Sacramento Sustainability Forum - JuneThursday, June 17, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)Sacramento, United States |
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Event Details
Sacramento Sustainability Forum
is a monthly venue for connecting businesses, non-profits, government and interested citizens in the Sacramento region in order to promote sustainability, share insights and resources, and support movement towards a more sustainable future.
June Topic: Local Food!
Elaine Corn, Capital Public Radio - Contributing Reporter
Elaine Corn is a former news editor turned food editor and author. Her journalism career began with a bachelors of journalism from the University of Texas-Austin and in succession with jobs as copy editor at the Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesman. While in Austin, Elaine became interested in food and created the paper’s first food section, becoming its first food editor. To learn more about food, she cooked her way from Europe to Israel and onto a private yacht sailing from Greece to Turkey as its only cook. Once back in America, she headed up food sections for the Louisville Courier-Journal and Sacramento Bee. While at the Bee, the paper won awards for Best Food Section and Best Food Reporting from the Association of Food Journalists. She is author of six cookbooks. “Now You’re Cooking: Everything a Beginner Needs to Know to Start Cooking Today” won Julia Child and James Beard culinary awards. Elaine began her conversion from print to radio journalism five years ago. Elaine continues the search for food stories in every corner of life.
"Envisioning an Edible City"
Shawn Harrison, Soil Born Farms - Executive Director
Shawn Harrison is the co-founder and director of Soil Born Farms, an urban organic farming and education center located in Sacramento, CA. Through its urban farms and associated programs, Soil Born Farms works to create a more sustainable and equitable food system for the Sacramento region. Shawn has been directly involved in the development of sustainable food systems and healthier communities since 1993 and holds an M.S. degree in International Agriculture Development from U.C. Davis. Shawn is also the recent recipient of Valley Vision’s Regional Environmental Legacy Award.
Jason May, Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento (GRAS) – Researcher and Advocate
Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento (GRAS) is a nonprofit group that was started in 2009 by David Baker of Sellands Market Café and Jason May and others. Jason and David have been working on programs to improve restaurant sustainability practices in the Sacramento Region. In March 2010, GRAS with assistance of Atlas disposal, Hot Italian and Del Rio Botanicals initiated the first ever food scrap composting in the area and to date this group has diverted ~20, 000lbs of pre-compostable food scraps from the landfill. Jason holds a degree from U.C. Davis, by day Jason works as an aquatic ecologist for the U.S. Geological Survey where he has been employed for the last 14yrs. Jason works on a part time basis for GRAS and is a researcher/advocate for GRAS and is involved with the day to day operations of GRAS. Jason is a foodie and enophile and loves to cook and visit the local farmers markets and frequent many of the great restaurants and wineries that we have in our great city and region.
Bill Maynard, City of Sacramento - Community Gardening Director
Mr. Maynard has worked on community garden and school garden projects in the Sacramento area for over 15 years. His work has included technical support, design and layout, construction, construction management and inspection, and garden management. He is a Sacramento County Master Gardener, the City of Sacramento Dept. of Parks and Recreation Community Garden Program Coordinator, Founder of the Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, and the vice-president of the American Community Gardening Association a 30 year old national non-profit based in Ohio. He was appointed to the State of California Board of Education School Garden Advisory Committee, and was involved with the design and planting of Maria Shriver’s WE Garden at the State Capitol.
Mr. Maynard will give an update on community gardens and other food projects in the Sacramento Area.
About our June Host:
Hot Italian
"Tutto e Possibile"
The belief that “anything is possible” connected the two passionate, thirty-something founders of HOT ITALIAN—one from an Italian-American family of artists and the other, an artistic pizzaiolo from the Italian Riviera. Andrea Lepore and Fabrizio Cercatore’s mission was to build a place where pizza brings people together to celebrate Italy’s art, music, design, sport, food and wine. By combining these elements with California’s seasonal, quality ingredients and a conscious commitment to our environment and community, HOT ITALIAN hopes to inspire, make a difference, and create better neighborhoods.
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When & Where
1627 16th Street
Sacramento,
95814
Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)
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