9:00–9:30
Welcome and Opening Reflection
9:30–10:30 Keynote Address, “Just FOOD or JUST Food,” Dr. Lisa Heldke, Gustavus Adolphus College 10:30–11:00 Interactive Reflection and Processing 11–11:15
Break
11:15–12:15 “Locale Buffet,” Panel of speakers from sustainable farms and businesses 12:15
Lunch: A delicious local, organic and seasonal meal
1:00–2:00 Session I: • “Taking Action for Local and Regional Food Systems,” Mark Schultz, Land Stewardship Project • “Myth: Fast Foods Are Faster,” Sister Kathleen Storms, Mankato Provincial Councilor • “Shaping Local Food Efforts,” Sisters Annette and Kay Fernholz, EarthRise Farm • “Digging Deeper, Growing Together,” Panel of local community gardeners 2:10–3:10
Session II: Repeat of Session I Workshops
3:10–3:30
Closing Reflection
3:30
Farmer’s Harvest Market featuring local farmers with vegetables, meats, jams, wools and other farm products
Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry
Registration, Gathering with organic, Fair Trade Coffee and homemade muffins. Resource table, video stations, and exploration time
170 Good Counsel Drive Mankato, MN 56001
8:00–9:00
ONE BITE AT A TIME: Healthy Land= Healthy Food= Healthy People
Saturday, November 3, 2007 SSND Mankato Provincial House Conference Center 170 Good Counsel Drive e-mail:
[email protected] Phone: 507.389.4272
Changing the World
Conference Schedule:
Changing the World
O N E B I T E AT A T I M E : Healthy Land= Healthy Food= Healthy People
Changing the World
O N E B I T E AT A T I M E : Healthy Land= Healthy Food= Healthy People
T PURPOSE:
TO RAISE AND FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION on the connections between land, food and people. To inspire individuals to take action and to make changes in their own lives ensuring the biological integrity of Southern Minnesota and all of life on Earth. To bring about hope for and commitment to a just food system.
Saturday, November 3
When: Saturday, November 3 Where: School Sisters of Notre Dame Mankato Provincial House Conference Center 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato
center for
Earth Spirituality & Rural Ministry a ministry of the
Registration: Due October 31. CEU offered Contact: 507-389-4272 or
[email protected] Cost: $15 or student rate of $10 Lunch: included
REGISTRATION
Presenters and Workshops:
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Keynote Address
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Please indicate workshop numbers you wish to attend: 1 2 3 4 Lunch: vegetarian
non-vegetarian
Fees: My fee of $15 or student rate of $10 is enclosed (lunch is included). Please make checks payable to CESRM.
Dr. Lisa Heldke, Gustavus Adolphus College, Professor of Philosophy A pioneer in the area of Philosophy of Food, Heldke has written one book, co-edited three others and published many articles on the topics of food, food justice, and the ethics and power dynamics of eating. Her work continually explores the question, “How can food be a vehicle for social change?” Putting actual sweat behind her words, Heldke, co-founder of the St. Peter Community Garden, helped organize the St. Peter Food Co-op educational series and challenges those around her to think deeply and act justly about that which we often take for granted— food. Heldke, an avid baker, and her partner host “Third Sunday Suppers,” monthly soup nights aimed at creating community around good food.
Afternoon workshops “Taking Action for Local 1 and Regional Food Systems”
Return to: School Sisters of Notre Dame Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry
Schultz is Director of Programs and Public Policy Program Director for the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) in Minnesota. The LSP believes in the power of people to bring about positive changes on the land and in their communities. With his years of experience, Schultz will speak to ways that citizens can use to make their efforts effective. Schultz lives in Minneapolis with his family and has been a staff person for LSP for 16 years.
“Myth: Fast Foods are Faster” Kathleen Storms, SSND, Co-founder of the Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry
“Just FOOD or JUST Food?”
Mark Schultz, Land Stewardship Project
170 Good Counsel Drive Mankato, MN 56001
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Sister Kathleen is an avid gardener, cook and canner. In her workshop she explores the trend in our fast-paced and often activity-driven schedules to revert to fast foods to take care of family and community food needs. Obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart disease are often the result. As a busy person with an often crazy schedule, Sister Kathleen counters this dilemma with healthy foods. Having developed a repertoire of quick-fix, nutritious meals that can be prepared in less than 30 minutes, she will provide meal plans, recipes and share thoughts about alternatives to a growing trend toward reliance on fast foods. (Limited to 20 participants)
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“Shaping Local Food Efforts”
Kathleen and Annette Fernholz, SSNDs, Gardeners, farmers, and educators Sisters Kathleen and Annette are living a dream realized on Earthrise Farm near Madison, Minnesota. Their story begins with love of the land and learning to work with it and neighboring farmers in order to produce healthy food. Sisters Kathleen and Annette tell of involving community, starting a farmers’ market, establishing cooperatives, all with an emphasis on education. Learn how it works and what YOU can do to help change the world.
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“Digging Deeper, Growing Together” Presentation from community gardeners at Good Counsel
With a mission centered around access to nutritious food as a human right, the community gardens at Good Counsel provide a vibrant green space for people to grow food and nurture community. This panel explores the concept of gardening in a community setting. Find out some of the reasons people garden in community gardens, how they benefit from the experience and what they and their families gain beyond nutritious foods.
Community Gardeners at Good Counsel