Food and Farming

The Bioneers Food & Farming program is devoted to seeding sustainable, local food systems. Here are the highlights related to food and farming for the 2009 Bioneers Conference.

• Michael Pollan - In Defense of Food
  (Also: special screening of Food, Inc.)
  Michael Pollan is a great storyteller. He tells us the tales of the journey of life-force through all the kingdoms: plant, animal and human (in more banal terms it’s referred to as the food system). He shines light on the battles between creative, respectful culture that honors life-force, and exploitative culture that degrades it. It’s our very own cliffhanger.
  
• Rehydration Revolution: Hydrological and Carbon Farming
  Carbon and water play staring roles in all life’s stories. "Rehydration Revolution" presents a cutting edge model of on-farm water management and carbon sequestration that creates resilience to drought, increases soil fertility and reduces C02 emissions. Dreams are the unfulfilled struggles and aspirations of the individual and collective unconscious.
  
• Dreaming New Mexico
  Vision is the beginning of consciously manifesting our dreams. Dreaming New Mexico is helping to build a renewable energy system, and a healthy, local food economy by graphically mapping the current reality and the potential for a healthy and sustainable future at the state level.
• Farming with Nature
  Part agro–artist, part experimental scientist, part permaculturist with a biodynamic sensibility
  Bob Cannard defies description. So let me just say, as more than one chef has noted, he grows great tasting food, and he does
  so in a highly unconventional, ecologically sophisticated manner.
• Seed Exchange
  In every seed there is a story and a dream. The story of all the people who for uncountable
  generations have stewarded and co-evolved with life-force at its most essential level, and which
  embodies the dream of future abundance. Join us at the Seed Exchange to share adapted, non-hybrid, non-GMO , open-pollinated seeds and help play an important role in preserving biodiversity.
• Food and Farming Banquet
  Join us in honoring the pioneering leader in organic and cooperative enterprise, Organic Valley. The dinner will feature a local food menu designed by chef/author Bryant Terry. This event is sponsored by RSF Social Finance with generous donations from Frey Vineyards, New Belgium Brewery and Organic Valley.
  
• Fair Food
  Creative culture can be experienced first hand at the workshop Fair Food presented by an eclectic array of urban food activists (James Ella James, VooDo Fe’, Jean Chorazyczewski, moderated by Dr. Oran B. Hesterman) who use faith, music and politics to tell their story of healthy food for underserved communities.