BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18713375 SEQUENCE:18807464 CREATED:20120512T180400Z DESCRIPTION:Biosafety Alliance is pleased to share the program of the 2012 Justice Begins with Seeds International Conference:\n\n\n9:00 AM\nCeremony by Luis Vasquez-Gomez\nWelcome by Miguel Robles Biosafety Alliance\n\nTrack 1\nGlobal Voices on Food Sovereignty: Indigenous Perspectives on Seed, International Initiatives and Global Action\n\n9:30-10:00 AM\nFacilitators: Katherine Zavala - Karen Swift - Yeshica Weerasekera\nIndigenous Voices on Seed and Tradition\nGathuru Mburu: African Food Sovereignty Alliance, Kenya\nLilián Amarilis Guamuch: Afedes, Guatemala\nMpatheleni Makaulule: VhaVenda Nation, South Africa\nLuis Magaña: Comite del Maiz Criollo, Stockton\n\n\n10:00 AM-10.30 AM\nInternational Movement Building\nPhrang Roy: Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty, India \nAdelita San Vicente: Semillas de Vida; “Sin Maiz no hay Pais”. Mexico, Mexico \nMariama Sonko: Association of Young Farmers of Casamance, Senegal\nMartin Gomez Sanchez: Centro Agropecuario para el Desarrollo Rural, Mexico\n\n\n10:30 AM - 11:00 AM\nGlobal Strategies to Rio+20\nLiz Hosken: GAIA Foundation UK \nVictor Mennoti: International Forum on Globalization \nJeff Conant: Global Justice Ecology Project\nLaetitia Mailhes: Nourish 9 Billion\n\n\n15 min Break\n\n\nTRACK 2: The Right to Know GE Food: Multilevel Campaigns--Organizing from the grassroots to the corporate shareholders\n\n11:15 - 11:45 AM Facilitators: Malin Alegria – Frank Plughof \nWhat is happening federally\nRebecca Spector, Center for Food Safety \nDevika Ghai, Pesticide Action Network\nDave Murphy, Food Democracy Now\n11:45 AM - 12:15 PM\nMedia and Strategy\nRobin Carpenter, Writer and Journalist\nKaren Swift, Biosafety Alliance\nAndrew Behar: As you Sow\n\n12:15 PM - 12:45 PM\nLocal Movements\nPamm Larry, Label GMOs, California\nChris Hardy, Jackson County Oregon\nSabrina Siegel, GMO Free Oregon\nRonnie Cummins, Organic Consumer Association\n\n\n12.45-1.30 PM Lunch Break\n\n\nTRACK 3: Food Sovereignty and Sustainability: Stories of Success--growing local food economies\n\n1:30 - 2:00 PM Facilitators: Dana Perls – Miguel Robles\nCooperatives & Food Business\nMr. Tezozomoc, South Central Farmers Cooperative\nYoni Landau COFED\nCaryl Levine, Lotus Foods\nDana Harvey: Mandela Marketplace\n\n2:00 - 2:30 PM\nStories from sustainable farmers\nJoe Morris, Morris Ranch\nMaria Catalan, Catalan Farms\nRev Roosevelt Tarlesson: Tarlesson Farms\n\n2:30 - 3:00 PM\nInvesting in Sustainable Business\nTheo Ferguson, Slow Money\nScott Hackenberg, RSF Social Finance\nAileen Suzara, Pie Ranch\n\n\n15 Min Break\n\n\nTRACK 4: Occupy the Food System from the Field to the Backyard and 2012 Farm Bill Implications.\n\n3:15 - 3:45 PM Facilitators: Antonio Roman Alcala - Kay Cuajunco - Võ Hải\nUrban Grassroots\nCommunity action and Cross Sector Organizing\nBarb Finn: City Slicker Farms\nGavin or Haleh, Planting Justice\nKelly Carlisle: Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project\nAnn Lopez: Center for Farmworker Familes\nEsperanza Pallana: East Bay Urban Agriculture Alliance\n\n3:45 - 4:15 PM\nBridging the Gaps: The intersection between food access and community organizing\nKatie Cantrell: Coalition to Fight Factory Farming\nMaya Salsedo: Rooted in Community\nDoria Robinson: Urban Tilth\n Dana Frasz: Food Shift\n\n4:15 - 4:45 PM\nFarm Bill 2012 Global implications\nArmando Nieto: California Food Justice Coalition\nAdam Scow: Food and Water Watch\nChristopher Cook: Author and Journalist \nNavina Khana: Live Real\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/12/18713375.php SUMMARY:Justice Begins with Seeds International Conference DAY TWO LOCATION:Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 (Auditorium)\n3351 23rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94110\n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/12/18713375.php DTSTART:20120519T150000Z DTEND:20120520T000000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR