The Farm To Table International Symposium (F2Ti) offers practical knowledge for all those interested in the topics of sourcing, producing, and consuming foods locally. Join in lively discussions on the topic which will feature the brightest thought leaders and leading practitioners in the burgeoning farm-to-table movement. This year’s theme, “The Process,” examines the agricultural-culinary cycle at all levels and will feature its own organic urban farm research project.
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Anupama Joshi
Executive Director
National Farm to School Network
Presentation: “Farm to School Movement: Evolution and Future”
Farm to school enriches the connection communities have with fresh, healthy food and local food producers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and preschools. Students gain access to healthy, local foods as well as education opportunities such as school gardens, cooking lessons and farm field trips. Farm to school empowers children and their families to make informed food choices while strengthening the local economy and contributing to vibrant communities. The farm to school movement has grown from a handful of schools in the late 1990s to approximately 38,000 schools in all 50 states as of 2014, with significant policy gains at local, state and federal levels.
The session will highlight the key influencers for this phenomenal growth, address challenges faced, and discuss future opportunities for furthering the successes of farm to school to the broader movement to support local and regional food systems. Lessons from the farm to school movement, which works inside the complex system that feeds and educates K-12 and preschool children in the United States can be useful for food system changes we desire in communities across the globe.
Anupama Joshi is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the National Farm to School Network (NFSN). Anupama is a recognized leader in the field of farm to school, with over twenty years of experience working on nutrition, agriculture and food systems issues in various countries around the world. She has worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Pesticide Action Network, and consulted with various non-profit organizations in Asia. She serves on the board of Food Corps and is a past board member of the Community Alliance with Family Farmers. Anupama is the co-author of a book titled “Food Justice”. She loves to cook, especially with her 11-year old son.
Ryan Donovan
Chef, Butcher, Owner
Carl Heinrich
Chef, Richmond Station
Presentation – “The Whole Animal Process”
Carl and Ryan have created a new restaurant model: one that allows for local whole animal purchasing and production inside a 100-seat restaurant. This new restaurant model is successful and viable with numbers that track better than the standard restaurant model. If you’ve ever been told that buying local and buying direct from the farm is not sustainable in the long-term, Carl and Ryan will show you otherwise. Not only does this work, it’s an improvement on the standard model.
Richmond Station is a stopping place, a bustling neighborhood restaurant in the downtown core committed to delicious food and excellent hospitality. Winner of the Clefs D’or Golden Plate Award, listed as one of 100 Restaurants In Thew World Worth A Pilgrimage by Food & Wine and consistently listed #1 in Toronto by TripAdvisor: Richmond Station opened in October of 2012 and has quickly become one of Toronto’s most treasured restaurants.
About F2Ti
The Farm To Table International Symposium (F2Ti) offers practical knowledge for all those interested in the topics of sourcing, producing, and consuming foods locally. Join in lively discussions on the topic which will feature the brightest thought leaders and leading practitioners in the burgeoning farm-to-table movement. This year’s theme, “The Process,” examines the agricultural-culinary cycle at all levels and will feature its own organic urban farm research project.
The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s partnerships with the SoFAB Institute and the LSU AgCenter reflect an abundance of knowledge and expertise that will be showcased at F2Ti.
SoFAB documents and celebrates the food and drink of all cultures through exhibits, programming, and a range of media. SoFAB is home to several entities, among them the SoFAB Center for Food Law, Policy & Culture, SoFAB Culinary Library & Archive, the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, Museum of the American Cocktail, and SoFAB Media.
The LSU AgCenter is a part of a nationwide network of research-based extension offices within the land-grant system of universities and provides innovative research, information and education to improve people’s lives in Louisiana and the world.
For more information please visit f2t-int.com.
