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Friday - February 1, 2008
African American Museum Celebration Hall
55 12th Ave SE -
Cedar Rapids, IA
The day’s activities begin
with an opportunity for the over 150 growers in the immediate area and
INCA members from around Iowa to network, learn, and plan for a regional
food system—where we’ve been, where we are, and how far we can go!
Following is a Local Foods Reception, a special screening of KING CORN
and a panel discussion as a Fundraiser to benefit the Local Foods
Connection
(www.localfoodsconnection.org) and Community Gardens initiative in the Oakhill
Jackson Neighborhood of Cedar Rapids. Local Foods Connection provides CSA
shares and education to families in need in the Iowa City area.
Contributions will allow expansion of this service to the Cedar Rapids
area.
Free-will donations at the door
for the evening's activities.
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3:00 PM |
Local Growers Round Table and Forum |
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5:30 PM |
Local Foods Reception featuring Iowa wines and foods |
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6:30 PM |
KING CORN: a film that attempts to trace a crop of Iowa corn
through the current food system. |
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8:00 PM |
Panel Discussion with Growers, Marketers, Consumers and Health
Professionals |
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9:00 PM |
Goodnight! |
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Saturday - February 2, 2008
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
1340 Third Avenue, SE -
Cedar Rapids, IA
Saturday’s
activities include the screening of a wonderful film about a passionate marketer
of local foods, a panel with the Iowa River Valley RC&D,
the traditional
ALL IOWA POTLUCK lunch, several unique workshops and lots of
networking opportunities.
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast (all morning
activities in the Social Hall) |
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8:30 AM |
Welcome & Introductions |
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9:00 AM |
What It Takes: Lisa Brenneis
(www.tangerineman.com)
is a
farmer/filmmaker in Southern California and her delightful film
EAT AT BILL'S tells the story about one passionate marketer,
Bill Fujimoto, and the impact his Monterey Market has on small
farms and producers. Lisa and Iowa organic dairyman Francis
Thicke (Radiance Dairy - Fairfield) will engage us in a
discussion of what it takes to grow a healthy, fair, and
accessible food system. |
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10:30 AM |
15 minute break |
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10:45 AM |
All the Pieces: a panel with Iowa River
Valley RC&D (www.ivrcd.org)
shares and seeks your input on the I-Food Regional
Local Foods System. |
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11:30 AM |
ALL IOWA
POTLUCK.
Join us in this long INCA
tradition! Please bring a hot or cold dish that will serve at
least six people. INCA will provide the beverages and table
service. Staff will receive your dish when you register, keep hot dishes
hot and cold dishes cold and set the buffet.
INCA's Annual Meeting will be held during lunch. |
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1:00 PM |
Workshops: Round One (see details below) |
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2:30 PM |
30 minute break (Visit the conference
sponsors in the Social Hall) |
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3:00 PM |
Workshops: Round Two (see details below) |
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4:30 PM |
Goodbyes! (please turn-in your completed evaluation and pick-up
your potluck dishes) |
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Workshops Round One 1:00 - 2:30 pm |
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How to Connect - Collective Marketing and Distribution:
Gary Huber
(Practical Farmers of Iowa) gives an overview of the new
Iowa Food Coop, a statewide cooperative marketing and
distribution venture for local food producers planned to
begin this spring. Then
Madeline Schultz (ISU
Extension Value Added Agriculture Program) presents
Market Maker, a free web based market networking service
designed to connect enrolling producers with buyers from
all levels of the food system. |
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Insurance - Everyone Has Questions:
Susan Voss
(Iowa Insurance Commissioner) and
Matt Russell
(Drake Agricultural Law Center) answer your questions
and hear your comments about workman’s compensation,
changes in Iowa insurance rules, and other topics. |
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Growing a Regional Local Food System - Social and
Economic Environments Forum:
The Iowa Valley RC&D, along with the United Way of
Eastern Iowa and other partners are leading in the
planning of a regional local food system that includes
Linn, Johnson, Butler, Iowa, Tama and Poweshiek counties
and the surrounding area. This workshop presents what
the team has discovered so far in the process, where
they hope to go as a region, and asks for your questions
and input. Team members include:
Jon Andelson, Mary Ellen Dunford,
Diane Duncan-Goldshmith, Laura Dowd, Peter Hoehnle,
Kathy McCarthy, Kris Reed, Lynette Richards and Eugenia
Vavra. |
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Hey, That’s a Great Idea!
A “best practices” forum for CSA and MARKET GARDENERS to
share their tricks and discoveries with each other.
Bring the best ideas you’ve learned that save time,
labor, and increase your profits—or your biggest
mistake! Moderator: TBA |
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Workshops Round Two 3:00 - 4:30 pm |
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Hey, That’s ANOTHER Great Idea!
A “best practices” forum for LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS to
share their tricks and discoveries with each other.
Bring the best ideas you’ve learned that save time,
labor, and increase your profits—or your biggest
mistake! Moderators: Barney
Barenfuse &
Suzanne Costello
(B&B Farms - Grinnell). |
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Just Food: The Top Ten Barriers to Local Food Access for
low-income individuals:
This workshop is led by three great folks.
Laura Dowd
is director of Local Foods
Connection, a not for profit that provides CSA shares to
low income families. Tiffany
Boyle is Lead Family Services
Coordinator for the ARC of Southeast Iowa which assists
developmentally disabled individuals in our community to
realize their full potential in how they live, learn,
work and play. Katherine
Nydam-Olivier is social
worker who works primarily with people who are homeless
in Iowa City. |
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There is More Than Meets the Eye:
Gardening every square foot in town or in the country
with Permaculture. |
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Starting a Micro-dairy:
Lois Reichert
(Reichert Dairy Air - Knoxville) and her son Ben, share
their experience of starting their family's micro-dairy,
an new award winning goat dairy producing seasonal
artisan cheese. |
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Growing a Market:
For new and experienced growers and marketers. Two
successful CSA farmers, Susan
Jutz (ZJ Farm - Solon) and
Laura Krouse (Abbe Hills
Garden - Mt. Vernon) walk us through their experiences
of growing a market from scratch—what has worked for
them, what pitfalls to avoid, how to get the most for
your effort, how to maintain what you’ve gained. |
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