2011 Cultivating Food Justice Event
Saturday & Sunday,
April 9 & 10 in City Heights
This event is free and open to the public.
The event will feature keynote speakers (Bilali Muya and N. Diane Moss), hands-on workshops, panels and discussion groups all focused on how to create a more sustainable and equitable food system. Register online by clicking here or on the day of the event at 4340 Wightman St. 92105, at 8:30am.
For more information, click here.
Wild Willow Farm Seed Swap
Sunday April 10, 10:15 to 11:15 am
Wightman Street between 43rd and Fairmount, 92116
(farmers market location)
Got heirloom seeds to share? Need some? Come to the Seed Swap! Have you been growing a variety of cucumber that resists powdery mildew? How about a tomato that just keeps coming up and tastes delicious? Come share them with your friends and neighbors. This is an open forum where those with seeds share them with those who need them. Heirloom seeds are vital resources and are preserved by circulation. We will talk informally about the need to develop seed strains that work best in our unique climate. Wild Willow Farm has started this bank and we invite your participation.
One component of the Wild Willow Farm's purpose is to grow crops suitable for the region and build a seed bank that preserves regionally optimized genetic strains and makes these available to all.
Last Year's Conference
The 2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference, which took place at San Diego State University on April 24 and 25, was a rousing success with over 750 registered attendees. The two-day event, which was free for all participants, explored ways to make our food system more accessible and healthy for everyone in our community.
Organized by our sister organization San Diego Food Not Lawns, hours of preparation and service from many volunteers, the support of the SDSU Center for Regional Sustainability and the Associated Students of SDSU, and with sponsorship by SD Roots and Slow Food Urban San Diego, the jam-packed schedule included workshops, demonstrations, discussions and delicious food, all for free.
Keynote speakers were noted author and advocate for creating a more just global food system, Raj Patel on Saturday, and local farmer Barry Logan on Sunday.
If you'd like to see for yourself what took place, follow these links:
Conference website
Photo album
Full schedule and video library of many of the workshops
Keynote speaker video library
Some of these videos are very large take a while to download, depending on your connection speed. If you experience a delay, please be patient while the download catches up.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Introductory Remarks for Raj Patel
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Raj Patel Keynote Address
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Performance of Homegrown Tomatoes
by The La Milpa Organica Farm Band
Sunday, April 25
Barry Logan Keynote Address
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