Nourishing Communities Food Seminar

Nourishing Communities Food Seminar

27th April 2010, 10 ? 4pm. Letham Village Hall, Letham, Fife

This seminar aims to directly contribute to a community engagement strategy by which Local Authorities (and Fife Council in particular) can help Communities to develop sustainable food systems. The day will include: local authority, community and support organisations? presentations; informal discussion and networking; a chance for participants to present their initiatives and ideas; and space to collectively begin to develop a transformative food system for
Fife.


STRUCTURE OF THE DAY (Provisional)

10.00 Registration

10.15 Introduction
Justin Kenrick (University of St Andrews)

10.30 Food in Transition
Hamid van Koten (North Howe Transition Toun & University of Dundee)

10.50 A Food Policy for Fife?
Vivienne Brown (Fife Council Food Strategy)

11.10 Local Food Procurement Policy
Derek Hamilton (Fife Council Procurement)

11.30 Ice Breaker and Coffee (start of informal discussion and networking)

11.50 What the Volcano told us
Mike Small (Fife Diet)

12.10 Communities Growing Food Together
Ellie Kinross (Fife Diet)

12.30 One Planet Food: Steps to make it work in Fife
Maria Teresa Martinez & Pete Ritchie (One Planet Food)

1.00 Lunch (introduced by Bruce Bennett of Pillars of Hercules) & Market
Place
All participants are welcome to briefly present their initiatives/ ideas, to
display posters, and to trade ideas and experiences.

2.00 Open Space ? including how to develop a transformative food system for
Fife?

3.30 Plenary
Email: Justin.Kenrick@st-andrews.ac.uk for info or to book