Open Space Harvest

Here are the notes from each session.  These notes were taken by session participants themselves. 

Morning Session

• Where is the white low-income community in the conversation?
• How can communities of color, particularly businesses, drive regional food system change centered in and around Chicago?
• Nutritionism notes
• Beyond Surveys New Ways to Assess and Engage Communities
• Sustainable Agriculture Standards and Certification Systems
• Roles and perceptions of white males
• Incubating new farmers
• Structural racism in the food system
• Farmworkers: canaries of the food system
• Local food as economic development
• Connecting youth and adults
• How do we change the racism in the current anti-immigrant culture in America

Afternoon Sessions

• Slow food Nation and the good food movement
• Eat. Think. Act.
• Emergency Food Systems
• FAS Immigrant Worker Statement
• Child Nutrition reauthorization and food soveriegnty
• 2-10% From Movement to Market
• Coping with competition
• How can we move appropriate capital to Good Food Companies that are integral parts of the Good Food Value Chain?
• Land Access for Limited Resource Farmers
• We get what we pay for -- how do we work together to stop a "cheap food" policy from cheapening our communities?
• Ethanol
• Social networking
• What is the roll of the Food Service Professional, Operator, or Contractor in the K-12 market?
• Structural issues in leadership succession
• International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development: How can we use this in the U.S?
• Using networks to build local and regional fod systems
• Success stories in building local and global alliances
• Media Literacy
• Grassroots fundraising as if local sustainability mattered
• Creating a national network of university programs in sustainable agriculture and food systems
• Strategies for increasing diversity on Boards and in organizations
• Climate Change
• Price: fair for farmers, affordable for consumers
• Power of film and new media