Conf: "Rebuilding the American Economy-One Heirloom Tomato at a Time"

United States Studies and the Environmental Change and Security Program
of the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Chesapeake Bay Trust invite you to
a conference:

Rebuilding the American Economy-One Heirloom Tomato at a Time

Friday, March 4, 2011
6th floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004 USA
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org

The food system of the United States is currently witnessing a
remarkable shift, with the revival of small farms and artisanal
producers working with restaurants, institutional food services, and
retail outlets to make locally-sourced, sustainably-produced food more
widely available. This shift has both stimulated and is now responding
to a growing demand from "locavore," health-conscious consumers in
ways that are affecting America's economy as well as its eating habits
and well-being. Join us for a day-long conference to explore this
conjuncture.

8:45 a.m. Welcome

9:00 a.m. Keynote Addresses:
Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center, Iowa State
University
Kate Clancy, Visiting Scholar, Center for a Livable Future, the Johns
Hopkins University

9:45 a.m. Panel I: Our Bodies, Our Food, Our Culture

Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute

Ed Bruske, Independent author and journalist, Washington, DC

Devora Kimelman-Block, Founder, KOL Foods, Silver Spring, MD

Amy Trubek, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences,
University of Vermont

11:30 a.m. Panel II: The Challenges of Sustainable Food Production

Anthony Flaccavento, Certified Organic Farmer and Food System
Consultant

Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator, USDA National Organic Program

Rosalie Koenig, Lecturer in Agronomy, University of Florida

Angela Miller, Founder, Consider Bardwell Farm, West Pawlet, Vermont

Angela Sanfilippo, President, Gloucester Fishermen's Wives
Association, Cape Ann Fresh Catch program

2:00 p.m. Panel III: Feeding the Locavore

Erin Barnett, Director, LocalHarvest

Pierre Desrochers, Associate Professor of Geography, University of
Toronto

Andrea Northup, Coordinator, DC Farm to School Network, Capital Area
Food Bank

Dean Gold, Owner/Chef, Dino's Restaurant, Washington, DC

Ellen Holtzman, The Food Trust

Rafi Taherian, Executive Director, Yale University Dining Services

3:45 p.m. Panel IV: Food and Finance

Andrew Caplin, Professor of Economics, New York University

Gary Matteson, Vice President, Young, Beginning and Small Farmer
Programs and Outreach, Farm Credit Council

David Swenson, Regional Economist, Iowa State University

Stephen Vogel, Agricultural Economist, Resource and Rural Economics
Division, Economic Research Service, USDA

5:15 p.m. Wrap-Up

Directions are available at our web site at
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions/
This is a free public event, but RSVPs are requested.
Please respond with acceptances only to usstudies@wilsoncenter.org

Reception co-sponsored by Consider Bardwell Farm, West Pawlet, Vermont,
and Dino's Restaurant, Washington, D.C.