Schools, Food and Gardening:
Cultivating a Healthy Future
April 21, 2007
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Conference Agenda
9:00 a.m.
WELCOME
Hilary Baum, Baum Forum, Director
Isobel Contento, Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition and Education, Teachers College Columbia University and author of Nutrition Education: Linking Research, Theory, and Practice
9:20 a.m.
KEYNOTES
Joan Gussow, Mary Swartz Rose Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Education, Teachers College Columbia University and author of Chicken Little, Tomato Sauce and Agriculture: Who Will Produce Tomorrow's Food? and This Organic Life
Anthony “Tony” Recasner, Head of School, Samuel J. Green Charter School, New Orleans Edible Schoolyard
10:15 a.m.
PLENARY 1:
Schools, Food and Gardening: Health and Sustainability on the Horizon
Moderator: Jaimie Cloud, The Cloud Institute
Pam Koch, Nutrition Program, Teachers College Columbia University
Lynn Parker, Director of Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
Jennifer Wilkins, Cornell University, Kellogg Food and Society Fellow, Cornell Farm to School Program
11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
MORNING WORKSHOPS
1: From School to Farm: Farm Stays for Students
Moderator: Liz Neumark, Great Performances/Katchkie Farm
John McDaniel, Manhattan Country School, NYC and Roxbury, New York
Rachel Schneider, Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent, New York
2: Gardening Resources for NYC Schools
Moderator: John Ameroso, Cornell Cooperative Extension New York City
Susan Fields, GreenThumb, NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation
Gerard Lordahl, Open Space Greening, Council on the Environment of NYC
Deborah Epstein, Childrens’ Education Programming, New York Botanical Garden
3: Growing It: School Gardening Workshop (Hands-on)
Bob Patterson, Growing Connection/FAO, UN
Philson Warner, Cornell Cooperative Extension New York City
4: Making It Happen: Tools for Building the Wellness Movement
Susan Rubin, Westchester Coalition for Better School Food
Lynn Fredericks, FamilyCook Productions
Amy Kalafa, Two Angry Moms
Sara Tedeschi, Community Nutrition Educator, Organic Valley Family of Farms
5: Farm to NYC Schools: Getting Started
Bob Lewis, NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets
Andrew Benson, Executive Chef and Director of Foodservice, Promise Academy
John Gagliardi, farmer, New York Beef Company
Shayna Cohen, Karp Resources
6: Curriculum Spotlight: Linking Food and the Environment
Moderator and Presenter: Pam Koch, Teachers College Columbia University, LIFE
Stephen Monaco, Bronx School For Scientific Inquiry and Investigation
Margo Crabtree, Center for Ecoliteracy, Berkeley, California
7: Youth Entrepreneurship: Markets, Cooking, and Urban Farms
Moderator: Lyn Pentacost, Lower East Side Girls Club
Tom Strumolo, Greenmarket, Youth Market Project
Chelsea Vernon, Lower East Side Girls Club
8: Schools with Edible Garden and Agriculture Programs
Moderator: Linda Ameroso, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Denise Martabano, Meadow Pond School, Westchester, NY
Cecily Upton, Slow Food in Schools, Slow Food USA
Steve Perry, John Bowne High School, Queens
9: Building Wellness into NYC Schools: Challenges and Strategies
Moderator: Liz Solomon, FoodChange, EATWISE, Program Officer
Alma Idehen, Health Content Expert, Bronx Office of Youth Development
Herman McKie, NYC Department of Education, SchoolFood, Nutrition Coordinator
Craig Ferguson, Physical Education Teacher, PS 81
Naomi Smith, Principal, Central Park East II
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
LUNCHEON & RESOURCE FAIR
Lunch by NYC Department of Education, SchoolFood Services, under the direction of Executive Chef Jorge Collazo
2:25 p.m.
PLENARY 2
Cultivating the Work in NYC
Moderator: Toni Liquori, Nutrition Department, Teachers College Columbia University
Kate MacKenzie, FoodChange
Chef Jorge Collazo, NYC Department of Education, SchoolFood Services
Shayna Cohen, Karp Resources
Emily Becker, Principal Bronx, Green School
Kristen Roberts, Teacher, Bronx Green School
3:35 – 4:35 p.m.
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
10: Taking Action Now: Emerging Policy Options
Moderator: Kate MacKenzie, FoodChange
Fern Gale Estrow, The FGE Food and Nutrition Team
Amie Hamlin, New York Coalition for Healthy School Food
Nancy Huehnergarth, New York State Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Alliance (NYSHEPA)
11: A Day on the Farm
Moderator: Wendy Dubit, Farm Hands City Hands
Judy Fink, Stone Barns, Westchester
Lauren Jarrett, EECO Farm, Long Island
Lisa Schwartz, Rainbeau Ridge, Westchester
12: Research: School Food and Food Systems
Moderator: Scott Burg
Pam Koch, Teachers College Columbia University
Lynn Parker, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
Jennifer Wilkins, Cornell University, Cornell Farm to School
13: Burrowing in: Profiles of Gardening Programs
Moderator: Jacquie Berger, Just Food
Harry Bubbins, Friends of Brook Park, Bronx
McKinley Hightower, Just Food, Queens
Janet Scott, The Garden at St. Ann's, Bronx
14: In-school/After school Gardening: Multi-site Programs
Moderator: Stefania Patinella, Children's Aid Society
Jim Lane, Education Program,New York Restoration Project
Lenny Librizzi and David Sapphire, Learn It, Grow It, Eat It, Council on the Environment of NYC
Kathleen Salisbury, City Bloom, Greater Newark Conservancy
15: Food, Nutrition and Gardening Curriculum Resources
Moderator: Rebecca Sparks, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, & Public Health, NYU
Keri Evjy, National Gardening Association, Adopt a School Garden
Cindy Thomashow, Center for Environmental Education Online
Margo Crabtree, Center for Ecoliteracy
16: Collaborative Approaches to Urban Farm and Food-based Education
Moderator: Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, FoodChange
Cristina Chapman, Farm Educator, FoodChange/Added Value
Kathleen Porter, Program Officer Educational Initiatives, FoodChange
Alev Dervish, 1st Grade teacher, PS 15, Red Hook
Ian Marvey, Added Value
17: Farm-to-School Kitchens
Moderator: Amy Cotler, Fresh and Company, author of MA Farm to School Cookbook
Mike Azzara, NOFA-NJ and Chef Gary Giberson, The Lawrenceville School, NJ
Abbie Nelson, NOFA-VT, VT FEED
18: Cooking and Learning: Teens in Charge (Demonstration)
Moderator: Lynn Fredericks, FamilyCook Productions
EATWISE crew plus Sarah Pappas, Eatwise, FoodChange
Teen Iron Chef team plus Sara Katz, Phipps CDC
4:45-5:30 p.m.
PLENARY 3:
Getting Grounded in the Future: Voices of Youth
Moderator: Bob Lewis, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
Sarah Pappas, FoodChange and EATWISE Student
TBA, Added Value and Added Value Youth
5:30 p.m.
AFTER-PARTY
* Confirmed presenters as of 4.10.07
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