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BETTER DIRECTIONS: FARM TO TABLE
Nourishing a Sustainable Pittsburgh
A Local Food Educational Conference

When: Saturday, March 31, 2007

Where: Bidwell Training Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15233

Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Register at: http://www.pathwayswellnessprogram.com/Farm_Registration.html

More Information: http://www.pathwayswellnessprogram.com/Farm_to_Table.html

Registration includes:
Exhibit area with local farms, food purveyors and wellness professionals
Presentations by national & local farm and food experts
A healthy local lunch
Green House Tours

NATIONAL SPEAKERS:
9:30 - 11:00 am Richard Morris, A Life Unburdened
"One Family's True Story of Redemption and Real Food"

12:15 - 3:45 pm
Sally Fallon, President, Weston A. Price Foundation
"Health, Beauty & Strength through Nourishing Traditional Diets"

LOCAL EXPERTS:
9:00 - 10:30 am
Farmer's Panel:
Ron Gargasz, Gargasz Organic Farms
Don Kretschmann, Kretschmann Farm
Barbara Kline, Mildred's Daughters Urban Farm

9:30 - 11:00 am
Will Clower, The Path
"The Mediterranean Habits of Healthy Eating: Learning to love your food again."

9:30 - 11:00 am
Corinne Ogrodnik, PA Resource Council
"Sustainable Backyard Basics: Rain barrels & Composting"

11 am - 12:30 pm
Kris Johnson, Weston A. Price Foundation
"Nourishing Our Children"

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Chef's Panel:
Moderator: Jennifer Jordan, Allegheny Front
Douglass Dick, Bona Terra
Chris Jackson, Six Penn Kitchen
Bill Fuller, big Burrito Group

11:30 am- 1:00 pm
Art King, Harvest Family Farms
"Real Farming in Western Pennsylvania"

2:00 - 3:30 pm
Adam Dean, Dean's Dairy & Elise Dietz
"Real Milk"

2:00 - 3:30 pm
Doug Oster, Jessica Walliser, Coauthors "The Organic Gardeners" KDKA Radio

2:15 -3:45 pm
Kitty Leatham, The Green Chef Deli
"Cooking with a CSA box"

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