Rethinking School Lunch

Join BIONEERS  for our Dreaming

How are local and socially minded businesses organizing themselves to promote the common good? Hosted by Don Shaffer of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE); with social entrepreneur and BALLE co-founder Judy Wicks of Philadelphia’s White Dog Café; Just Desserts founder Elliot Hoffman of New Voice of Business; and Native American Ashoka fellow and Alaskan social entrepreneur Dune Lankard. (A2)

A close relationship with the land informs a way of thinking and inspires creative expression. Organic farmer and writer Andy Griffin shares stories of his connections with the land, food and people. (A5)

Modern science meets ancient wisdom to regenerate the world’s forests. With ethnobotanist, eco-forester and permaculture designer Tom Ward and permaculturalist Brock Dolman of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. (B2)

One reason food in our society is relatively cheap by historical standards is the largescale exploitation of farm workers. How are farm workers organizing to win landmark victories, and what can we do to support their struggles? Hosted by the director of Bioneers’ food and farming program, Arty Mangan; with Lucas Benitez of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Melody Gonzalez of the Student/Farmworker Alliance. (A13)

Bring seeds to exchange genetic materials with neighbors, allies and master collectors. Hosted by legendary seed-masters Doug Gosling and Gabriel Howearth. (C1)

Enjoy local cuisine and meet the farmers and chefs. Reception followed by a dinner honoring Farms Not Arms, a group of activist farmers protesting the Iraq war and providing farming jobs for war veterans. Hosted by the Marin Farmers Market Association. (C2)

Lack of access to fresh, vital food destroys the health of those in disenfranchised innercity and Native American communities. A dynamic food movement using diverse strategies to provide locally grown, healthy, affordable and traditional foods to underserved communities is growing rapidly around the country (and the world). Moderated by Bioneers’ own Arty Mangan; with Jaime Iglesias of Nuestras Raices; Native American cultural anthropologist, chef and author Lois Ellen Frank; and Geralina Fortier, peer nutrition coordinator at People’s Grocery. (A23)

Corporate assaults are raising the pressure on the genetic integrity of our food supply while lowering the bar on organic standards. How do we resist? Hosted by Bioneers’ food and farming program director Arty Mangan; with indigenous foods defender Winona LaDuke; Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception; and the Cornucopia Institute’s Mark Kastel, a leader in the fight to maintain strong organic standards. (B22)