Upcoming Events

23rd Annual MOSES Organic Farming Conference

Feb 23, 2012 - Feb 25, 2012

Feb. 23–25, 2012
La Crosse, WI

The MOSES Organic Farming Conference is the largest organic farming conference in the U.S. Organized by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), and held annually in La Crosse, WI, the OFC is an extraordinary, farmer-centered event.

With over 65 informative workshops, 160 exhibitors, locally-sourced organic food, live entertainment and inspirational keynote speakers, the OFC is celebrated as the foremost educational and networking event in the organic farming community.

Learn more: www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html

Just Food Conference 2012

Feb 24, 2012 - Feb 25, 2012

Feb 24-25, 2012
Food & Finance High School
525 West 50th Street, New York, NY

Join Just Food, local food lovers and advocates, CSA members, community gardeners, urban and rural farmers, food professionals and entrepreneurs for two days of hands-on workshops, discussions, skills-building sessions, and good food. Learn about cooking and food preservation techniques, CSA trends, and the food justice movement in New York City and beyond, as well as ways you can mobilize to create good food projects in your own community.

Dates:
Friday, February 24
Saturday, February 25

Times:
8:30 - 7:00PM on Friday
8:00 - 6:00PM on Saturday

Learn more: http://justfood.org/events

Michigan Farmers Market Association Conference

Mar 06, 2012 - Mar 07, 2012

Kellogg Center
East Lansing, MI

Join in the first annual Michigan Farmers Market Association Conference. The a two-day farmers market conference to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 & 7, 2012 and will include three tracts:

  1. a market manager “boot camp” tract designed for new and beginning market managers;
  2. an advanced tract for managers that have attended previous sessions and are looking for specialized information; and
  3. a farmer tract designed for the small- and mid-sized farmers that direct market through farmers markets

For more information visit: www.mifma.org

FOCUS National Gathering: Transforming School Food

May 03, 2012 - May 05, 2012

May 3–5, 2012
Chicago

A national gathering of peers and partners taking on school food change.

For more event details, go to: www.healthsolutions.org/schoolfoodfocusevent

Weight of the Nation

May 07, 2012 - May 09, 2012

May 7–9, 2012
Washington, D.C.

Moving Forward, Reversing the Trend
Weight of the Nation is designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental strategies, and is framed around five intervention settings: early care and education; states, tribes and communities; medical care; schools; and workplaces.

Plenary and concurrent sessions will highlight impactful strategies implemented in these settings that have lead to policy and environmental supports that have improved population-level health. A key feature of the conference is a move from didactic presentations to an emphasis on interactive discussion between plenary and concurrent session panelists and the audience.

Plenary sessions and concurrent forums will present case studies on the use of policy and environmental strategies within certain settings (e.g., workplaces) and sectors (e.g., law or agriculture) while concurrent sessions will discuss specific issues within the setting context (e.g., strategies to leverage built-environment initiatives to increase physical activity in workplaces).

Learn more: www.weightofthenation.org/