Opportunities to Revitalize Communities Through Food Entrepreneurship
Hosted by:
Salima Jones-Daley - Consultant, Environmental Management
Nuala Gallagher - Program Director of Cypress Hills Verde
Ralph Blessing - NYC Department of City Planning/Sustainable East New York
Tess Gill - Owner, Brooklyn Victory Garden
Kimberly Bylander - NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

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Farming, Fracking and Power Plants: The Food-Water-Energy Connection
Hosted by:
Kyle Rabin - Program Director, GRACE Communications Foundation
Adrienne Esposito - Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Wenonah Hauter - Executive Director of Food & Water Watch
Chris Hunt - Senior Policy Advisor GRACE Communications Foundation

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Faith and Feeding the Hungry
Hosted by:
Judith Belasco - Hazon
Reverend Luis- Alfredo Cartegena - Park Avenue Christian Church

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Sustainable School Gardens and Community Building
Hosted by:
Aki Baker - Garden Educator, Adopt-A-Farmbox
Yemi Amu - Garden Educator, Adopt-A-Farmbox/Co-Founder, OKO Farms
Rosa Chavez - 2nd Grade Teacher, The Brooklyn Brownstone School
Ryan Cain - Early Childhood Science Teacher, The Bedford Village School

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An Immigrants Perspective on “American” Food
Hosted by:
Dariana Castro - Special Programs Director, Prospect Heights International High School
George Edwards - Programming Committee Co-Coordinator, 2012 Brooklyn Food Conference
Student Hosts - TBD

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Mission Driven Distribution of Local Food
Hosted by:
Michael Hurwitz - Director, GrowNYC Greenmarket
Nathan Forster - Program Coordinator, GrowNYC Greenmarket
John Glebocki - 5th Generation Orange County Farmer

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Well-Woman Care During Pregnancy, Labor, Delivery and Postpartum
Hosted by:
Hannah Springer-Corvera - Weston A. Price Foundation
Erika Simonian - Board Certified Homeopath
Dr. Eden Fromberg - Research and Clinical Care for Women
Tioma Allison - Registered Practical Nurse/Certified Homebirth Midwife

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Teachable Moments: How Organizations Can Leverage Food Stamps Enrollment Relationships
Hosted by:
Andrew Smallman - Director, Hunger & Food Support Initiatives, United Way of New York City
Terence Kelly - Associate Director, Benefits Access
Jonathan Fox - Staff Attorney, United Way of New York City

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Organizing for Farmworker Justice: Regional and National Efforts
Hosted by:
Richard Mandelbaum - Educator, Social Justice and Worker Rights
Nelson Carrasquillo - General Coordinator, CATA: The Farmworkers Support Committee
Lucas Benitez - Co-Founder, The Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Danilo López - Organizer, Migrant Justice (Vermont)
Richard Witt - Executive Director, Rural & Migrant Ministry

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Free Trade vs. Safe, Just, and Sustainable Food
Hosted by:
Christina Schiavoni - Director, WhyHunger Global Movements Program
Beatriz Lopez -Senior Organizer, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
Daira Quiñones - Columbian Artist/Activist
Leticia Alanis - Director, La Union
Kathy Ozer - Executive Director, National Family Farm Coalition

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School Food: Creating Change
Hosted by:
Amie Hamlin - Executive Director, New York Coalition for Healthy School Food

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