Foundation Journal

Planning for a week-long food sovereignty conference and traditional foods celebration started in earnest at a Lawrence community meeting in July. Meeting conveners Dr. Dan Wildcat and Raven Naramore invited two dozen food and environment advocates, experts, and activists together to brainstorm ideas for the event. The Haskell Indigenous Foods Festival will take place October 17-22 on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus in Lawrence. Updated (10/17/2011) - See the Haskell Indigenous Food Festival link for the final festival schedule, including workshops and speaker biographies, to take place October 21-22 at the Haskell campus. Click on poster image for full view Representatives of Haskell Indian Nations University -- students, faculty, and alumni, along with area food growers, grocery store managers, Indian health representatives, Lawrence food policy council members, diet and health practitioners participated in the organizing meetings. I drove up to Lawren...

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is organizing the national Food Day for October 24, 2011, and encouraging individuals and groups to organize local events on or around that date. In order to organize Food Day into a formidable series of events to advocate for food policy to address nutrition, economics, and sustainability, the organizers have scheduled a webinar focusing on food and farmworkers for Wednesday, August 31 from 2-3pm Eastern Time. Here's a bit more about the webinar: With deplorable conditions on many farms and in meat processing operations, several experts including: Chris Bohner of UNITE HERE, David Schwartz of Real Food Challenge, and Vice President of Bon Appetit Management Company, Maisie Greenawal, will discuss efforts to solve this problem.  Register today!