March 15 17, 2012

Chicago

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GOOD FOOD FINANCING CONFERENCE MARCH 15, 2012 CHICAGO

Time 8:009:00 am 8:309:00 am Session Registration WelcomeHall C Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed.org Jennifer Worstell, Polsinelli Shughart PC and Chairperson, Good Food Financing Conference Advisory Board Cristal Thomas, Deputy Governor, State of Illinois Morning Plenary Session: Finding Solutions to Urban Food DesertsHall C Rafael Malpica, Walgreens Sheelah Muhammad, Fresh Moves Mari Gallagher, Mari Gallagher Research & Consulting Group, moderator Opening KeynoteHall C Stephen McDonnell, Applegate Mark Johansen, Farm Credit Administration

9:00-10:00 am

10:00 11:00 am

11:00-11:15 am Break 11:15am12:30 pm Session 1: Success Stories Farmer Success StoriesRoom D Paul Hardej, FarmedHere Gary McDonald, Organic Resource Manager Gene Mealhow, Tiny But Mighty Foods Mark Shepard, New Forest Farm Rich Schell, Wagner & Schell LLP, moderator

Food Business Success StoriesRoom E Chris Covelli, Tomato Mountain Gajus Miknaitis, Dill Pickle Co-op Ray Ropp, Ropp Jersey Cheese Bronwyn Weaver, Heritage Prairie Farm Ron Cropper, Goodness Greeness, moderator

Community Success Stories Room F Fred Carter, Black Oaks Center Carlos de Jess, Pedro Albizu Campos High School Ray Thompson, Greater Englewood Urban Agriculture Task Force Harry Rhodes, Growing Home, moderator

12:30-1:30 pm 12:45-1:15 pm 1:302:00 pm 2:002:30 pm 2:303:15 pm

LunchHall B Special Breakout Session: Crowd Sourced and Alternative Financing OptionsRoom D Suzanne Keers, Local First Chicago Afternoon Plenary Session: Financing Food HubsThe Future of Local FoodHall C Colleen Callahan, USDA Illinois Rural Development Warren Ribley, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Afternoon KeynoteHall C Chuck Templeton, GrubHub, OpenTable, OhSoWe.com Financing Fair PresentationsHall C Introduced by Linda Darragh, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Presentations by Financing Fair finalists Andy Whitman, 2X Consumer Products Growth Partners, moderator Financing FairHall A Session 2: Funders and Investors Farm Funders and Investors Room D Heather Kennedy, Whole Foods Market Local Producer Loan Program Gary Matteson, Farm Credit Council David Miller, Working Farms Capital Charlotte Flinn, Flinn Consultants and FamilyFarmed.org, moderator Adjourn Food Business Funders and InvestorsRoom E Kim Hack, SloFIG Trinita Logue, IFF Ted Levinson, RSF Social Finance K. Thomas Stevens, Stevens & Associates, moderator Community Enterprise Funders and InvestorsRoom F Mark Fick, Chicago Community Loan Fund John Fisk, Wallace Center Jon Levey, GreenChoice Bank Bernard Loyd, Urban Juncture Lauri Alpern, Open Door Advisors, moderator

