Betti Wiggins is leading Detroit's students and schools through a food revolution. Hear her speak about what it takes to change procurement, growing and cooking in institutions. Through Betti’s work, more than 50,000 students in the Detroit system are now eating healthy food, local whenever possible, with many students now involved in school gardens. Betti has ensured that many staff have kept their cafeteria jobs and that a public nationally funded student nutrition program can be successful and sustainable. Read more about Betti here:
http://bit.ly/1MZ087ZWorkshops, networking opportunities and a delicious lunch follow Betti's keynote. In the workshops, you'll learn about:
-Healthy School Cafeteria Lunches: Learn about our new research into viable business models
-School Gardens and Farms: Farming schoolyards for food production and youth engagement
Facilitated by Sunday Harrison (Executive Director, Green Thumbs)
-Sourcing affordable food for agencies and schools: Case studies from our Good Food Programs
Facilitated by Moorthi Senaratne (FoodShare's Warehouse Senior Coordinator), Jennifer Reynolds (Food Secure Canada's Institutional Food Program Manager) and Alena Cawthorne (Municipal Food Policy, Sustain Ontario).
-Why culturally appropriate food matters
Facilitated by Jenelle Regnier-Davies (Centre for Immigrant & Community Services), Patrick Nadjiwon (The Three Sisters' House/N'Swo N'Shiimenhig Endaayaat) and Afua Asantewaa (Mobile & Good Food Market Senior Coordinator, FoodShare).
Date: Thursday, December 3rd
Time: 10am to 2pm
Location: FoodShare Toronto, 90 Croatia St.
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