The 8th Annual Homegrown Local Food Summit is Monday, February 15 at Washtenaw Community College, Morris J. Lawrence Building. This year’s theme is “Local food for everyone.” Locavorious is once again proud to be a sponsor of this unique and focused community event, donating MI frozen blueberries and asparagus. Here are more details from Slow Food Huron Valley:
This year’s opening Keynote Panel will address the topic of “Local Food for Everyone: Farmer and Food Justice Perspectives,” with panelists Megan Deleeuw, Farmer, Owner, and Founder of Manchester’s , and Shane Bernardo, Outreach Coordinator at Detroit’s Earthworks Urban Farm. The discussion addressing the perceived conflicts in these perspectives and also their necessary alignment will be moderated by Dr. Stefanie Stauffer. Dr. Stauffer recently earned her PhD in Sociology from UC Davis, with a focus on urban agriculture and local, sustainable food systems. She is currently an instructor on Race and Ethnicity at WCC, and Program Manager at the in Ann Arbor. She is the founder and operator of Nightshade Farm Industries, a small batch farm to jar business, making hot sauce and salsa with heirloom and Ark of Taste peppers and tomatoes from her farm fields.
This year’s Summit will also feature a food-themed story slam (back by popular demand)! A locally sourced lunch will bring us together around the table, and will be followed by breakout sessions. This year’s sessions include presentations by organizations like the Washtenaw Food Policy Council, Argus Farm Stop, and ZingTrain. Sessions will highlight topics including visioning your farm business, farm-to-school gardens, soil health, seasonal cooking, permaculture basics and more.
Youth (ages 5 to 18) are invited to join in these workshops, or to participate in activities including planting, taste education and food chemistry in this year’s Local Food Summit Youth Track!
Registration:
Tickets are $40 before February 8th, and $50 thereafter. Youth ages 5-18, $20. Registration includes all programming as well as breakfast and lunch, prepared with local produce. Scholarships are available.
See www.localfoodsummit.org for more information and to get registered!
