[Scpg] EDIBLE INSTITUTE 2012 March 10-11, 2012, Santa Barbara

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

EDIBLE INSTITUTE 2012
March 10-11, 2012, Santa Barbara
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/institute/

Sessions:
Food Justice
Cooking Communities
Sustainable Seafood
Santa Barbara Wines


SPEAKERS

Nikki Henderson

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Nikki is the Executive Director at People's Grocery in Oakland, CA, 
where its goal is to provide fresh, good food to people of all income 
levels.



Helene York

Director at BAMCO

Helene York is Director of Strategic Sourcing and Research, Bon Appétit 
Management Company, and Director of the Bon Appétit Management Company 
Foundation.


Will Harris

President White Oak Pastures

Will Harris is a fourth generation cattleman, and a leader in humane 
animal husbandry and environmental sustainability.


Sanjay Rawal

Producer and Director

Sanjay is currently directing a film on farm labor entitled Food Chain, 
with an anticipated release date of fall 2012.


Daniel Klein

Chef, activist, filmmaker

Daniel Klein is the director of The Perennial Plate, an online weekly 
documentary series dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating.


Mirra Fine

Photographer and filmmaker

Mirra Fine is the camera operator, designer, copy editor, assistant 
director and marketing for The Perennial Plate series.



Tracie McMillan

Journalist and author

Tracie McMillan writes about food, travel, and class for a number of 
publications including the New York Times, Saveur, Harper's, and Slate.


Darya Pino

Blogger

Darya is the creator of Summer Tomato, where she writes healthy eating 
tips for food lovers looking to optimize health and happiness.


Cathy Erway

Author

Cathy Erway is the author of The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop 
Spending and Love the Stove, which chronicles her two-year boycott of 
restaurant-prepared food.


Molly Watson

Food Writer

Molly Watson is a writer and recipe developer. She writes The Dinner 
Files and serves as the guide to Local Foods for About.com.


Sean Timberlake

Founder Punk Domestics

Sean Timberlake is the founder of Punk Domestics, a community and 
content site for home food preservation.


Chris Arnold

Communications Director Chipotle

Chris Arnold oversees media relations, government relations and public 
affairs, and philanthropic programs for the national burrito restaurant.

Barry Estabrook

Journalist and author

A two-time James-Beard-Award-winning journalist, Estabrook is the author 
of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most 
Alluring Fruit.


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Brian Halweil

Publisher and editor

Brian Halweil is the editor of Edible East End and co-publisher of 
Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan magazines, and also a senior fellow 
at the Worldwatch Institute.


U. Roberto Romano

Producer and director

U. Roberto (Robin) Romano has traveled extensively documenting human 
rights issues for advocacy organizations around the world.


Leslie Hatfield

GRACE Communications

Leslie Hatfield is senior editor at the GRACE Communications Foundation, 
where she edits and manages the Ecocentric blog.



Gary Nabhan

Author and activist

Gary Paul Nabhan is a nature writer, seed saver, conservation biologist 
and sustainable agriculture activist.


FULL BIO
Naomi Starkman

Editor-in-Chief of Civil Eats.

Naomi Starkman is a food policy consultant to Consumers Union, a 
founding board member and the Strategic Communications Advisor to the 
Food and Environment Reporting Network.



Clare Leschin-Hoar

Journalist

Clare Leschin-Hoar covers fishing, sustainable seafood and ocean trends 
as they relate to our food system and was selected as a 2011 Seafood 
Champion by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Jonathan Bloom

Journalist and author

Jonathan Bloom is a journalist and food waste expert. His work has 
appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, 
Boston Globe, Newsweek, among others.



Stephanie Mutz

President CFSB

Stephanie is the President of the local fishermen's association, 
Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara (CFSB), a commercial fisherman and 
a biology adjunct professor at Ventura Community College.



Anna Larsen

Founder Siren SeaSA

Anna Larsen is a quality control manager for seafood company and makes a 
habit out of killing listeria and banishing e. coli. She is also the 
founder of the SF Bay Area seafood CSA, Siren SeaSA.


Nichol Nelson

Food Producer/TakePart

Nichol Nelson works with a team of contributors at TakePart.com to 
create comprehensive coverage of today's food landscape, from lifestyle 
to policy.



