Creating Economic Development through Local Food Systems Workshop

There is still time to register for the Creating Economic Development through Local Food Systems Workshop.  Below is the agenda.  

For any questions contact Debi Kelly at 636-797-5391. Registration is $20.  RSVP by Dec 9th to guarantee a local foods lunch.

Creating Economic Development 

through Local Food Systems

Friday, December 12, 2014

Kress Farm and Garden Preserve, Hillsboro, MO

Agenda

9:00 am – Welcome

Debi Kelly, University of Missouri Extension, Jefferson County

9:10 am – Growing Local Food Systems: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Local Food Networks

Dr. Mary Hendrickson, University of Missouri

10:15 am – Community Food Processing Facilities

Debi Kelly, University of Missouri Extension, Jefferson County

10:45 am – Break

11:00 am – Building a Curriculum in Sustainable Food Systems and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Millie Mattfeldt-Beman and Chef Steve Jenkins, Saint Louis University Dept of Nutrition and Dietetics

12:00 pm – Local Food Lunch

12:45 pm –Meat Food Hub: What Does it Take to Create One?

Todd Geisert, Geisert Farm

1:15 pm – Funding Opportunities for Local Food Systems

Dr. Van Ayers, University of Missouri Extension, Cape Girardeau County

2:00 pm – Kansas City Food Hub Feasibility Study

                        Katie Nixon, Small Farm Specialist, Lincoln University

2:45 pm – Round Table Discussions

Tish Johnson, University of Missouri Extension, Boone County

                        

3:30 pm – Report Out from Round Table Discussions

4:00 pm – Adjourn