Changing the Way We Eat
Event Details
"Changing the Way We Eat"
FarmAssist Productions Official Viewing Party for TEDxManhattan
The lead sponsor of TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" in New York City is The Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming. The local viewing party at Stageworks in Hudson, NY will be hosted by FarmAssist Productions. The one-day event will highlight many aspects of the sustainable food movement and the work being done to shift our food system from industrially-based agriculture to one in which healthy, nutritious food is accessible to all. This viewing party is co-sponsored by Stageworks, Rob Johanson and Midhudsonmedia, Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, Hawthorne Valley Farm Association and Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters and would not be possible without their generous help.
TEDxManhattan will be hosted by Laurie David, author of The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids, One Meal at a Time. The impressive list ofspeakers includes farmers, chefs, researchers, academics, activists, artists/creatives, health professionals, educational professionals, foodies and TEDsters.
Contact:
FarmAssist Productions
Gianni Ortiz
518.392.8545
gianni@gianniortiz.com
The day will include ample time for attendees to network with each other. The hope is that in bringing different groups of people working on the same issues together, that new partnerships and collaborations will naturally emerge and speed the growth of the good, clean and fair food movement in the Hudson Valley Bioregional Foodshed.
As space is limited, we strongly urge those interested to RSVP to gianni@gianniortiz.com, especially if you are planning on having lunch with us. If you already have, no need to repeat, unless you have volunteers or edibles to offer.
Cost:
This event is free and open to the public but RSVP's are highly recommended, email gianni@gianniortiz.com. Lunch will be available for purchase at the event, you are also welcome to bring your own.
Tabling:
We invite appropriate, local farm and food organizations to table at the event. Prior approval is required and space is very limited, please email your interest to gianni@gianniortiz.com.
This world-class line-up of speakers is not to be missed! Join us for inspiring live talks from:
• Lucas Knowles, USDA Coordinator of "Know Your Farmer Know Your Food"
• Michel Nischan, James Beard Award-winning chef/Wholesome Wave CEO/sustainable food pioneer
• Laurie David, Environmental Author and Activist
• Professor Frederick Kaufman, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
• Curt Ellis, Filmmaker and star of the Peabody Award-winning film King Corn
• Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA
• Cheryl Rogowski, Glynwood Harvest Award Winner & the first US farmer awarded a MacArthur Genius Award
• Kenneth Cook, President of the Environmental Working Group
• Dr. William Li, President of the Angiogenesis Foundation
• Karen Hudson, Farmer and President of the Dairy Education Alliance
• Britta Riley, Windowfarms creator and artist
• Brian Halweil, editor of Edible East End, publisher of Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan, senior fellow at the Worldwatch Institute and Co-Director of the Nourishing the Planet project
• Barbara Askins, President of the 125th St Business Improvement District [Harlem]
• Ian Cheney, founding Board member of Food Corps, filmmaker [Truck Farm, The Greening of Southie, King Corn], urban truck farmer
• Michael Conard, Asst Director at the Urban Design Lab & Adjunct Assoc Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.
• John Fraser, Chef/Proprietor of Dovetail restaurant, NYC
• Kathy Lawrence, Program Director of the national collaborative School Food Focus
• Elizabeth U, Exec Director of Finance for Food, a solutions-oriented innovator at the intersection of sustainable food systems and social finance
For more information about TEDx Manhattan, visit www.tedxmanhattan.org ; media can contact geralyn@resourcescommunications.com, telephone 281.980.6643.
