Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

2012 Women, Food and Agriculture Network Annual Conference

Date: Friday, January 20th, 2012 to Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Location: Best Western Marquis Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa

Contact: Leigh Adcock, leigh@wfan.org, (515)460-2477

This year's theme is Women Changing the Landscape, featuring keynote speaker Debra Eschmeyer, an organic farmer and co-founder and program director of FoodCorps, the first national volunteer service program for young people working for food security in limited resource communities. She is a former Kellogg Food & Society Fellow and has worked as outreach director at the National Farm to School Network and as project director at the National Family Farm Coalition. Her 20-acre farm, Harvest Sun Farm, is in Ohio.

The conference begings with a local food-focused progressive dinner in Des Moines' East Village and Court Avenue districts, ending at Jasper Winery, owned by a woman, with a wine and cohoclate receptions. Workshops on Saturday will cover topics from farm startups to community organizations.

This event is receiving a grant from the Leopold Center's Competitive Educational Support Program (CESP) to cover travel cost for the keynote speaker and to provide registration scholarships.

Other information

Conference website

Early registration deadline is January 13, 2012.

Event flier [PDF]