April 11th-12th 2008, Teachers College Columbia
University
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Issue: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
January 2008
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2008 Conference Newsletter
As the days of winter get longer and thoughts turn to the coming
growing season, we are pleased to announce that the seeds for our 2008
conference have germinated!
Schools, Food and Community, co-produced by Baum Forum and
the Nutrition Program,
Teachers College Columbia University, will once again bring
together professionals, advocates and youth committed to fostering healthy food
choices and a healthy food environment for school children both in school and
out. The conference will convene April 11th and 12th, 2008 at Teachers College.
The conference team that produced last year's sold out
Schools, Food and Gardening: Cultivating a Healthy Future, is conspiring once
again to present stimulating discussions on compelling topics as well as
opportunities for hands-on workshops and demonstrations. The focus for our program
will broaden this year to include connecting positive messaging and access to
healthy foods in schools, homes, and neighborhoods; the challenges of
supporting and maintaining innovation; and the Green Schools movement in New
York City and elsewhere. Saturday's keynote speaker, Roberta Sonnino, a scholar
on the school food revolution, will connect our subject with the concept of
sustainable development, the overarching framework for this work we do.
While Saturday, April 12th is planned as the main day of
this major educational and community-building event, this year we are expanding
to Friday, April 11th for an additional half day of conference sessions and
in-depth workshops, special meetings and an evening of cabaret-style
entertainment. Please visit www.baumforum.org for more information. Our website will be constantly updated
with confirmed speakers, topics, sponsors and more.
In addition, please expect to receive this conference
newsletter a few more times leading up to Schools, Food and Community. We plan to communicate the latest on
the conference as well as announce other upcoming events and resources of
interest to you. Please stay tuned
and please register early! Feel
free to send your ideas and inquiries to events@baumforum.org.
The 2008 Conference Team, Hilary Baum, Toni Liquori, Pam Koch, Christina Grace
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Photo
Courtesy "National Gardening Association A Garden in Every School
Program"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quick Links
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Community Announcements
There's STILL TIME to register your 2008 School Garden with
GreenThumb in order to be eligible for a number of Winter and Spring workshops,
services, and free resources.
But you MUST act fast!!! Please contact Rasheed, GreenThumb
Outreach Coordinator, immediately at 212.788.8070 or visit their website
for more information.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEW PUBLICATION
The Public Health Advocacy Institute has announced a new
publication:
"Mapping
School Food: A Policy Guide." It was written to help anyone interested in
navigating school food law and policy and provides tools for building community
support. Get a free download here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An on-going dialogue about food and farming issues, focusing
on the preservation of a healthy, diversified food system.
Nutrition
Program Teachers College Columbia University
Through current academic initiatives, research, and service
activities, the Program in Nutrition focuses on facilitating change in
individuals and communities, and on ways of modifying personal choice,
community access, and the food system within which such choices are made to
ensure healthy people in healthy and sustainable communities.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Baum Forum | 5454 Palisade Ave. | Bronx | NY | 10471
718-884-5716