Food Security Summit 2008: Cultivating an Agenda for Change was held February 16, 2008 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nashville.

The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee hosted this free event to "put food on the table," and begin to address many of our region's most pressing issues — including hunger, poverty, obesity, land use, development and the depletion of natural resources — through their connection to food. To open the state's first-ever Food Security Summit on Feb 16th 2008, Mayor Karl Dean addressed the crowd of almost 300 farmers, chefs, retailers, health and service providers, gardeners and interested citizens at 10 a.m. The event started a community dialogue about connections between food, farming, health, economic development and the environment. The summit was an incredible opportunity to join together as a community to create positive changes in our food system and our region.

Please visit our Food Security Summit 2008 Outcomes page to find a selection of publications, presentations, workshop summaries, and podcasts from Food Security Summit 2008. Full proceedings will be released in a final report in late Spring 2008. Check back often — more information will be posted as it becomes available.

     
 

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2008 invitation (JPG image file).

 
 

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2008 poster (JPG image file).


The Food Security Partners is a project of the Vanderbilt Institute for
Public Policy Studies and is funded by the
generous support of the community.

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