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Saturday October 28, 2000
7:30 am Rio Grande Food and Farm Trails Tour
(Leaves from Comfort Inn near Albuquerque airport. Returns Sunday at 5 pm at La Fonda Hotel Santa Fe)

Sunday, October 29, 2000
7:30 am Albuquerque and Santa Fe Field Trips
(Leave from Comfort Inn in Albuquerque airport and return at 1:30 pm at La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe)

12:00-3:00, 6:00-8:30 Registration--Mezzanine La Fonda Hotel

2:30-6:00 Short Courses
• Urban Agriculture
• Telling the Story of Food Security
• From Farm to School
• CFS Policy

6:30-9:00 Taste of Northern New Mexico Reception- La Terraza room

Monday, October 30, 2000
8:00-9:00 Continental Breakfast - South Ballroom

8:00-5:00 Registration - Mezzanine

9:00-11:00 Welcome, opening remarks, Roundtable on Food security and Social Justice - Ballroom

11:15-12:45 Breakout Session #1
• Cooking with Kids
• Shaking the Federal Money Tree
• Defining Food Security Agenda
• Garden of Eden
• Food System Entrepreneurship

12:45-2:15 Lunch with special presentation By Stuart Nunnery, Campaign for Food Literacy-- Ballroom

2:15-3:45 Breakout Session #2
• 2002 Farm Bill Platform
• Edible Connections
• Water, the Border and Arid Land

2:45-3:45 Breakout Session #2A
• Rooted in Community: Youth Steppin' Out on Food Systems and Food Security
• TBA

4:00-5:30 Committee meetings
• Policy
• Training and Technical Assistance
• Outreach & Diversity
• School Food
• Urban Agriculture
• Food Access and Transportation

8:00-??, Video Night
Bring a video of your own project.

Tuesday, October 31, 2000 -HALLOWEEN
Dress up as your favorite food item and win a special prize

7:30-8:30 Breakfast- South Ballroom

8:30-9:30 CFSC Annual Meeting- Ballroom

9:45-11:15 Breakout Session #3
• Challenge of Inclusiveness
• Direct Marketing Models
• Community Food Project Grantee Forum
• International Links on Community Food Security
• Developing Common Initiatives between Anti-Hunger and CFS

11:15-12:45 Lunch on your own

12:45-2:15 Breakout Session #4
• State Food Policy Councils
• Acequias
• Healthy Farms/ Healthy Kids
• Urban Gardening with WIC Clients
• Re-entry Farming Initiatives

2:30-3:30 Town Hall Meeting - Ballroom
3:30 Adjourn

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