3:154:15 pm 4:305:45 pm

5:45 pm

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GOOD FOOD FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE TRADE DAY MARCH 16, 2012 CHICAGO
School Food Food Policy Summit Opening SymposiumHall C 9:00 am-10:30 Governor Pat Quinn (invited), Mike Simmons (invited), Policy Director, City of Chicago, Erika Allen Growing Power, Johari Cole, Illinois Local Food Farms and Jobs Council, am Anupama Joshi, National Farm to School Network, Dan Rosenthal, The Rosenthal Group and Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition, Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed.org, moderator; introduction by Charlotte Flinn, Board Chair, FamilyFarmed.org Growing Your Business with Marketing and Social School Food SafetyRoom F 1. A Recipe for Healthy PlacesRoom G 10:45 am-Noon MediaRoom D/E Anna Barnes, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Suzanne Carlson, Chicago Public Schools Christian Denes, Chicago Dept. of Family and Support Josh Brusin, Chicago Foodies Eliza Fournier, Chicago Botanic Garden Services Cleetus Friedman, City Provisions Jean Saunders, Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality Will Edwards, Chicago Dept. of Housing and Economic Michelle Garcia, Bleeding Heart Bakery Dan Schnitzer, Academy for Global Citizenship Development Rob Gardner, thelocalbeet.com, moderator Julia Govis, National Farm to School Network, Jennifer Herd, Chicago Dept. of Public Health Mary Snodgrass, Consortium to Lower Obesity in moderator Chicago, Children's Memorial Research Center 2. Food Web Meets InterwebRoom H Todd Jones, Every Last Morsel Chuck Templeton, GrubHub, OpenTable, OhSoWe.com 3. The 2012 Farm Bill and Local FoodRoom I Emily Carroll, Food and Water Watch Wes King, Illinois Stewardship Alliance Lindsay Record, Illinois Stewardship Alliance Noon5:00 pm Trade Show Floor OpenHall A/B Noon1:00 pm Lunch Hall B 1:00Understanding Sustainable Meat Procurement 1. Support for Local Food EconomyRooms G Local Food Procurement Scaling Up for Schools 2:15 pm Room D/E Jim Bloyd, Cook County Dept. of Public Health Room F Naomi Davis, BIG/Blacks in Green Cleetus Friedman, City Provisions Greg Davis, Fox River Foods Glenn Ford, Praxis Marketplace Lance Price, Translational Genomics Research Micheline Piekarski, NIIPC, Oak Park River Forest Suzanne Keers, Local First Chicago Institutes Center for Food Microbiology and High School 2. CHERE Sustainability for You and MeRoom H Environmental Health Jordan Ryan, Illinois School Nutrition Association, 3. Good Food, Good Health, Good JobsRooms I Rich Wolff, Whole Foods Market Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Joy Borkholder, UFCW Local 21 Dan Rosenthal, The Rosenthal Group, Green Rochelle Davis, Healthy Schools Campaign, moderator Mia Dell, UFCW Silvia Fabela, United Food and Commercial Workers Chicago Restaurant Coalition, moderator International Union Chris Michalakis, UFCW Local 876 Pat Purcell, UFCW Local 1500 2:30Greening Your BusinessRoom D/E 1. Empowering Food AccessRoom G Best Practices in Procuring Local Food in K-12 3:45 pm Mike Simmons, Mayors Office, City of Chicago SchoolsRoom F Helen Cameron, Uncommon Ground Johari Cole, Illinois Food Farms and Jobs Council Bob Bloomer, Chicago Public Schools Chris Koetke, Kendall College Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, Academy for Global Citizenship Jacqueline Collins, Senator, Illinois 16th District Danny McGowan, Big Bowl 2. Informing Policy with EvidenceRoom H Paul OMalley, Niles Township High School Randy Zweiban, Province Charles Williams, University of Illinois at Chicago Jason Weedon, Gourmet Gorilla Eloise Karlatiras, Green Chicago Restaurant Sheila Castillo, University of Illinois at Chicago Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead, moderator Cortland Lohff, Chicago Dept. of Public Health Coalition, moderator 3. Using Legislation to Broaden the BaseRoom I Tracy Smith, Feeding Illinois Pat Stieren, Illinois Farmers Market Network Jen Walling, Illinois Environment Council 4:00Food Hubs and Produce ProcurementRoom D/E Local Food at Universities and CollegesRoom F Building Bridges: Chicago to CarbondaleRoom G Panelists To Be Announced 5:15 pm Carol Coren, Farm to Family Mobile Market Patrick Cassata, Wheaton College Adam DeGroot, Triple A Farms Bill Connors, Southern Illinois University Jim Epstein, Blue Ridge Produce (invited) Lavon Nelson, Illinois Community College Board Bob Scaman, Goodness Greeness Dara Reiff, College of Lake County Kathy Nyquist, New Venture Advisors, moderator Johari Cole, Illinois Food Farms and Jobs Council, moderator 5:30So You Want To Be A FarmerRoom G Film ScreeningRoom H/I Scaling Up Urban AgricultureRoom F 6:45 pm The Real Dirt on Farmer John Michael OGorman, Farmer Veteran Coalition Ken Dunn, Resource Center John Peterson, Angelic Organics Peg Sheaffer, Prairie Crossing Farm Business Paul Hardej, FarmedHere Development Center Rebekah Silverman, Growing Home Tom Spaulding, Angelic Organics Learning Center Brandon Johnson, Washington Park Consortium Irv Cernauskas, Irv & Shellys Fresh Picks, Patsy Benveniste, Chicago Botanic Garden, moderator moderator 7:00-9:30 pm Localicious PartyHall B/C Time Trade Show

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GOOD FOOD FESTIVAL MARCH 17, 2012 CHICAGO

