Friday September 16, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Main Stage Theater, Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd.
Leaders come together for discussions about food, public health, and public policy. Speakers include Chipotle founder and CEO, Steve Ells; California Endowment CEO, Dr. Robert K. Ross; LA Food Policy Council’s Paula Daniels; plus other leading educators, policymakers, farmers, and Good Food advocates. The Los Angeles Food Policy Council will lead afternoon discussions on creating a more sustainable and equitable regional food system. Scholarships available. To apply, email: gffcscholarships@gmail.com.
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9:00am – 9:15am — Welcome and Opening Remarks
Laura Avery, Santa Monica Farmers Market Supervisor
Zev Yaroslavsky, Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County
9:15am – 10:00am — Public Health and Food
Andrea Azuma, Kaiser Permanente
Nona Evans, Whole Kids Foundation
Ken Kaplan, Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development at MIT
Bob Martin, Pew Charitable Trusts
Moderated by Laura Avery, Santa Monica Farmers Market Supervisor
10:00am – 10:45am — Food with Integrity
Steve Ells, Chipotle Mexican Grill
Kelly Meyer, The Teaching Garden
Dr. Robert K. Ross, The California Endowment
Moderated by Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed.org
11:00am – 11:45am — Public Policy and Food
Judith Bell, PolicyLink
Mike Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest (Food Day)
Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch
Moderated by Paula Daniels, City of Los Angeles, Senior Advisor on Food Policy
12:00pm – 12:45pm — Scaling Up to Meet the Demand for Local Food
Karen Beverlin, FreshPoint
Kathy Lawrence, School Food Focus
Rodney Taylor, Riverside Unified School District
Angela Lau, Google Food Service
Andrew Gunther, Animal Welfare Approved
Jim Churchill, Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, Ojai Pixie Growers’ Association
Moderated by Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed.org
12:45pm – 1:30pm — Lunch
1:45pm – 2:30pm — School Food Best Practices
Orlando Griego, Food Services Director, Santa Monica
Sandy Curwood, Food Services Director, Ventura
Tracie Thomas, Food Services Director, Compton
Bob Polito, Polito Farms
Danny Calvillo, Sunrise Produce
Moderated by Marion Kalb, Director, Farm to School
Food Systems Plus
Workshops organized by the Los Angeles Food Policy Council will use food as a lens to discuss fundamental social issues impacting our communities, in addition to highlighting the innovative food systems work underway in Los Angeles.
2:30pm – 3:30pm – Los Angeles Food Policy Council Workshops
Option 1: Building Power for Fair Food: Grassroots Organizing and the Farm Bill – Room HSS 104
Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch,
Frank Tamborello, Hunger Action LA
Option 2: From Farm to Landfill: Can “Good Jobs” Be Part of the “Good Food” System? – Room HSS 105
Ricardo Hidalgo, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Mariana Huerta, Restaurant Opportunities Center–Los Angeles;
Sheheryar Kaoosji, Warehouse Workers United
Stephanie Lane, Good Jobs LA
Roman Pinal, United Farm Workers
David Weinstein, Heath & Lejeune
Moderated by Goetz Wolff, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Option 3: CalFresh: Making SNAP a Good Food Program – Room HSS 263
Holly Calhoun, Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles
Jessica Jones, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank (invited)
Lino Rios, CalFresh Nutrition Program, Los Angeles County–Department of Public Social Services
Matthew Sharp, California Food Policy Advocates
3:45pm – 4:45pm – Los Angeles Food Policy Council Workshops
Option 1: Food Equity, Healthy Retail, and Community Driven Demand – Room HSS 104
Tanishia Wright, Community Health Councils
Mary M. Lee, PolicyLink
Clare Fox, Community Market Conversion Program (CRA/LA)
Cedar Landsman, Community Market Conversion Program (CRA/LA)
Victoria Browder, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Maya Barron, Progressive Jewish Alliance & Jewish Funds for Justice
Option 2: Growing Good Food in Our Neighborhoods: Urban Agriculture, Food Security and Health in Los Angeles – Room HSS 105
Glen Dake, Los Angeles Community Garden Council
Nicole M. Gatto, Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health and Milagro Allegro Community Garden
Robert Gottlieb, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute
Jimmy Ng, Growing Experience
D’Artagnan Scorza, Social Justice Learning Institute
Rachel Surls, University of California Cooperative Extension Los Angeles County
Option 3: Street Food: Where Food and Social Justice Meet – Room HSS 263
Lauren Dunning, RENEW Los Angeles, County Department of Public Health, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
Rudy Espinoza, Community Financial Resource Center
Erin Glenn, Asociación de Loncheros L.A. Familia Unida de California
Gregg Kettles, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Beth Rodin, Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
