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      The 7th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Consortium

The 2010 Consortium meeting and conference will bring together small-scale family farms; chefs/restaurant owners; agriculture policy experts; farm-to-table non-profits; researchers and others to foster a collaborative, interdisciplinary dialogue about our foodshed.

Registration is now open. Early bird discount ends September 30th. Register today!

Friday Highlights
Keynotes, Plenaries, Breakouts and Expo
  • Foodshed Challenges and Successes
  • Distributional Aspects of the Hudson Region Foodshed (role of farmer, restaurant, individual)
  • Institutional Factors of the Hudson Region Foodshed (role of policy, foodshed as a culture, food justice)
  • How to Engage Higher Education Communities
  • Exhibitor Expo & Book Table
  • Documentary Film Screening: The Greenhorns
Saturday Highlights
Keynote, Plenary, Posters, Field Trips
  • Campus Dining: Setting and Achieving Common Goals for Local Food Sourcing
  • Student and Faculty Posters on Regional Environmental Research and Scholarship in All Disciplines
  • Field Trip to The Pfeiffer Center
 
Conference Planning Committee:
Michelle Land, Pace University (Chair)
Susan Golz, SUNY Rockland Community College
Donna Kowal, Pace University
Michael Mascarenhas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Larry O’Connell, Pace University
Jennifer Phillips, Bard College
Andrew Revkin, Pace University
Kathryn Scullion, SUNY Sullivan County Community College
Zywia Wojnar, Pace Law School
 

Co-Sponsors
 
 
Rockland Community College Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies