MAYDAY! Peace Conference

Community Food Security

MAYDAY! Peace Conference

27th MAYDAY! Peace Conference
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

The conference is devoted each year to a different topic relating to human rights and social justice; the theme for 2007 was Community Food Security.

The daylong conference will featured presentations from , Ph.D., C.S. Mott Chair of Sustainable Agriculture at Michigan State University, who researches community-based food systems and community food security, and author Janet Poppendieck, Ph.D., who wrote Sweet Charity: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlements, a book challenging the so-called food emergency system.

A unique feature to the 2007 conference was a "Locavore Lunch." The College Dining Service turned into a "local foods zone," serving only foods that have been grown in the region.

Schedule

Time Event Location
9–11 a.m.

Registration

 Linner Lounge
Johnson Student Union
9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Resource Fair

 Banquet Rooms
Jackson Campus Center, Upper Level
10 a.m.

Welcoming Service


  • Welcome: Jim Peterson, president, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
  • Greeting: Gregory Mason, MAYDAY! Committee Co-chair

Opening Keynote Address

  • Introduction: Julia Gustafson, MAYDAY! Committee
  • "School Foods at the Crossroads: Business as Usual or Maximum Food Security?" Janet Poppendieck, writer, advocate, and educator, Hunter College, New York
 Christ Chapel
10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

"Locavore Meal"
Resource Fair Open

 Marketplace
1:30–3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote Address

  • Introduction: Megan Buckingham, MAYDAY! Committee
  • "Community Food Security and Sustainable Development: What's Our Children's Legacy?" Mike Hamm, social activist, educator, and researcher, Michigan State University
 Alumni Hall
3:30 p.m.

Closing Ceremony and Reception
Resource Fair

 Banquet Rooms
Jackson Campus Center

Event Details

MAYDAY! After Dark
An evening of interactive events, conversations, an informal "Pizza and Politics" discussion, and a public screening of the film "Fast Food Nation."
The Locavore Meal
During the lunch hour, the Marketplace of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Dining Service will be turned into a "local foods zone" serving, ala carte, only foods that have been grown and produced in the greater St. Peter region.
Resource Fair
A Resource Fair will help to educate attendees about the ways individuals can contribute to community food security. Area growers and representatives from local food-based organizations will discuss their work in achieving the four CFS goals: We Are What We Eat; Grow Your Own; Feed Hungry People; and Advocate and Educate.