Celebrating our Children, Food and Future
Classroom – Cafeteria — Community
Friday, February 15th
Rondout Valley High School, 122 Kyserike Road, Accord
Join national experts, parents, students and community members at the School Food Summit 2013: to identify ways to serve more fresh, locally grown food in school meals, and begin to make it happen.
- 1:30-4:30 Kitchen Camp for food service staff, led by top local chefs (FULL)
- 5:30-7:00 Local Food Fair: samplings from Kitchen Camp, and tables with farmers, students and organizations
- 7:00 Songs of Farms and Food with Creek Iverson and Lisa Mitten
- 7:30-9:00 “Local Food Goes to School”
Panel Discussion of national and local food experts including:
- Keynote speaker: Chef Ann Cooper, “The Renegade Lunch Lady“
- Chef Tim Cipriano, No Kid Hungry – Share Our Strength
- Farmer Bruce Davenport, President of the RVGA
- Todd Fowler, National Farm to School movement
- Julie Holbrook, Director of Food Services, Keene Cemtral School
- Janet Poppendieck, Free for All: Fixing School Food in America
- Chris Van Damm, Director of Food Service, Rondout Valley Schools
How you can help us make the School Food Summit 2013 a great success:
- volunteer your time now or at Summit;
- set up an info table for your farm or organization at the Local Food Fair;
- farmers and growers, bring samples for RVGA table;
- help us get the word out–post this on your website and Facebook;
- post a flyer–click here for a 2-page flyer for posting; and
- COME OUT with family and friends on Feb. 15th to the Summit!
Nicci Cagan, a Slow Food Hudson Valley Steering Committee member, has brought together an All-Star cast of top chefs and school food advocates. Slow Food Hudson Valley is is a proud sponsor of this exciting and important event.
Please contact Deborah DeWan (RVGA) or Nicci Cagan (From The Ground Up) to get involved with this effort.
Sponsors: Marbletown PTA, Rondout Valley Growers, From the Ground Up, Slow Food Hudson Valley, UlsterCorps, Chefs Consortium
Support provided in part by Community Foundation of Ulster County, Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund, The New World Foundation, and RVGA
