Member Event: Finance, Farms, and Food Forum

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Author: Ravi Singh

Posted: March 18, 2013

Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites

The Rural Ontario Institute presents Finance, Farms, and Food, a forum aimed at exploring ways of organizing and raising funds for sustainable food projects. The event takes place this coming Thursday, March 21, in Brantford. The forum will cover the principles and concepts behind social enterprise and finance and will also feature presentations from leaders and innovators behind current working sustainable food projects, including:

  • John Richmond, West End Food Coop
  • Graham and Emma Cubitt, founding members of Mustard Seed Coop Hamilton
  • Bob Barnett, Exec. Director, Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy and Ella Haley, Langford Conservancy
To find out more, and register, visit the event’s official page here. Registration is $25 and spaces are still available.
Full event itinerary from the Rural Ontario Institute and the Ontario Nonprofit Network after the jump:

Finance, Farms and Food 

Exploring new ways to organize and raise money for sustainable food system projects

PROGRAM (Draft)

9:30am – Registration/coffee‐tea

10:00am – Welcome – Rural Ontario Institute and Langford Conservancy

10:30am – Key Concepts/Principles – Presentations What is social enterprise and social finance… demystifying the lingo

  • Jennifer Girvin Rural Social Enterprise Constellation
  • Joanna Reynolds – MaRS Social Impact Investing
  • Hannah Renglich – Local Food Coop Network, Ontario Natural Foods
  • Shona Fulcher – Community Bonds, Centre for Social Innovation
  • Sally Miller – FarmStart research project on models for financing access to farmland

12:30  LUNCH – Tabletop displays, networking, update on SustainOntario May conference

1:30pm –  Project examples … innovations in the field…

  • John Richmond, West End Food Coop
  • Graham and Emma Cubitt, founding members of Mustard Seed Coop Hamilton
  • Bob Barnett, Exec. Director, Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy and Ella Haley, Langford Conservancy

BREAK

3:00pm Small table group discussions…

4:00pm Wrap Up