Our Food, Our Future 2021: Growing A Healthy Food System in a Pandemic World
Join us for a discussion of Mark Winne's book, Food Town, USA with the author! (Book is included with your conference registration). Then we'll chat with local food champions about their efforts.
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Session 1 Agenda
1:00 pm
1:00 pm
- Welcome by Willie Lantz, WMFC Chair
- Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Theresa Stahl, WMFC Vice Chair
- Building a Robust Western Maryland Food System by Mark Winne, Food Author and Activist. Mark will be sharing highlights from his book, Food Town, USA
- Local Food Panel Discussion: Becoming a Food Town USA
- Brenda McDonnell – Owner of Brenda’s Pizzeria, Ace’s Run Restaurant and Firewater Kitchen and Bar
- Charles DeBerry – President of Garrett Growers Cooperative
- TBA - Wholesome Harvest Coop
- Sponsor Break
- Food System Discussion: Focus on local production, distribution and marketing. What’s your idea for something that would really make an improvement in the community? Participants will consider questions about the local food system.
- Summary of discussion sessions and wrap up
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Session 2: April 1
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm Food Is MedicineJoin us for a day dedicated to learning how healthy, local food nourishes and heals, and how our minds and bodies are connected in ways we are just learning to unpack.
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Session 2 Agenda
1:00 pm
1:00 pm
- Welcome & Speaker Introductions by Willie Lantz, WMFC Chair
- Food is Medicine: Update on Diabetes Initiatives by Lori J. Johnson, BSN, RN, CDCES Program Manager, UPMC Western Maryland Center for Clinical Resources
- Mindful Eating and the Role of Local Food and Stress Less with Mind-Body Skills by Theresa Stahl, RDN, LDN, FAND, Nutrition Consultant and Mind-Body Medicine Practitioner and Lisa McCoy, MS, RDN, Senior Agent – Western Region, Family and Consumer Sciences - Healthy Living, University of Maryland Extension
- Sponsor Break
- Food System Discussion: Focus on healthy eating. What’s your idea for something that would really make an improvement in the community? Participants will consider questions about the local food system.
- Summary of discussion sessions and wrap up
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Session 3: April 8
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm Food AccessJoin us for a day dedicated to learning how efforts are underway to help our neighbors in need access healthy foods. Then we'll have a special guided community dialog, titled, "Eat. Learn. Council."
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Session 3 Agenda
1:00 pm
1:00 pm
- Welcome & Speaker Introductions by Willie Lantz, WMFC Chair
- Food Policy Councils’ Survey: Food Access during the Pandemic by Caitlin Misiaszek, Program Officer, Food Communities and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
- Local Response to Food Access by Amy Moyer, Executive Director, Western Maryland Food Bank, Inc.
- Future Harvest-CASA Resilient Crisis-Ready Food System by Dena Leibman, Executive Director, Future Harvest-CASA
- Sponsor Break
- Day of Civility – Eat. Learn. Council. A Special Community Dialogue Session - What’s your idea for something that would really make an improvement in the community?
Sponsored by Allegany County’s Choose Civility chapter, Allegany College of Maryland’s Democracy Commitment Committee, and Frostburg State University’s Communication Leadership Lab. This session will be moderated by:- Dr. Diane McMahon, Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of the College to Community Partnership at Allegany College of Maryland
- Dr. Elesha Ruminski, Professor, Communication Studies and Coordinator, Leadership Studies Minor and Communication Leadership Lab at Frostburg State University
- Summary and wrap up