Gilian Handelman

Wine Educator

Gilian Handelman currently directs education and provides strategic 
communications for Jackson Family Wines.

TOP
SESSIONS
SATURDAY SCHEDULE

Morning sessions:

Keynote Speaker: Nikki Henderson

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Barry Estabrook in conversation with Tracie McMillan and Jonathan Bloom.

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Roberto Romano, documentary filmmaker: short film clip from The 
Harvest/La Cosecha.

(SEE INFO ON SUNDAY SESSIONS FOR AN EXTENDED PRESENTATION OF THE HARVEST)

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CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE ON THE WEB with moderator Gary Nabhan
Speakers:
Naomi Starkman / Civil Eats
Leslie Hatfield / Eco Centric
Nichol Nelson / Take Part Media
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Sanjay Rawal, documentary filmmaker: short clip from: Food Chain.

(SEE INFO ON SUNDAY SESSIONS FOR AN EXTENDED PRESENTATION OF FOOD CHAIN)

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Afternoon sessions:

Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine: short clip from The Perennial Plate.

(SEE INFO ON SUNDAY SESSIONS FOR AN EXTENDED PRESENTATION OF THE 
PERENNIAL PLATE)

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CREATING FOOD COMMUNITIES ON THE WEB with moderator Molly Watson
Speakers:
Darya Pino / Summer Tomato
Cathy Erway / Not Eating Out in NY
Sean Timberlake / Punk Domestics
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WOMEN OF THE SEA: SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD CHALLENGES IN CALIFORNIA with 
moderator Clare Leschin-Hoar
Speakers:
Stephanie Mutz, President, Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara, Inc.
Anna Larsen, SirenSeaSA
Helene York, BAMCO
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DRINKING SANTA BARBARA: TERROIR, ORGANIC, BIODYNAMIC AND NATURAL WINES 
with moderator Gillian Handelman
(Prior to the discussion we'll take a short break while the winemakers 
pour several of the wines.)
Speakers:
Jim Clendenen, Au Bon Climat
Bob Lindquist, Qupe
Sashi Moorman, Stolpman and Piedrasassi
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Saturday Keynote with Brian Halweil of Edible East End, Edible 
Manhattan, and Edible Brooklyn.

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At the conclusion of Saturday's sessions, we adjourn to the Santa 
Barbara Maritime Musuem for our second annual Edible Institute Food & 
Drink Gala featuring the finest food and drink artisans, restaurants and 
producers from the Santa Barbara community including:
Full of Life Flatbread
Seagrass Restaurant
Los Olivos Wine Merchant and Cafe
Bell Street Farm Eatery
Goodland Kitchen
Chocolate Maya/Le Crepe Shoppe
Here's the Scoop Gelato
Telegraph Brewing Co.
Alma Rosa Winery
Au Bon Climat Winery
Qupe Winery
Riverbench Winery
Zaca Mesa Winery
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SUNDAY SCHEDULE

TELLING SUSTAINABLE MEAT STORIES: How ranchers, retailers, and 
restaurateurs take their meat and their message to consumers.
Jeff Tripican - Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of 
Sales, Niman Ranch
Will Harris - President of White Oak Pastures
Chris Arnold - Director of Communications, Chipotle
Whole Foods Markets - TBD

Award-Winning producer, director, director of photography, and still 
photographer U. Roberto (Robin) Romano will give an extended 
presentation on two of his films. The Harvest, a feature documentary on 
the life of migrant children and their families in America and Dark Side 
of Chocolate, a feature documentary on slavery in the West Africa cocoa 
trade.

Producer and director Sanjay Rawal will give an extended presentation on 
his farm labor film entitled Food Chain (release date of fall 2012) 
featuring Barry Estabrook, Eric Schlosser, and others.

Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine will give an extended presentation on The 
Perennial Plate, an online weekly documentary series dedicated to 
socially responsible and adventurous eating. These episodes follow the 
culinary, agricultural and hunting explorations of chef and activist, 
Daniel Klein and his trip across America, taking the viewer on a journey 
to appreciate and understand where good food comes from and how to enjoy it.


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