On December 10-11, 2015, more than 100 people gathered for a conference in Greenbelt, MD, to mark the last phase of the EFSNE project. Attendees learned about EFSNE project findings and engaged in conversation and collaboration with other food system researchers, practitioners, advocates, and funders. An abbreviated conference agenda appears below. Click on links in the agenda to see the presentation files from most of the conference sessions.
Thursday, December 10
Morning Plenary
- Welcome: Stephan Goetz, EFSNE Project Director
- USDA Opening Remarks: Elanor Starmer, Senior Advisor to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack
- EFSNE Findings and Major Themes
- Overview of the project: Kate Clancy, EFSNE Deputy Director
- Project Research:
- Consumption Team: Anne Palmer
- Distribution Team: Miguel Gómez
- Production Team: Tim Griffin
- Scenarios and Models Team: Christian Peters
- Transdisciplinary Research--Definitions and Challenges: Christian Peters
- Students--Who, How and Why: Clare Hinrichs with Emily Piltch, Ryan Lee, Sarah Rocker, Houman Saberi
- Audience Discussion
Breakout Session A
- Consumption Team
- Distribution Team: Case Studies (Kristen Park), Fluid Milk (Miguel Gómez), Produce Model (Patrick Canning)
- Production Team*
- Education Team*
Breakout Session B
- Scenarios and Models Team*
- Public Policy Implications*: Kate Clancy, Jill Clark, Margaret Krome, Elanor Starmer
- Knowledge Networks for Food Systems Professionals and Practitioners: Jeff Piestrak and Brian Raison
- Creating Collective Understanding Across Stakeholders: Anne Palmer, Tom and Laurie Fowler, Roberto Martinez, Joyce Smith, Phyllis DiDano, Monica Kessel
Afternoon Plenary
- Panel: AFRI Projects Across the Nation
- NC Growing Together Project (NC): Rebecca Dunning
- Food Dignity Project (WY and other states): Christine Porter, Jemila Sequeira
- Community and Regional Food Systems Project (WI and other states): Martin Bailkey, Margaret Krome, Greg Lawless, Lindsey Day Farnsworth
- Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (NY and other states): Samina Raja, Jill Clark, Julia Freedgood, Jeanne Leccese, Caitlin Marquis
- Appalachian Food Shed Project (VA, NC, WV): Susan Clark, Kim Niewolny, Steve Hodges, Cheryl Brown, Nikki D'Adamo-Damery
Friday, December 11, 2015
Breakout Session C
- Urban and Peri-urban Food System Mapping: Michael Conard, Houman Saberi, Amanda Buczynski
- Food Systems Research Going Forward: Mary Hendrickson, Phil Mount, Kate Clancy
- Strategy-sharing for Evaluating Complex, Integrated Projects*: Linda Berlin
- Building a Food Systems Modeling Learning Community: Jeff O'Hara, Casey Hoy, Miguel Gómez
Closing Plenary
- Capturing the Systems Nature of EFSNE: Christian Peters, Kate Clancy
- What's Next for Interdisciplinary Food Systems Research?*: Susan Clark, Stephan Goetz, Casey Hoy, Jill Auburn
* indicates no PowerPoint presentation was used during the session or slides are otherwise unavailable.
