http://brooklynfoodconference.org/ Food issues hit home for all of Brooklyn–from school lunches or the rise in diabetes, escalating food costs, immigration or farmers markets, local food challenges and delights, food touches us all. Come join us to learn from experts and our neighbors about all the ways our Food System affects us and how you can get involved.The conference is co-sponsored by the Park Slope Food Coop, World Hunger Year, Brooklyn Rescue Mission, Caribbean Women’s Health Association, and Brooklyn’s Bounty.Start the day with a New Orleans-style parade featuring massive puppets! Then participate in workshops, food demos, and kids’ activities, and enjoy lunch, dinner, and a dance. The conference will be FREE to all participants.Meet well-known activists and writers like Dan Barber, executive chef and owner of Blue Hill Restaurant, Anna Lappé, author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, Raj Patel author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and LaDonna Redmond, head of the Institute of Community Resource Development in Chicago.Partners include over 50 organizations, including Just Food, CAMBA, Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, Center for the Urban Environment, Children’s Aid Society, Garden of Union, Grassroots Netroots Alliance, New York Coalition Against Hunger, East New York Farms, Restaurant Opportunity Center, United Food and Commercial Workers.We welcome donations from individuals and funding from foundations and food companies. Food issues hit home for all of Brooklyn–from school lunches or the rise in diabetes, escalating food costs, immigration or farmers markets, local food challenges and delights, food touches us all. Come join us to learn from experts and our neighbors about all the ways our Food System affects us and how you can get involved.The conference is co-sponsored by the Park Slope Food Coop, World Hunger Year, Brooklyn Rescue Mission, Caribbean Women’s Health Association, and Brooklyn’s Bounty.Start the day with a New Orleans-style parade featuring massive puppets! Then participate in workshops, food demos, and kids’ activities, and enjoy lunch, dinner, and a dance. The conference will be FREE to all participants.Meet well-known activists and writers like Dan Barber, executive chef and owner of Blue Hill Restaurant, Anna Lappé, author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, Raj Patel author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and LaDonna Redmond, head of the Institute of Community Resource Development in Chicago.Partners include over 50 organizations, including Just Food, CAMBA, Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, Center for the Urban Environment, Children’s Aid Society, Garden of Union, Grassroots Netroots Alliance, New York Coalition Against Hunger, East New York Farms, Restaurant Opportunity Center, United Food and Commercial Workers.We welcome donations from individuals and funding from foundations and food companies. no en http://blip.tv Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:50:15 +0000 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:50:15 +0000 3D65B3EE-BFF6-11DF-A976-8C7AC7BB2F4C http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/meet-our-local-farmers-4138015 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 4138015 4119170 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-09-14T11:50:15Z English 0 0 0 4054 AYH8yQMC http://blip.tv/play/AYH8yQMC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post4138015&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-MeetOurLocalFarmers386.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Meet the farmers who produce healthy, sustainable food with social justice as a guiding value in their work. AMY HEPWORTH, Hepworth Farms, Milton, NY LINDA AND KEN JAFFE, Slope Farms, Delaware County, NY DAN AND GAIL MACARTHUR, Whetstone Ledges Farm, Marlboro, VT CHERYL ROGOWSKI, Rogowski Farm, Pine Island, NY KAREN WASHINGTON, [MODERATOR], La Familia Verde Community Garden, Bronx ]]> http://blip.tv/file/4119170 Documentary farmer local organic produce social justice minimally treated amy hepworth jaffe cheryl rogowski karen washington hepworth farms slope farms whetstone ledges farm rogowski farm la familia verde community garden sustainable agriculture Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:50:15 +0000 farmer, local, organic, produce, social justice, minimally treated, amy hepworth, jaffe, cheryl rogowski, karen washington, hepworth farms, slope farms, whetstone ledges farm, rogowski farm, la familia verde, community garden, sustainable, agriculture http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-MeetOurLocalFarmers386.jpg farmer, local, organic, produce, social justice, minimally treated, amy hepworth, jaffe, cheryl rogowski, karen washington, hepworth farms, slope farms, whetstone ledges farm, rogowski farm, la familia verde, community garden, sustainable, agriculture ]]> Meet Our Local Farmers http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ F506A106-9BD0-11DF-B232-C212A7821133 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/obesity-diabetes-and-the-food-crisis-for-adults-3963955 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 3963955 3945026 file TV-G 0.0 2010-07-30T11:52:41Z English 0 0 0 1855 AYHx+RcC http://blip.tv/play/AYHx+RcC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3963955&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-ObesityDiabetesAndTheFoodCrisisForAdults418-101.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-ObesityDiabetesAndTheFoodCrisisForAdults418-101-237.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other diet-related illnesses are creating a public and personal health crisis. Find out what professionals and individuals are doing about it and what the government needs to do to turn that around - fast. Speakers: CHERYL HALL, executive director, Caribbean Women?s Health Association NICK FREUDENBERG, Distinguished Professor, Hunter College School of Public Health KIMBERLY BYLANDER, MPH, Coordinator of Physical Activity and Nutrition Initiatives, Brooklyn District Public Health Office FERN GALE ESTROW, MS, RD, CDN, Food Systems Network NYC, registered dietitian and Founder of The FGE Food and Nutrition Team KATE MACKENZIE, MS, RD, [MODERATOR], program development and policy, City Harvest ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3945026 Documentary obesity diabetes heart disease public health new york city brooklyn nutrition cheryl hall nick freudenberg kimberly bylander fern gale estrow kate mackenzie Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:52:41 +0000 obesity, diabetes, heart disease, public health, new york city, brooklyn, nutrition, cheryl hall, nick freudenberg, kimberly bylander, fern gale estrow, kate mackenzie http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-ObesityDiabetesAndTheFoodCrisisForAdults418-101.jpg obesity, diabetes, heart disease, public health, new york city, brooklyn, nutrition, cheryl hall, nick freudenberg, kimberly bylander, fern gale estrow, kate mackenzie ]]> Obesity, Diabetes and the Food Crisis for Adults http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ B98C6AD2-7F94-11DF-A812-8DAC5D55C005 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/food-rebellions-3816810 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 3816810 3797759 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-06-24T13:30:59Z English 0 0 0 4557 AYHo+04C http://blip.tv/play/AYHo+04C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3816810&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-FoodRebellions251.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-FoodRebellions251-77.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Over the last year there have been over 30 food rebellions or "riots," primarily in third world nations. This workshop examines the causes of steeply rising food prices and shortages in poor nations, the history of food riots in the US, and how farmers and consumers are struggling to push back. JENNIFER STEVERSON, public programs curator, Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn RAJ PATEL, author, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System BAZELAIS JEAN-BAPTISTE, president, Bassin Zim Education and Development Fund BILL AYRES, co-founder, WHY (World Hunger Year) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3797759 Documentary food rebellions riots third world food prices food shortages jennifer steverson raj patel bazelais jean-baptiste bill ayres Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:30:59 +0000 food, rebellions, riots, third world, food prices, food shortages, jennifer steverson, raj patel, bazelais jean-baptiste, bill ayres http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-FoodRebellions251.jpg food, rebellions, riots, third world, food prices, food shortages, jennifer steverson, raj patel, bazelais jean-baptiste, bill ayres ]]> Food Rebellions http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ F6504A82-7595-11DF-9C99-D59BEA42AB73 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/good-food-now-3763016 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 3763016 3743932 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-06-11T20:14:38Z English 0 0 0 4741 AYHl1ywC http://blip.tv/play/AYHl1ywC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3763016&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-GoodFoodNow123.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-GoodFoodNow123-463.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Workshop from the Brooklyn Food Conference May 2, 2009 Good Food Now: Getting healthy food into underserved communities This workshop discusses how food justice activists use farmers? markets, community gardens, community organizing campaigns to get good, healthy food into underserved communities throughout NYC. Speakers: SARITA DAFTRY, youth program coordinator and project director, East NY Farms MO KINBERG, Food Policy Coordinator, UFCW local 1500 THEO MOORE, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality YONNETTE FLEMING, vice president, Hattie Carthan Community Garden ANGELA C. DAVIS, [MODERATOR], Community Food Education Program Coordinator, JustFood ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3743932 Documentary workshop brooklyn food conference may 2 2009 good food now: getting healthy food into underserved communities food justice activists farmers markets community gardens community organizing Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:14:38 +0000 workshop, brooklyn food conference, may 2, 2009, good food now: getting healthy food into underserved communities, food justice, activists, farmers markets, community gardens, community organizing http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-GoodFoodNow123.jpg workshop, brooklyn food conference, may 2, 2009, good food now: getting healthy food into underserved communities, food justice, activists, farmers markets, community gardens, community organizing ]]> Good Food Now http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 539DF986-5927-11DF-B3C8-B409DC0BEC78 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/race-and-the-food-system-3606329 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 3606329 3587139 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-05-06T15:52:08Z English 0 0 0 5412 AYHcjx0C http://blip.tv/play/AYHcjx0C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3606329&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-RaceAndTheFoodSystem280.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-RaceAndTheFoodSystem280-226.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Workshop from the Brooklyn Food Conference May 2, 2009 Health disparities across racial and ethnic groups are of growing concern in the United States, particularly diet-related diseases that disproportionately affect low-income communities and people of color. This workshop covers issues of health, access to and affordability of nutritious food, and the role race plays in our flawed food system. Speakers: KAREN WASHINGTON, co-founder of La Familia Verde Community Garden Coalition MARK WINSTON GRIFFITH, executive Director of Drum Major Institute for Public Policy CECILE CHARLES-KING, Brooklyn Queens Land Trust, Growing Food and Justice for All BOB LAW, Restaurateur and Community Activist, former host of NBN's "Night Talk" AJAMU BROWN, [MODERATOR], volunteer community chef, Just Food ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3587139 Documentary race food le familia verde karen washington mark winston griffith cecile charles-king ajamu brown Thu, 06 May 2010 15:52:08 +0000 race, food, le familia verde, karen washington, mark winston griffith, cecile charles-king, ajamu brown http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-RaceAndTheFoodSystem280.jpg race, food, le familia verde, karen washington, mark winston griffith, cecile charles-king, ajamu brown ]]> Race and the Food System http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 195E5992-52CD-11DF-8CD5-DF0858D57BC3 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/urban-agriculture-3568034 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 3568034 3548828 file TV-G 0.0 2010-04-28T13:51:09Z English 0 0 0 4299 AYHZ5AYC http://blip.tv/play/AYHZ5AYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3568034&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-UrbanAgriculture364.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-UrbanAgriculture364-693.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Workshop from Brooklyn Food Conference on May 2, 2009 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3548828 Documentary brooklyn food conference brooklyn food coalition urban garden owen taylor just food urban livestock declan walsh red hook poultry association urban aquaculture fresh water and sea ?shing ian marvy added value red hook community farm rev. robert jackson br Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:51:09 +0000 brooklyn food conference, brooklyn food coalition, urban garden, owen taylor, just food, urban livestock, declan walsh, red hook poultry association, urban aquaculture, fresh water and sea ?shing, ian marvy, added value, red hook community farm, rev. robert jackson, br http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-UrbanAgriculture364.jpg brooklyn food conference, brooklyn food coalition, urban garden, owen taylor, just food, urban livestock, declan walsh, red hook poultry association, urban aquaculture, fresh water and sea ?shing, ian marvy, added value, red hook community farm, rev. robert jackson, br ]]> Urban Agriculture http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 8B9A61CC-522D-11DF-AB3F-AFA3CB0D8360 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/school-food-activism-3563982 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 3563982 3544774 file TV-G 0.0 2010-04-27T18:49:01Z English 0 0 0 5312 AYHZxDIC http://blip.tv/play/AYHZxDIC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3563982&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-SchoolFoodActivism782.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-SchoolFoodActivism782-574.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Workshop from Brooklyn Food Conference on May 2, 2009 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3544774 Documentary school food policy mancinelli william doherty amie hamlin jan poppendieck mark hellerman nutrition student health Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:49:01 +0000 school, food, policy, mancinelli, william doherty, amie hamlin, jan poppendieck, mark hellerman, nutrition, student, health http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-SchoolFoodActivism782.jpg school, food, policy, mancinelli, william doherty, amie hamlin, jan poppendieck, mark hellerman, nutrition, student, health ]]> School Food Activism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 7D9B6D94-351B-11DE-B4E5-F7FE5E15F558 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/brooklyn-food-conference-2009-2063804 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 2063804 2053438 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-04-30T00:11:45Z English 0 0 0 91 Af38IAI http://blip.tv/play/Af38IAI http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2063804&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-BrooklynFoodConference2009451-949.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-BrooklynFoodConference2009451-949-255.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0
final promo ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2053438 Food & Drink Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:11:45 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-BrooklynFoodConference2009451-949.jpg ]]> Brooklyn Food Conference 2009 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ 0CA2913C-3488-11DE-88E2-CCF050479D57 http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference/talking-food-series-coming-soon-2060301 brooklynfoodconference 344808 bklynfoodconference brooklyn-food-conference Brooklyn Food Conference http://blip.tv/brooklyn-food-conference http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 2060301 2049942 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-04-29T06:36:20Z English 0 0 0 11 Af3gcQI http://blip.tv/play/Af3gcQI http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2060301&skin=rss Brooklynfoodconference-PromoV7656.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
Promo for Brooklyn Food Conference 2009 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2049942 Food & Drink brooklyn food conference healthy Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:36:20 +0000 brooklyn, food, conference, healthy http://a.images.blip.tv/Brooklynfoodconference-PromoV7656.jpg brooklyn, food, conference, healthy ]]> "Talking Food" Series - Coming Soon! http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/