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Value Chain Mapping for the Food and Agriculture Sector New Jersey City UniversityMelissa Levy

8:00am

Newark Urban Food System Tour + Seed & Story Swap New Jersey City UniversityMalaika Gilpin Agriculture Policy and Climate Change New Jersey City UniversityNicole Sugerman • Ellen Stern Griswold • Ariana Taylor-Stanley • Samantha Levy • Emily J. Cole

9:00am

Anti-Oppression and Food Systems Training New Jersey City UniversityEmilie Miyauchi • Griffen Jeffries

12:00pm

Registration New Jersey City University

2:00pm

Seed and Story Swap New Jersey City UniversityJacqueline Pilati • Lex Barlowe

4:00pm

Organizing for the Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NEASDA) New Jersey City UniversityTracy Lerman

5:30pm

Dinner New Jersey City University

7:30pm

People of Color Caucus Skyline Room White Allies Caucus Lecture Hall

7:00am

Breakfast New Jersey City University Registration New Jersey City University

8:00am

Welcome and Opening Plenary: Migration, Displacement, Organizing and Resilience: Building and Protecting Community Food Systems in the Face of Gentrification Harborside AtriumTracy Lerman • Tobias Fox • Kele Nkhereanye

9:45am

Break New Jersey City University

10:15am

Workshops Session 1 New Jersey City University Farm to School for All: Federal Farm to School Policy Under the Equity Lens New Jersey City UniversityWes King • Chloe Marshall Economic Empowerment Through Local Agriculture and Food Systems New Jersey City UniversityCary Junior Language Justice, part 1: Lessons from a farm New Jersey City UniversityAdriana Pericchi Attention Beginning Farmers! Farm Business Could Be at Risk without Economics Principles. New Jersey City University Rural and Urban Agroecology – Models and Lessons New Jersey City University

11:30am

Break New Jersey City University

11:45am

Workshops Session 2 New Jersey City University SNAP Chat: 3 Troubling Updates to the Federal Food Stamp Program New Jersey City UniversityJack Hornickel, Esq. • Jessica Douglas A Whole Systems Approach to Institutional Supply Chain Development New Jersey City UniversityShayna Cohen • Tania Taranovski • Nessa Richman Food and Farming for Organizing in Immigrant Communities New Jersey City University Understanding and Addressing Challenges to Fresh Food Access in Historically Underserved Communities New Jersey City University Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing On and Off the Farm New Jersey City University

1:00pm

Lunch Harborside Atrium

2:00pm

Afternoon Plenary: Migration, Displacement, Organizing and Resilience: Dispossession, Restoration, and Reparations Harborside AtriumTracy Lerman • Chief Vincent Mann

3:30pm

Break New Jersey City University

4:00pm

Workshops Session 3 New Jersey City University Challenges, Trends, and Triumphs in State Farm to Institution Policy New Jersey City UniversitySamantha Levy • Jenileigh Harris • Tania Taranovski • Chloe Marshall Regional Food Systems: An Empowering Framework for Change New Jersey City UniversityKathy Ruhf • Kate Clancy Language Justice, part 2: How to apply LJ to your food system work New Jersey City UniversityAdriana Pericchi • Raul Carreon • Caitlin Salemi • Ernesto Villegas Gonzalez Milk with Dignity: An Update on the Program Bringing a New Day to Farmworkers Across Vermont New Jersey City University Balancing benefits and risks: Using real-world evidence to develop soil safety policies for urban agriculture New Jersey City UniversityMariya Strauss • Raychel Santo • Sara Lupolt • Abby Cocke • Valerie Rupp

5:15pm

Youth Caucus Reception New Jersey City University

5:30pm

Dinner off-site New Jersey City University

7:45pm

Networking Dessert New Jersey City University

8:15pm

Evening Program New Jersey City University

7:00am

Breakfast New Jersey City University Race and Equity Breakfast Discussion New Jersey City UniversityKaren Spiller Registration New Jersey City University

8:15am

Break New Jersey City University

8:30am

Workshops Session 4 New Jersey City University Fresh Food for All! Local Government and Healthy Food Access New Jersey City UniversityAngela Davis • Nathaly Agosto Filion Organic and Sustainable Farming and the Green New Deal: What do NESAWG Members Want it to Look Like? New Jersey City UniversityElizabeth Henderson • Patti Naylor • George Naylor • Micaiah Hall • Cruz Marquez Bringing Farmers, Low-Income Consumers and Healthcare Together New Jersey City UniversityKate Miller-Corcoran • Erin Summerlee • Dee Larrier Laying the groundwork for equity in the revitalization of the Mid-Atlantic Grain Economy New Jersey City UniversityHeather Coiner • French Price Scaling Down for Sustainable Neighborhoods: How Baltimore's tiny farms feed their neighbors using ancient technologies New Jersey City UniversityMariya Strauss • Denzel Mitchell • Kimberly Raikes • Taylor Kinniburgh

9:45am

Break New Jersey City University

10:00am

Workshops Session 5 New Jersey City University Facilitating Community Engagement at the Farmers Market New Jersey City UniversityMayra Ibarra • Mary Alice Reilly Chefs are the Answer, Let's Stop Being the Problem New Jersey City University Chesapeake Foodshed Network – A Framework for Change in the Food System New Jersey City University Solidarity Economy and the Food System New Jersey City UniversityJessica Turner • Anne Schoeneborn • Fran Sanhueza • Emilie Miyauchi Designing for inclusivity: Creating space for people of all abilities in our local food systems New Jersey City UniversityRachel Lindsay • Dana Spett

11:15am

Break New Jersey City University

11:30am

Closing Plenary Harborside AtriumTracy Lerman