Edible Communities, the publishing and information services company that creates community-based, local-foods publications in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States, has just announced the program for this year's Edible Institute — a weekend of talks, presentations, and workshops, by some of the local food movement’s most influential thinkers and eaters.
Scheduled for the weekend of March 10-11, 2012, this year's gathering will be in Santa Barbara, CA.
You'll recognize a few names from the Bay Area local and sustainable food community on the agenda. Here's the lineup of speakers and panel discussion topics:
- Keynote Speaker: Nikki Henderson, The People’s Grocery.
- Barry Estabrook in conversation with Tracie McMillan and Jonathan Bloom.
- Roberto Romano, documentary filmmaker: The Harvest/La Cosecha.
- CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE ON THE WEB with Gary Nabhan, Naomi Starkman (Civil Eats), Leslie Hatfield (Eco Centric), Nichol Nelson (Take Part Media).
- Sanjay Rawal, documentary filmmaker: Food Chain.
- Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine: filmmakers: The Perennial Plate.
- CREATING FOOD COMMUNITIES ON THE WEB with Molly Watson, Darya Pino (Summer Tomato), Cathy Erway (Not Eating Out in NY), Sean Timberlake (Punk Domestics).
- WOMEN OF THE SEA: SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD CHALLENGES IN CALIFORNIA with Clare Leschin-Hoar, Stephanie Mutz (Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara, Inc.), Anna Larsen (SirenSeaSA), Helene York (BAMCO).
- DRINKING SANTA BARBARA: TERROIR, ORGANIC, BIODYNAMIC AND NATURAL WINES with Gillian Handelman, Au Bon Climat, Qupe, and others.
Promises to be a fascinating and delicious weekend.
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