Explore community-based solutions to the most critical challenges to the future of food production, hear from people forging new paths towards better food, and enjoy the robust food scene in the Land of Enchantment.
Saturday, January 25, 2020 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Agenda:
9:00 – 10:00 am
Keynote: Barry Estabrook. Barry Estabrook is the author of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit and Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat.
10:00 – 10:15 am
BREAK
10:15 – 11:15 am
A conversation with Urvashi Rangan (Grace Foundation).
Hosted by Marilyn Noble, The New Food Economy
11:15 – 12:00 pm
A reading of Grain by Grain, and conversation by Bob Quinn of Kamut International
Hosted by Deborah Madison, author.
12:00 – 1:00 pm
LUNCH (box lunches provided)
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Regenerative Farming Today with Nancy Ranney of Ranney Ranch, Emily Cornell, and Ed Roberson of the Mountain & Prairie Podcast.
Moderated by Sarah Wenzel-Fisher of Quivira Coalition.
2:00 – 2:15 pm
Break
2:15 – 3:00 pm
A reading of The Garlic Papers by Stanley Crawford (El Bosque Garlic Farm)
Hosted by Mark Winne, Author
3:00 – 4;00 pm Plant-based/ Cell-based/Meat-based: The Heart of the Matter, featuring Paul Willis of Niman Ranch, David Kay of Memphis Meats, Don Bustos, Santa Cruz Farms. Moderated by Emily Payne of the FoodTank.
4:00 – 5:00 pm
A conversation with Will Harris of White Oak Pastures.
Hosted by Marilyn Noble, The New Food Economy
5:00 – 5:30pm
A Special Announcement by Jeff Tripician, Niman Ranch/Perdue Premium Meat Company.
Prelude to tomorrow’s program.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 (9:00 am – 1:00 pm)
9:15 am – 9:45 am
Welcome, Overview and Invocation
Roger Fragua, Native Tribal Leader/Jemez Pueblo/Flower Hill Institute.
9:45 am – 10:00 am
BREAK
10:00 am – 1pm
“The Power of Corn” presentation, as it relates to Regeneration.
• Native students video competition
• Soil Health, Water, Farming Traditions and Practices
• Processing and Preserving
• Food & Cooking Traditions
• Juried Power of Corn student videos with prizes
• Sharing of Corn Seeds, Santa Ana Pueblo Blue Corn
Closing conversation (noon to 12:30pm)
Closing ceremony: Multi-tribe Traditional Buffalo Dance (12:30pm-1pm)
This collaborative presentation will include: Joseph Toledo/Santa Ana Pueblo Agriculture, Phoebe Suina/Jemez Pueblo, Ahkima Honyumptewa/Hopi, Roxanne Swentzell/Taos Pueblo, Lois Ellen Frank/Kiawa, CAVU (Climate Advocates Voces Unidas), SWAIA (Southwestern Association for Indian Arts), and others.
Niman Ranch is the official sponsor of Edible Institute.
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