Program:
Note: some conference presentations are available as PDF documents - click links labeled [Presentation].

Opening Keynote:

Ken Meter [Bio], Crossroads Resource Center
   “Local Foods: Building Health, Wealth, Connections and Capacity for Ohio”
   [Presentation]

Morning Breakout Sessions (choose one):

Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Issues

John Gauthier, Gauthier Marketing

Anneliese Gryta, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality

Bill Wersell, Ohio Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Moderator: Ford Weber, Lucas County Improvement Corporation

National, State, and Local Policy

Marcia Caton Campbell [Bio], Center for Resilient Cities

Shelly Beiting, Children's Hunger Alliance

Moderator: Michael Szuberla, Toledo GROWs

Lunch Keynote:

Phil Cooley, Slow's Barbecue [Bio]
   “Detroit: A Democratic Solution”

Afternoon Breakout Sessions (choose one):

Planning and Land Use

Jill Clark, OSU Center for Farmland Policy Innovation [Presentation]

Mike Taylor, VitaNuova LLC [Presentation]

David Mann, Lucas County Land Bank

Moderator: Jeanette Eckert, UT Urban Affairs Center

Health and Hunger

Amanda Archibald [Bio], Field to Plate

Shelly Beiting, Children's Hunger Alliance

Moderator: Debra Boardley, UT Health and Recreation Professions

Local Projects

Case Study Fernwood Growing Center, Jim Rocco, VitaNuova LLC

Urban Agriculture at Owens Community College, Matt Ross [Presentation]

Oneida Greenhouse, Michael Szuberla [Presentation]

Toledo Area Ministries Feed Your Neighbor, Steve Anthony and Donna Stockmaster

Moderator: Stephanie Cihon, ProMedica Health System

Building Our Local Food System: Next Steps