October 20-22, 2014, Lexington, KY – Farmland, Food and Livable Communities Conference
Sponsored by the American Farmland Trust. The conference will bring together experts on farming, land use and food policy. Among the topics will be supporting agricultural viability and a fair and just food system. Learn [...]
August 3-6, 2014, Raleigh, NC – 6th National Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) Conference
The conference’s theme is “Celebrating our Diversity through Sustainable Agriculture Education.” In addition to bringing together leaders in sustainable agriculture education across the nation, the conference will include tours to local farms and community gardens. [...]
June 16 -24, 2014, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC – From Sabbath Economics to Watershed Discipleship: A Theology and Practice for Transition
Featuring Ched Meyers, a theologian and educator who has worked with a number of social justice organizations. The conference will explore what Christian discipleship has to do with our local watersheds, our farms and gardens [...]
April 5, 2014, Greensboro, NC – Ending Hunger: Compassion Igniting Justice
A Bread for the World NC Conference with Frank Stasio, host of The State of Things on North Carolina Public Radio, The Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, Director of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Public Witness in [...]
April 1, 2014, 3:30 p.m., N.C.State University, Thompson Hall, Titmus Theater, 2241 Dunn Avenue, Raleigh, NC – The Future of Food
Ricardo Salvador, PhD, Director of the Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). As the senior scientist and director of the Food & Environment Program at UCS, Dr. Salvador works with citizens, scientists, [...]
March 28, 2014, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Allowing Access to Church Facilities to Promote Physical Activity (Free Webinar)
Danielle Hewson, N.C. Division of Public Health and Ellie Gladstone, ChangeLab Solutions are the speakers. Partners in Health and Wholeness and the N.C. Division of Public Health teamed up to assess shared use agreements in [...]