Chief George Spring Buffalo, of the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust in Massachusetts; Stacey Purslow of NH Farm to School; and Miss Lucy Neel, the Title VI Indian Education Coordinator for the Nulhegan Abenaki, to learn about programs focused on educating the next generations about food and food sovereignty.
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A FOOD VISION! Join Tom Kelly, of the Sustainability Institute; Joy Gary and Lisa Fernandes, of Food Solutions New England in a participatory session to collaboratively paint a picture of what our food system will look like if we’re producing, harvesting, processing, distributing, and procuring at least 35% of New England’s food by 2030, while centering the core values of our collective food system work.
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