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SUMMARY:SCDN Forum: Local Food Fosters Economic Development and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Forum\, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm\nNetworking Happy Hour to follow\, 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm \n \nForum:\nSharpsburg Municipal Building\n1611 Main St.\nPittsburgh\, PA 15215 \nNetworking Happy Hour:\nHitchhiker Brewing Co.\n1500 S Canal St\nSharpsburg\, PA 15215 \nRegister here\nCost from $10 to $25\nAppetizers will be served and Food Truck will be available during happy hour \n12:30 pm – Registration opens\n1:00 pm – Speakers begin \nPlease join the Sustainable Community Development Network (SCDN)\, facilitated by Sustainable Pittsburgh\, along with the Local Government Academy (LGA) for an afternoon forum (and happy hour!). \nParticipants will learn about the numerous health and environmental advantages of fostering a robust and accessible food system and discuss how communities can improve economic and community growth through implementing food-friendly policies. Grow Pittsburgh\, The Greater Pittsburgh Food Policy Council\, and the Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program are working with us to create a program exploring numerous topics\, including: workforce development\, land use and reuse\, the farm to table experience\, restaurant incubators\, urban agricultural\, and a related model ordinance. \nThe benefits of improving the availability of fresh\, locally produced food in your community are difficult to overstate. A robust local food system can provide low income and disadvantaged members of your community with access to fresh and healthier foods. It can connect community members to workforce training opportunities and a larger pool of career oriented jobs. In addition\, locally produced food can lower the region’s overall carbon emissions\, return unused land to productive use\, and improve our regional air quality. \nPlease share with your elected municipal officials and community leaders! \nSpeakers and Discussion Leaders to include: \n \nJonathan Burgess\, Programs and Policy Director\, Allegheny County Conservation District\nHe oversees programming that includes farmland preservation\, urban and rural agricultural assistance\, urban soil health\, and watersheds. \n\n \nCynthia Caul\, Outreach & Research Coordinator\, Center for Regional Agriculture\, Food\, & Transformation (CRAFT)\, Chatham University\nWith CRAFT\, she helps to foster a regional food system in Western Pennsylvania that is more equitable\, sustainable\, and inclusive. \n\n \nAlyson Fearon\, Community Conservation Director\, Allegheny Land Trust\nShe is responsible for establishing and expanding urban conservation and greenspace efforts in our region. \n\n \n\nErin Hart\, Director of Health Benefit Services\, American HealthCare Group\nShe created Farm to Table Western PA that unites farms and food producers with local consumers through an annual conference\, regional tasting events\, a business-to-business network\, Lunch & Learn series\, and ongoing educational programs for consumers. \n\n\n \n\nDenele Hughson\, Director of Farm Education\, Grow Pittsburgh\nShe oversees the operations of Grow Pittsburgh’s three productions sites\, workforce development\, and general education offered to the public and serves on the advisory council for the Food Trust’s Farmers Market Promotion Program and the Hilltop Urban Farm. \n\n\n \nKarlin Lamberto\, Project Manager\, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council\nShe provides outreach\, coordination\, and research support to the Council\, the Urban Agriculture Working Group\, and related projects. \n\n\n \nAdrienne Nelson\, Co-Founder\, Western Pennsylvania Young Farmers Coalition\nShe supports the new generation of farmers in PA by ensuring that their needs and voices are accurately represented in state and federal policy-making processes through this chapter of the National Young Farmers Coalition. \n\n\n\n \nKristen Rodack\, Public Health Administrator\, Allegheny County Health Department\nShe works on Live Well Allegheny\, a county-wide health and wellness campaign to reduce chronic diseases in Allegheny County\, connecting municipalities\, schools\, restaurants\, and workplaces to a network of partners and health resources. \n\n\n \nRayden Sorock\, Director of Community Projects\, Grow Pittsburgh\nHe has worked with communities to establish 36 community gardens and support an additional 60 more over the past 7 years\, utilizing education and building community support. \n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Jim Price\, Sustainable Community Manager\, Sustainable Pittsburgh at jprice@staging.sustainablepittsburgh.org or (412) 259-5331.
