500+ food activists from around the continent are meeting in San Jose to swap stories and develop new opportunities for local food work. A couple of things I picked up today include:
New Leaf Associates is conducting a marketing survey to assess the usefulness of a Journal of FOod systems and agricultural development. Go to www.surveymonkey.com/journalsurvey to let them know what you think.
The 13th annual community food security coalition conference will be held in Des Moines October 10-13, entitled "From Commodity to Community: Food Politics and Projects in teh Heartland
If you want to do an instant poll at a big conference, check out polleverywhere.com Earlier today we used this site to text message in survey responses in real time. I understand that they manage the data so that it can be summarized for later use in reports, websites, etc. Very effective and only requires a cell phone. Plus all those who don't know how to text can learn how!
Met with Suzie Wyshak from foodzie.com. They are marketing artisan foods through a web site so if you know of anyone with a first rate product, encourage them to contact Suzie.
Bob Scowcroft at the Organic Farming Research Foundation tells me that they are planning to do a webinar series this summer or fall. Two possible topics are organic fruit production and system thinking.
Christopher Bedford with the Center for Economic Security is planning to make a film on "Growing Health", how investing in rational food systems development will result in healthy people and communities and save us money on treating chronic health problems.

Gotta get back to the meeting. Will post more later.

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