Food for Thought: Food System Literacy Symposium

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Food for Thought: Food System Literary in Classrooms, Cafeterias, and Communities*
A Two-Day Symposium for Educators at The Ethel Walker School

This symposium is a two-day gathering of teachers, students, food service directors, sustainability coordinators, farmers, and community leaders to advance food system literacy in schools and communities around the nation.

The event will provide participants with the chance to discuss specific opportunities, challenges, and solutions during facilitated workshops and presentations.

Featured Speakers:

Frances Beinecke (EWS '67)
President, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Bill McKibben
Author, Educator and Environmentalist

John Turenne
President and Founder
Sustainable Food Systems

There is enormous energy around food, farm, and nutrition education. Schools can be critical leaders in achieving the goals of these efforts. We must equip students with the knowledge and skills to understand and communicate the complex landscape of human health and food production so that they can not only make sustainable choices themselves but become leaders in the education and activism of the movement.

Learn about and share best practices with featured speakers from schools and organizations, as well as community partners in school food endeavors. Return to your campus with renewed energy and new ideas to move your school forward!

We’ve adopted the Three C’s design created by our friends at VT FEED, (Food Education Every Day).VT FEED was designed to help school-age children make informed food choices, improve their diets, and recognize the role local farms play in communities. VT FEED does this by focusing on the three C’s: Classroom, Cafeteria, and Community. Together the three C’s support healthy children, healthy agriculture and healthy communities.  VT FEED is a partnership under the leadership of three Vermont organizations: Food Works at Two Rivers Center, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, and Shelburne Farms.

Conference Website

Questions about the Symposium?
Contact:

Vivian K. Elba
Director of Marketing & Communications
The Ethel Walker School
230 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT 06070

860.408.4213t
860.658.6763f
www.ethelwalker.org