Farm to Campus in Louisville, KY
Press release: Louisville Farm to Table introduces a new workshop: Farm to Campus: Local food comes to the halls of higher education.
Over this last year we have been providing our community workshops. We are holding a workshop in January that is much boader based than past workshops. This workshop is dedicated to facilitating farm to higher education. In an effort to spread the word we are reaching out to organizations like yours that may have people in their database that have and interest in sustainability/farm to campus. We have received a grant for this workshop so the cost of the workshop is free. We have an amazing line-up.
WHO: University of Louisville and Louisville Farm to Table
WHAT: A workshop for all those interested in bringing local food to their campuses and institutions of higher learning. The agenda includes panel discussions of national and Kentucky-based speakers with experience in the field, including Mark Bomford, director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project.
WHEN: Friday, January 20, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus, beginning in Floyd’s Theater in the Student Activities Center with a locavore lunch in the Red Barn.
WHY: Colleges and universities that connect food service with local agriculture demonstrate a commitment to sustainability that is attractive to prospective and current students in addition to staff, faculty and alumni. Food services buying local food contribute to the economic stability of their region and their neighbors.
RECOMMENDED FOR: college and university sustainability coordinators, food service employees and wellness advisors.
Admission to the event is free, but attendees must register online at http://farmtocampus.eventbrite.com or by calling LeeEllen Starrett at (502) 852-5155.
Contact:
Elisa Stephens
(502) 852-4653
elisa.stephens@louisville.edu
Sarah Fritschner
(502) 396-5457
sfritschner@gmail.com
