Brooklyn Food Conference

Welcome to the Brooklyn Food Conference, May 12, 2012, at Brooklyn Technical HS in Ft. Greene.

We invite everyone interested to attend this FREE conference and to participate in the many opportunities available. We are expecting over 5000 people from every neighborhood in Brooklyn and beyond to attend. The 2012 Brooklyn Food Conference aims to make real changes in the food system. We will bring people together to build a local food system that provides healthy, affordable food for all our people, supports sustainable practices and justice for food workers across the food chain.

The first Brooklyn Food Conference in 2009 galvanized over 3,000 adults and 500 youth from all five boroughs and New York State. The successful mobilization of so many enthusiastic food activists prompted the birth of the Brooklyn Food Coalition: a grassroots community-based organization that works on food justice issues in Brooklyn. The Coalition now has branches in 10 Brooklyn neighborhoods and active members and committees working on issues from food workers rights, healthy food access for all, school food improvement (particularly in low income communities), sustainable food systems and more.