URL:https://sustainablepittsburgh.org/event/scdn-forum-local-food-fosters-economic-development-and-resilience-2/
LOCATION:Sharpsburg Borough Building\, 1611 Main Street Pittsburgh PA\, 15215\, Sharpburg\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:SCDN Forum: Local Food Fosters Economic Development and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Forum\, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm\nNetworking Happy Hour to follow\, 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm \n \nForum:\nSharpsburg Municipal Building\n1611 Main St.\nPittsburgh\, PA 15215 \nNetworking Happy Hour:\nHitchhiker Brewing Co.\n1500 S Canal St\nSharpsburg\, PA 15215 \nRegister here\nCost from $10 to $25\nAppetizers will be served and Food Truck will be available during happy hour \n12:30 pm – Registration opens\n1:00 pm – Speakers begin \nPlease join the Sustainable Community Development Network (SCDN)\, facilitated by Sustainable Pittsburgh\, along with the Local Government Academy (LGA) for an afternoon forum (and happy hour!). \nParticipants will learn about the numerous health and environmental advantages of fostering a robust and accessible food system and discuss how communities can improve economic and community growth through implementing food-friendly policies. Grow Pittsburgh\, The Greater Pittsburgh Food Policy Council\, and the Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program are working with us to create a program exploring numerous topics\, including: workforce development\, land use and reuse\, the farm to table experience\, restaurant incubators\, urban agricultural\, and a related model ordinance. \nThe benefits of improving the availability of fresh\, locally produced food in your community are difficult to overstate. A robust local food system can provide low income and disadvantaged members of your community with access to fresh and healthier foods. It can connect community members to workforce training opportunities and a larger pool of career oriented jobs. In addition\, locally produced food can lower the region’s overall carbon emissions\, return unused land to productive use\, and improve our regional air quality. \nPlease share with your elected municipal officials and community leaders! \nSpeakers and Discussion Leaders to include: \n \nJonathan Burgess\, Programs and Policy Director\, Allegheny County Conservation District\nHe oversees programming that includes farmland preservation\, urban and rural agricultural assistance\, urban soil health\, and watersheds. \n\n \nCynthia Caul\, Outreach & Research Coordinator\, Center for Regional Agriculture\, Food\, & Transformation (CRAFT)\, Chatham University\nWith CRAFT\, she helps to foster a regional food system in Western Pennsylvania that is more equitable\, sustainable\, and inclusive. \n\n \nAlyson Fearon\, Community Conservation Director\, Allegheny Land Trust\nShe is responsible for establishing and expanding urban conservation and greenspace efforts in our region. \n\n \n\nErin Hart\, Director of Health Benefit Services\, American HealthCare Group\nShe created Farm to Table Western PA that unites farms and food producers with local consumers through an annual conference\, regional tasting events\, a business-to-business network\, Lunch & Learn series\, and ongoing educational programs for consumers. \n\n\n \n\nDenele Hughson\, Director of Farm Education\, Grow Pittsburgh\nShe oversees the operations of Grow Pittsburgh’s three productions sites\, workforce development\, and general education offered to the public and serves on the advisory council for the Food Trust’s Farmers Market Promotion Program and the Hilltop Urban Farm. \n\n\n \nKarlin Lamberto\, Project Manager\, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council\nShe provides outreach\, coordination\, and research support to the Council\, the Urban Agriculture Working Group\, and related projects. \n\n\n \nAdrienne Nelson\, Co-Founder\, Western Pennsylvania Young Farmers Coalition\nShe supports the new generation of farmers in PA by ensuring that their needs and voices are accurately represented in state and federal policy-making processes through this chapter of the National Young Farmers Coalition. \n\n\n\n \nKristen Rodack\, Public Health Administrator\, Allegheny County Health Department\nShe works on Live Well Allegheny\, a county-wide health and wellness campaign to reduce chronic diseases in Allegheny County\, connecting municipalities\, schools\, restaurants\, and workplaces to a network of partners and health resources. \n\n\n \nRayden Sorock\, Director of Community Projects\, Grow Pittsburgh\nHe has worked with communities to establish 36 community gardens and support an additional 60 more over the past 7 years\, utilizing education and building community support. \n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Jim Price\, Sustainable Community Manager\, Sustainable Pittsburgh at jprice@sustainablepittsburgh.org or (412) 259-5331.
URL:https://sustainablepittsburgh.org/event/scdn-forum-local-food-fosters-economic-development-and-resilience/
LOCATION:Sharpsburg Borough Building\, 1611 Main Street Pittsburgh PA\, 15215\, Sharpburg\, PA\, United States
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