Things you won’t want to miss at Bring Food Home 2017!
Posted: September 5, 2017
Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario
Attention! It’s almost time for BRING FOOD HOME 2017.
Bring Food Home in partnership with the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference is coming to Ottawa!
Join us in Ottawa during the late autumn harvest of 2017, when Sustain Ontario, the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference and local host Just Food will Bring Food Home! Local and regional partners are coming together to plan this dynamic conference, where food and farming actors share experience and expertise, build capacity for collaboration and reconciliation within Ontario’s local food networks, and coordinate actions that will lead to sustainable transformations of food systems in Ontario and beyond.
Event Website is: HERE
Date: Thursday, October 26th to Sunday, October 29th, 2017
Location: University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
Registration: Information on how to register and purchase tickets can be found here.
**Reminder: Early Bird Registration ends September 29th!
Brief Schedule Outline:
Thursday, October 26th brings us a day of fun filled tours you will not want to miss at #bringfoodhome2017.
- Apple Cobbler Tour (9-4:30 pm)
- Rebuilding the Local Value Chain (9-4:45 pm)
- Maple Syrup, Fine Cheese, and Beer Swilling Pigs: The Artisanal Value Chain (9-4:30)
- 1/2 Day Tour Agri-Tourism (1-4 pm)
Come celebrate local businesses and food by taking one of the many tours that Just Food, our lovely local hosts, have planned. It is sure to be a day packed with knowledge sharing, good food, and laughs! You can sign up for the many tours here.
Friday, October 27th: Indulge in engaging panel sessions, see your favourite speakers, listen to our keynote (announcing soon) and celebrate at our Halloween social!
- 8:30-9:30 am Opening Ceremonies
- 9:30-7:15 pm: introduction sessions, information sessions, working sessions, open spaces, and keynote. See Bring Food Home Website for the full detailed schedule!
- Keynote speaker will be announced soon!
- 7:30-8:00 Transport to Just Food Halloween Social Event
- 7:45-11:30 pm- Just Food Halloween Social Event… stay tuned for more Spooky details.
- Restaurants around Ottawa will also be offering local menus for Savour Ottawa that participants are welcome to visit in the evening.
Detailed Program with speakers can be found here.
Saturday, October 28th: Another day of intriguing panels, networking, learning, and feasting at our Feast of Local Flavours at #bringfoodhome2017.
- 9-10:30 am: Further discussion on Upstream Collaboration
- 10:30-5:30 pm: Working sessions, information sessions, open spaces, networking, etc. Please see Bring Food Home website for full detailed schedule!
- 7:00-10:00 pm: Feast of Local Flavours!
- Restaurants around Ottawa will also be offering local menus for Savour Ottawa that participants are welcome to visit in the evening.
Detailed Program with speakers can be found here.
Information on Feast can be found here.
Sunday, October 29th: Don’t miss the closing ceremonies and our AGM. It’s the last day of #bringfoodhome2017.
- 9:00-10:00 am: Sustain Annual General Meeting
- 10:00-10:30 am: Break
- 10:30-12:00 pm: Priorities 2020
- 12:00-1:30 pm: Discussion of priorities 2020/wrap up!
Detailed Program with speakers can be found here
Come One, Come All! Tell your friends, family, colleagues or anyone who would be interested in Bring Food Home- Ontario’s Sustainable Food Systems Conference!!
Please like our Facebook Page, join our Event and use our hashtag #bringfoodhome2017