Our Conference

Food & Community Networking Meeting

The Food & Community Networking Meeting (formerly called the Food and Society conference) is a biennial gathering hosted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. To experience some of the excitement from our last conference, view the three-minute 2010 Food & Community highlights reel featuring impressions and insights from participants.

Other conference highlights include:

• A dynamic short video that tells the story of Food & Community, featuring grantees in Detroit, Seattle/King County and the Tohono O'odham Nation
• A provocative presentation on racial equity and the food movement led by Kellogg Foundation Vice President for Programs, Gail Christopher
• USA Today's feature story quoting Gail Christopher, based on the national poll commissioned by the Kellogg Foundation about school lunch quality
• Surprise video message from First Lady Michelle Obama that lauded grantee efforts within the context of the administration's commitment to end childhood obesity within a generation
• Reflections and media coverage from participating journalists at La Vida Locavore and Simple, Good & Tasty

After ten consecutive years supporting the growing Food and Society and Food & Community movements through an annual convening, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation now plans to hold the meeting on a biennial basis, making our next gathering in Spring 2012.

 

Please save May 22-24, 2012 for our next national Food & Community network gathering to be held at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.