2016 People’s Harvest Forum Program

Friday, December 9
Visions for our Food Movement
5:00 PM - 5:45 PMRegistration
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMOpening Comments
6:00 PM - 6:45 PMFrom #NoDAPL to the Amazon: Oil Dependance and Indigenous Sovereignty (Chema Hernández Gil)
6:45 PM - 7:30 PMConnecting Climate Change and Food Justice (AshEl Seasunz Eldridge)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PMBBQ & Music
Saturday December 10
The Importance of Policy and Organizing
9:15 AM - 9:45 AMRegistration
9:45 AM - 10:00 AMOpening Comments
10:00 AM - 11:00 AMImproving Foodscapes without Contributing to Gentrification (Chirag Bhakta & Ryan Thayer)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AMThe State of our Food System (Chris Cook)
11:45 AM - 12:45 PMThe Importance of Local Policy for Health Equity (Supervisor Eric Mar)
12:45 PM - 1:30 PMLunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PMLessons from the Bay Area Worker Coop Movement (Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMFarmworker Strategies, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology in Florida (Pia Desangles)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMBreak
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMBridging Health, Environment and Labor (Sarah Aird, Chris Cook, Pia Desangles)
4:30 PM - 5:15 PMPolicy for Animal Liberation (Wayne Hsiung)
5:15 PM - 6:00 PMGrowing Community Power for Policy Change (Chema Hernández Gil)
Sunday, December 11
Building a People's Food System: Land, Seeds and the Veganic Movement
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMRegistration
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMCalifornia Seed Sharing Campaign: Lessons and Victories (Neil Thapar)
10:50 AM - 12:30 PMStories of Land Reform in the Bay Area (Land Action / SF Community Land Trust)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMMaking City Hall Work for the Community (Supervisor John Avalos)
1:30 PM - 2:15 PMLunch
2:15 PM - 3:00 PMFood Sovereignty and Vegan Agroecology (Nicole Vosper)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PMUnderstanding Animal Agriculture in the Food Movement (Nassim Nobari)
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMVoices from Veganic Farming (Matt Loisel / Mona Seymour)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PMGrowing the Veganic Movement and Supporting Small Farmers (Conversation with Brittany Loisel, Matt Loisel and Mona Seymour)

 

Note: Program subject to change