Featured Event

Come celebrate Brooklyn's bounty and potential in creating a vibrant, local and sustainable food system. This unique, FREE and public event aims to bring a spirit of celebration to positive, engaging discussions throughout the days events, workshops and meals.

The conference will open with fanfare and a parade, followed by opening plenaries and a host of over 60 diverse workshops over the course of the morning and afternoon. Featured speakers include:

Raj Patel - Author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

LaDonna Redmond - President and CEO of the Institute of Community Resource Development in Chicago.

Dan Barber - Executive chef and co-owner of Blue Hill Restaurant

Anna Lappe - Author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen

The Brooklyn Food Conference is being organized by the The Brooklyn Food Coalition - a nonprofit seeking to bring together a uniquely broad and diverse community of activists and citizens to discuss and learn more about the critical food issues of our time and what role we as neighbors can play to address them.

Please visit www.brooklynfoodconference.org for complete details, and to register for FREE!

Location:
John Jay High School
237 7th Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn

Plus, join your children at a kids food fair (next door at PS 321 - 180 7th Ave.) for workshops by and for teens plus, interactive area for younger children, and a Teen Iron Chef competition!

Date of Event: May 2nd
Event Name: Brooklyn Food Conference
Convivium Name: Slow Food NYC
Location, City, State: Brooklyn, NY
Time of Event: 9:00am - 7:00pm
Price: FREE!
RSVP: www.brooklynfoodconference.org

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