California
Community Food Security Summit: Organizing for Action
June 3-4,
2002 at Holy Names College, Oakland, California
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In today’s world of growing insecurity on many fronts, the essential
nature of food and our relationship to it has become a focal point
for community action. California’s food system has a long row
to hoe before becoming healthy, environmentally sustainable, or
just. It is fraught with numerous social and health problems including
hunger amidst plenty, epidemics of diabetes and obesity especially
among low-income residents, inequitable access to fresh produce,
and loss of family farms. Substantial change will require the
development of a shared and coherent vision for food secure communities,
as well as a coordinated strategy and action plan for getting
there.
We invite you to attend the California Community Food Security
Summit where we will begin the process of formulating such a vision
and shaping a movement-based plan for action. Subtitled “organizing
for action,” the summit is designed to increase coordination between
diverse networks, shape a state policy platform, and develop issue-based
action plans for moving forward.
Summit Highlights
- Keynote
address by state Senator Martha Escutia, author of SB 19—a
significant achievement toward improving childrens’ nutrition
in the schools.
- Issue
roundtable examining the pressing challenges and emerging
links between public health, food security and sustainable
agriculture.
- Workshops
to hone lessons, challenges, opportunities and skills needed
to strengthen and expand community food projects across the
state.
- Networking
opportunities, including a Monday evening celebration featuring
local food and drink and a special premier presentation.
- Movement
building work to strategize a coordinated action plan.
- Tour
of community food projects in Berkeley.
Summit Agenda
Monday,
June 3rd
Day one of the summit begins with a reflection on last year’s
groundbreaking passage of SB 19 and an examination of the
linkages between other major food system issues. Afternoon
workshops explore specific program models with a focus on
lessons to learn from, opportunities for expansion and skills
needed to succeed. Wind down after a solid day of work with
great conversation and delicious local foods.
|
| 8:00 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
|
9:15 |
Welcome
and Invocation |
Andy
Fisher, CFSC
Elizabeth Sholes, California Council of Churches |
|
9:30 |
Keynote
Address: Winning for a change—the battle to improve school
nutrition |
| Senator
Martha Escutia |
|
10:30 |
Issue
Roundtable: Making the links between public health, food
security and sustainable agriculture |
Leslie
Mikkelsen, Prevention Institute and CFSC Board of Directors,
moderator
Harold Goldstein, California Center for Public Health Advocacy
Ken Hecht, California Food Policy Advocates
Judith Redmond, Community Alliance with Family Farmers |
| 12:00 |
Lunch
(included) |
|
12:30 |
Orientation:
Community food security as a strategy and organizing framework
(optional) |
| Andy
Fisher, CFSC; Bob Gottlieb, Urban and Environmental Policy
Institute, Occidental College |
|
1:30 |
Concurrent
Session I: Scaling up the Solutions—model projects to model
policy |
Healthy
Kids, Healthy Farms: Linking local agriculture and schools
Marion Kalb, CFSC, facilitator; Tracie Thomas, Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District; Nancy May, Healdsburg
Unified School District
Getting Food on the Table: Improving assistance programs
to better serve communities
Matt Sharp, California Food Policy Advocates, facilitator;
Jessica Bartholow, Alameda County Community Food Bank; Frank
Tamborello, LA Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness
Fresh Food: Direct from the farm to the community
Reggie Knox, Community Alliance with Family Farmers,
facilitator; Joy Moore, Farm Fresh Choice Project, Ecology
Center; Luis Sierra, America Fresh; TBA
Dollars and Cents: Economic development and food security
Mark Vallianatos, Center for Food and Justice, UEPI,
Occidental College, facilitator; Sharon Junge and Joanne
Neft, PlacerGrown, UC Cooperative Extension-Placer; David
Strom, San Francisco League of Urban Gardens; John Grant,
UFCW Local 770
Urban Agriculture: Neighborhood-based food production
Gail Feenstra, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program, facilitator; Daniel Miller, BOSS Urban
Gardening Institute; Nancy Flynn, United Indian Health Services;
TBA |
|
3:30 |
Concurrent
Session II: Food-based Organizing—Skills and tools to get
the job done |
Media
Advocacy: Getting your message out
Maggie Masch, Center for Food and Justice, facilitator;
Mike Smith, Fenton Communications; Weyland Southon, KPFA/Seven