9:00 am12:00 pm Good Food for Thought Preserve It! Grow Your Own! Make Your Own! GOLD PACKAGE PREMIUM SESSIONSRESERVE ONLINE NOW! LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE Bus Tour: Urban and Vertical Preserving Food: A Four-Season Permaculture: Sustainable The Whole Animal: Butchering and FarmingOffsite Bus Tour Master PlanRoom H/I Gardening Following Natures Sausage Making DemoRoom D/E Windy City Harvest, Chicago Zvi Bar-Chaim, Scratch Homemade DesignRoom F Rob Levitt, The Butcher & Larder Bill Wilson, Becky Wilson, and Botanic Garden David Cavagnaro, Seed Savers John Louis Slagel, Slagel Family Hayden Wilson, Midwest Exchange Farm Wood St. Farm, Growing Home Permaculture Iron Street Farm, Growing Power Lis David, Scratch Homemade Chris Koetke, Kendall College, moderator The Plant Zak Dolezal, Dukes Alehouse Dan Schnitzer, Academy for Global Jennifer Downing, Nourish Cooking Citizenship, moderator School Megan Larmer, Slow Food Chicago Vicki Nowicki, The Land Office, moderator Visionary FarmersRoom G Adam DeGroot, Triple A Farms Gene Mealhow, Tiny But Mighty Foods John Peterson, Angelic Organics Mark Shepard, New Forest Farm (moderator) Exhibit Hall OpenHalls A, B, C Chicago Foodies Seed Seed SwapHall C, entrance hallway concession stand What You Need to Know about GMOsRoom G Valerie Dantoin Adamski, Full Circle Farm Brooke Havlik, Shedd Aquarium Dave Murphy, Food Democracy Now Warren Porter, University of Wisconsin (invited) Kim Hack, American Institute of Wine and Food, moderator Growing a Good Food Community Room F Jay Walljasper, author, All That We Share Julie Ristau, On the Commons LaManda Joy, Petersen Garden Project Megan Larmer, Slow Food Chicago, moderator Local and Organic Eating on a DimeRoom G Laura Bruzas, Healthy Dining Chicago Ann Flood, Edible Chicago Dana Benigno, Green City Market, moderator In the Preservation Kitchen: Canning and Pickling with Paul VirantRoom D/E Paul Virant, author, The Preservation Kitchen, chef, Perennial Virant, Vie Restaurant Charlotte Flinn, Flinn Consultants, moderator Composting for EveryoneRoom The Buzz on BeesRoom F H/I Michael Thompson, Chicago Kenn Dunn, The Resource Center Honey Co-op Stephanie Davies, Urban Worm Girl Angela Mason, Chicago Green Erlene Howard, Collective Youth Farm, moderator Resource, moderator

11:00 am12:15 pm

10:00 am6:00 pm 11:00 am3:00 pm 12:301:45 pm

2:003:15 pm

Fermented FoodRoom D/E Ben Walker, Fermentation expert Rob Gardner, thelocalbeet.com, moderator

Four-Season Gardening in ChicagoRoom G Bill Shores, Shores Garden Consulting Irv Cernauskas, Irv &Shellys Fresh Picks, moderator

Chickens Come Home to Roost Room H/I Kim Snyder, Faiths Farm Martha Boyd, Angelic Organics Learning Center moderator

3:304:45 pm

Home CheesemakingRoom D/E Jennifer Downing, Nourish Cooking School Vicki Nowicki, The Land Office, moderator

Small-Space GardeningRoom F Seneca Kern, WeFarm America Jeanne Pinsof Nolan, The Organic Gardener Mike Nowak, WCPT Radio, moderator

Putting Vegetables at the Center of Your Plate Room H/I Jill Baron, Mana Food Bar Jason Hammel, Lula Caf, Nightwood Markus Schramm, Manna Organics, LLC, moderator

3:30-5:45 pm Ongoing Explore the Exhibit Hall showcasing local, sustainable products from more than 150 exhibitors. Satisfy your craving for delicious local food at the Food Court (find a full through-out list of Exhibitors and Food Court vendors at goodfoodfestivals.com/chicago/exhibitors). the day Join Master of Ceremonies Heather Sperling, Tasting Table, for Chefs at Playcooking demos pairing local farmers with Chicagos finest chefs: 10:30 am Bruce Sherman, North Pond Restaurant; 11:45 am Karyn Calabrese, Karyns Raw, Karyns Cooked; 1:00 pm To Be Announced; 2:15 pm Mark Mendez, Vera; 3:45 Heather Terhune, Sable Kitchen & Bar. Chef demos are a festival highlightcome early for the best seat and a chance at a tasting. Good Food Festival Kids Corner is filled with fun activities for parents and children including the Good Food Festival Scavenger Hunt, arts and crafts, story time, a reading corner with food-related books, face painting and more! Hosted by Purple Asparagus, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing families back to the table.

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