The Wellbeing of Rural Kansas: Paths to Healthy People, Healthy Environment, and Healthy Economies
February 16-17, 2007
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Sponsored by:
Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops
K-State Research and Extension
Kansas Rural Center
This year's conference will focus on topics such as U.S. farm policy to promote rural wellbeing, social justice issues, local food systems, recent immigrants and the wellbeing of rural Kansas, spiritual and ethical dimensions of food production and consumption, alternative energy, environmental issues, and grass-fed beef production.
Featured presenters include:
Jimmy Daukas - American Farmland Trust
A New Vision for U.S. Farm Policy that Promotes Healthy People, Healthy Environment, and Healthy Economies
Mark Muller - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, MN
Paths to a Healthy Environment: Linking Human Health and Nutrition with Environmental Policy
Rich Pirog - Leopold Center, Iowa State University
Bringing Local Foods to Rural America
Patty Cantrell - Michigan Land Use Institute
Farm to Cafeteria: Bringing Local Foods to Public Schools and Other Institutions
Ginette Ishimatsu - University of Denver
The Zen of Food
The two-day conference will feature additional presentations by leading experts on local food systems and their role in sustaining family farms. The conference is sponsored by the Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops, K-State Research and Extension, and the Kansas Rural Center. For more information on the conference program, contact KCSAAC at (785) 532-1440.