Food Sovereignty Tour: Berkeley Food Policy Council: Working Together for an Alternative Food System

Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 8:30am - 2pm Food Sovereignty Tour: Berkeley Food Policy Council: Working Together for an Alternative Food System As part of the 15th Annual Community Food Security Conference, Bay Area Green Tours is offering and insider's historical whole systems view of Berkeley's alternative food system by exploring the connections between institutional purchasing, urban farming, youth empowerment, farmers markets, alternative food enterprises and an active Food Council. http://www.foodsovereigntytours.org/u-s-tours/cfsc2011/berkeley/ Tour Highlights: Meet the youth leading the next generation of food fights -- preventing diet related illness and increasing food knowledge and access through urban farms, produce stands, cooking classes, peer to peer education and more. Learn about institutional purchasing and how the University of California and the Berkeley Unified School District are improving the food that students eat, from preschool to post graduate studies. Meet with City of Berkeley Food and Nutrition Policy officials to learn about the food movement in Berkeley, which has helped to foster a sustainable local economy and assures that all Berkeley residents have access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. Some of the Presenters Include: Martin Bourque - Ecology Center Exec. Director and Leader in the Berkeley Food Policy Council Sibella Kraus - Director of Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) Senator Loni Hancock Tome Bates - Mayor of Berkeley Bend Feldman - Director of Berkeley Farmers Market Shawn LaPean and Ida Shen - University of California Dining's Exec. Director and Assoc. Director CoFed The Berkeley Student Food Collective Along the way yo uwill also learn about Mi Tierra Foods, The Bread Project, Three Stone Hearth and The Berkeley Youth Alternative Community Garden. TIME: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm LOCATION: Tour begins and ends at the Marriott Hotel in Oakland City Center (Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607) COST: $65 - Includes light breakfast and lunch http://www.foodsovereigntytours.org/u-s-tours/cfsc2011/berkeley/ Presented by Bay Area Green Tours in conjugation with Food First. For more information, please visit website, http://www.foodsovereigntytours.org/u-s-tours/cfsc2011/berkeley/ or call 510-704-0379.