The Rockfall Foundation will hold its annual symposium at "The Kate" in Old Saybrook. This year the environmentally-focused foundation, headquartered on DeKoven Drive, will examine "Our Future Food Security: National Issues, Local Response".
Symposium Chair Christine Nelson said "We've been hearing more about hunger [in Middlesex County]. It's not starvation, but there are issues with hunger." Too many of them involve children, who may suffer consequences from even a short period of malnutrition. "You only develop once" said Nelson. But, she also noted, "We have an agricultural legacy we really could capitalize on again."
To discuss how Middlesex County can create our own 'healthful, sustainable food system and maximize community self-reliance', the Rockfall Foundation has invited Mark Winne, a community food activist, writer, author and co-founder of the Connecticut Food Policy Council.
His keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion among Nicole Berube, Exec. Director at City Seed, New Haven and a member of the New Haven Food Policy Council; David Zemelsky, co-owner at Star Light Gardens in Durham; John Guszkowski, Director of Planning CME Associates and CEO at Eastern CT Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc., and Middletown's own Izzi Greenberg, Exec. Director of NEAT and manager of the North End Farmers' Market. The discussion will be moderated by the Hartford Courant's Susan Campbell.
The program begins at 8:30am and runs until noon. Cost is $50. An optional lunch follows.
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