FOOD MATTERS: - Rhode Island Food Policy Council
FOOD MATTERS: - Rhode Island Food Policy Council
FOOD MATTERS: - Rhode Island Food Policy Council
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<strong>FOOD</strong> <strong>MATTERS</strong>:<br />
A COMMUNITY<br />
CONVERSATION SERIES<br />
These <strong>Council</strong>-hosted open meetings are<br />
designed to stimulate shared discussion about<br />
food issues while gathering interested voices<br />
to the table for collaborative conversation and<br />
listening. We invite you to join us for a series of<br />
lively and informative evenings.<br />
CONVERSATION SCHEDULE<br />
APRIL 23, 2013 5–7PM<br />
Providence Career & Technical Academy<br />
<strong>Food</strong> Security & Ways to Make Our <strong>Food</strong> System Fair<br />
Kathleen Gorman<br />
URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America<br />
JUNE 2013<br />
RI Institutions Purchasing RI Local <strong>Food</strong>s<br />
John Weaver The <strong>Food</strong>crafters<br />
SEPTEMBER 2013<br />
<strong>Food</strong> Waste<br />
Dave Rocheleau Crossroads <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
NOVEMBER 2013<br />
<strong>Food</strong> Systems & Your Health<br />
Gemma Gorham Brown University<br />
Institute for Community Health Promotion<br />
Suggested donation: $10<br />
cash or check, payable at the door<br />
A light supper will be served<br />
Registration and location<br />
details will be posted on<br />
www.rifoodcouncil.org<br />
as each date approaches.<br />
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The <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong>’s work will be coordinated<br />
by a statewide collaboration of<br />
diverse, committed and engaged<br />
stakeholders from all sectors of the<br />
food system.<br />
The <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong> will create partnerships,<br />
develop policies and advocate for<br />
improvements to the local food<br />
system to increase and expand its<br />
capacity, viability and sustainability.<br />
2013 RI <strong>FOOD</strong> POLICY COUNCIL<br />
Rob Armstrong<br />
Monroe Dairy<br />
Ken Ayars<br />
RI Department of<br />
Environmental<br />
Management<br />
Randi Belhumeur<br />
Integrated Medical<br />
Weight Loss<br />
Al Bettencourt<br />
RI Farm Bureau<br />
Dorothy Brayley<br />
Independent Consultant<br />
Katherine Brown<br />
Rockbridge Farm<br />
Tess Brown-Lavoie<br />
Sidewalk Ends Farm<br />
Sheila Brush<br />
Grow Smart <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
Gemma Gorham<br />
Brown University Institute<br />
for Community Health<br />
Promotion<br />
Kathleen Gorman<br />
URI Feinstein Center for<br />
a Hunger Free America<br />
Julius Kolawole<br />
African Alliance<br />
of <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
Enrique Martinez<br />
<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
School of Design<br />
Krystal Noiseux<br />
<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> Resource<br />
Recovery Corporation<br />
Melina Packer<br />
Taubman Center for<br />
Public <strong>Policy</strong> &<br />
American Institutions<br />
Ken Payne<br />
<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
Agricultural Partnership<br />
Ross Pearsall<br />
Ocean State Fresh<br />
Lori Pivarnik<br />
URI Nutrition and <strong>Food</strong><br />
Sciences Department<br />
Kayla Ringelheim<br />
Farm Fresh <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
Dave Rocheleau<br />
Crossroads<br />
Amelia Rose<br />
Environmental Justice<br />
League of <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
Andrew Schiff<br />
<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
Community <strong>Food</strong> Bank<br />
John Weaver<br />
The <strong>Food</strong>crafters
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