Generations
Movement Building: Strategies for transforming the food
system
Bob Gottlieb, Urban Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental
College; Keith Warner, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable
Food Systems, UCSC
Coalition Building: Approaches to food policy councils
Frank Buck, CA Nutrition Network, facilitator; Janet
Brown, Center for Ecoliteracy/Marin Food Policy Council;
Kate Clayton, City of Berkeley Public Health Department;
Heather Paulsen, California Healthy Cities
Grassroots Advocacy: Building strength at the community
and state levels
Michelle Mascarenhas, Community Alliance with Family
Farmers, facilitator; Stephanie Monroe, CalWorks Foundation;
Elizabeth Sholes, California Council of Churches
Community Food Assessments: A Tool for Change
Tori Kjer, CFSC, facilitator; Peggy Roark, Sacramento
Hunger Commission; Fernando Ona and Paula Jones, San Francisco
City and County Dept. of Health; Sheila Duffy, UC Cooperative
Extension-Alameda County |
|
5:30 |
Reception:
Refreshments and socializing in the courtyard. |
Dinner
and Celebration
Join us for a delicious, seasonal meal made from local farm
products followed by a presentation of the Organic and Beyond
Campaign. Includes a free copy of the soon-to-be-released
Fatal Harvest a powerful collection of photos and
essays promoting a new vision for our food system. |
Tuesday, June 4th
Plan to roll up your sleeves on day two. This is a “must
attend” for organizations and individuals that are building
the movement for just and sustainable food systems. Together,
we will strategize coordinated action plans toward strengthening
community-based food security.
|
|
9:00 |
California
Assembly of the Community Food Security Coalition
|
-
Shaping a coalition values statement: “Our vision of a food
system in California”
- What kind of movement are we building?
- Mapping our movement: participating groups and constituencies |
|
11:00 |
Action
Planning |
| We
will form breakout groups based around issues prioritized
leading up to and during the summit. Emphasis will be placed
on developing specific steps we can take at the state and
regional levels and mechanisms for building in accountability
and follow through. |
| 12:30 |
Lunch
|
| 1:30 |
Report
Back: Actions and accountability for moving forward |
| 2:30 |
Closing
Comments |
| 2:45 |
Summit
Close |
|
3:15 |
Bus
Tour of Community Food Projects |
Experience
a variety of projects that are strengthening food security
in the diverse neighborhoods of Berkeley.
MLK Edible Schoolyard; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Ecology
Center’s Farm Fresh Choice Project and Berkeley Certified
Farmers’ Market
Tour leader: Melanie Okamoto, Food System Project of Center
for Ecoliteracy |
|
6:15 |
Bus
returns to Holy Names College |
Logistics
Directions & Travel
Holy Names College is located in the Oakland Hills just north
of the I-580 and Hwy. 13 interchange at 3500 Mountain Blvd. The
campus is located 8 miles from the Oakland International Airport.
The AC Transit bus line stops 15 minute walking distance from
the summit site. Free onsite parking is available.
Lodging
A limited number of double and single dormitory rooms with shared
bathrooms are available at Holy Names College on the evenings
of June 2nd and June 3rd. For more information and to make reservations,
visit www.foodsecurity.org, or call our office at 310-822-5410.
Rooms are also available at the Jack London Inn located in downtown
Oakland’s historic Jack London Square. Mention the CA CFS Summit
and receive a special room rate of $82. Includes shuttle service
to and from Holy Names College. (510) 893-6303. 444 Embarcadero
West. www.jacklondoninn.com.
Food
Meals will showcase vegetables and fruits grown sustainably on
farms in and around the Bay Area. Continental breakfast, lunch,
refreshments and Monday’s dinner and special presentation are
included in full summit registration.
For more information call 310-822-5410.
Sponsors
California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program*
California Association of Food Banks*
California Council of Churches*
California Food Policy Advocates*
California Hunger Action Coalition
California Nutrition Network*
California Sustainable Agriculture Working Group*
Center for Ecoliteracy
Center for Food and Justice, Occidental College*
Community Alliance with Family Farmers*
Prevention Institute*
UC Cooperative Extension—Alameda County
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program*
* Participant on the advisory committee that helped to plan the
summit.
Thank you to our Funders
Funded in part by grants from California Wellness Foundation and
Center for Ecoliteracy.
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