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9th Annual Local
Foods Conference
Title:
Our Food: Safe, Sustaining,
Soulful
Location: Grinnell, Iowa
Date: February 6-7, 2004
Co-Sponsors
Wheatsfield Grocery
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
North Central Regional SARE Program
Iowa State University Value-Added Extension
Iowa Humane Society
Barney Barhenfuse, Producer
Kammal Hammouda, Phoenix Cafe
The Iowa Network for Community
Agriculture (INCA), a grassroots organization dedicated to making
connections between consumers and producers in growing and eating local
food announces its annual conference “Our Food: Safe, Sustaining, and
Soulful.” This year’s conference, held in Grinnell, Iowa, February
6-7, is hosted in partnership with the Grinnell Area Local Food Alliance
(GALFA). The conference has a history of offering plenty of time for
networking, features a potluck lunch on Saturday, and lots of humor.
Message from INCA President Penny
Brown Huber
This year’s Local Food Conference will be an excellent opportunity
to learn about Iowa’s growing local food system, share experiences from
those who are producing and using local foods and hear of ways to build
a local food system in your community.
We had an excellent committee working hard
over the last four months to make this an interesting and dynamic
conference. I think you will see that this is true in the compelling
workshops we have put in place. We are honored to have two featured
speakers this year: Robert Wolf, executive director of the Free River
Press and author of The Triumph of Technique: the Industrialization
of Agriculture and Tom Lacina, President of Wildwood Harvest Foods,
Inc. And finally, the opportunity to work with the people of the
Grinnell Area Local Food Alliance in putting this year’s conference
together, was very encouraging. I hope you will find the time to join
us in February as we celebrate and learn more about our ever changing
and dynamic local food system in Iowa. 2004
Conference Highlights
2004 Local Food Conference Opening Remarks - Penny Huber Brown
INCA 2004 Annual Meeting Opening Remarks
- Penny Huber Brown |
