Spring into Real Food: Strengthening the Food System through Campus Purchasing

Spring into Real Food:

Strengthening the Food System through Campus Purchasing

Presented by the Local Matters Student Ambassadors

The Local Matters Student Ambassadors, a student organization at The Ohio State University, is proud to host Spring into Real Food: Strengthening the Food System through Campus Purchasing. This daylong conference will bring together university and food system stakeholders to initiate a dialogue around building stronger food systems through campus purchasing power.

Spring into Real Food will be a great opportunity to hear from those who have already been sourcing sustainable, local, humane, and fairly traded food, and to connect to students and professionals from around the region who are interested in these issues. Boxed lunch will be provided in partnership with OSU Catering. The day will close with a reception for open networking until 5:30 PM.

Where:

Bob Evans Auditorium

Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center

2201 Fred Taylor Drive

Columbus Ohio 43210

When:

Friday, April 3rd 2015

9:00 AM until 4:30 PM

*Reception until 5:30 PM

Registration is free of charge and open to the first hundred registrants. Please register at your earliest convenience to confirm your attendance. Please contact osuambassadors@local-matters.org for more information.

Agenda

9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee

9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
Featuring: Carmen Black, Real Food Challenge Regional Organizer; Mara Moss, Ohio State University student, Local Matters Student Ambassador.

10:30 a.m. Opening Panel: Reimagining the Campus Food System

Featuring: Joe Maxwell, Vice President of Outreach and Engagement of Humane Society of the United States; Rubén Castilla Herrera, Organizer with Ohio Fair Food; John Marsh, Director of Sustainability with Kenyon College Dining Services; Warren Taylor, Dairy Revolutionary and Co-owner of Snowville Creamery; Laura Kington, Ohio State University student and Local Matters Student Ambassador.

11:30 a.m. Lunch Provided by University Catering; menu below

12:30 p.m. Breakout Session One: Strategies for Increasing Real Purchasing

Specific Products as Catalysts for Change; featuring: Janice Brewer, Ohio University student, Shagbark and Seed Mill; John Marsh, Sustainability director for Kenyon University Dining; Angela Huffman, Market Development Coordinator at the Humane Society of the United States.
Building Relationships with Producers; featuring: Dave Eldridge, Coffee Buyer for Crimson Cup; Joe Logan, President of Ohio Farmers Union; Benji Ballmer, Owner of Yellow Bird Food Shed; Adam Welly, Cofounder of Wayward Seed Farm.
Kitchen Logistics; featuring: Lesa Holford, Corporate Executive Chef at Ohio State University; Rick Wright, Executive Chef at Sewanee: the University of the South.

1:45 p.m. Breakout Session Two: Logistics for Change

Involving Students and Faculty in Policy Making; featuring: Casey Hoy, Ohio State University Chair of Agricultural Ecosystems Management Program; Theresa Moran, Ohio University Professor of English, Food Studies Faculty Leader; Marisa Lanker, Ohio State University student and Local Matters Student Ambassador.
Metrics of Success; featuring: Holly Giovengo, University of Pittsburgh student and Real Food Challenge Calculator intern; Angela Babb, Indiana University PhD student and Associate Instructor; Eric Pecherkiewicz, Dietitian and Marketing Manager for Oberlin College Campus Dining
Education & Publicity; featuring: Zia Ahmed, Senior Director of Dining Services Ohio State University; Michael Mercil, Professor of Art at Ohio State University; Colleen Fitzgerrell, Northwestern University Student

3:00 p.m. Closing Panel: The Way Forward for Real Food

4:10 p.m. Closing Remarks
Featuring: Noreen Warnock, Cofounder of Local Matters; Rachel Metzler, Ohio State University student and Local Matters Student Ambassador.

4:30 p.m. Reception

We would like to thank the following Ohio State University entities for their support:

Ben Stinner Endowment for Healthy Agroecosystems and Sustainable Communities;

Ohio Union Student Activity Fee;

University Catering;

School of Environment and Natural Resources;

John Glenn School of Public Affairs;

College of Social Work;

Department of Horticulture and Crop Science.

Spring into Real Food: Strengthening the Food System through Campus Purchasing