BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Boise X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Boise BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2723460:Event:47214 DTSTAMP:20260510T041612Z SUMMARY:A Call to Action: Food for Thought DESCRIPTION:A Call to Action: Food for Thought is co-sponsored by Tran sition Whatcom, a hub within the Transition network and a group dedica ted to supporting resilient and more self-reliant communities through out Whatcom County, and by Anything Grows, a non profit devoted to d eveloping an oppositional culture to civilization which provides resou rces, information, community, food, music, art, etc. in a sustainable and egalitarian manner.\n \nFree before 8 p.m. Those who attend the d ialogue are admitted free to the concert. After 8 p.m. door charge = s liding scale $5-10. This event, consisting of two sections, is first an open-dialogue, panel discussion amongst local producers, farmers, p rofessors, city council members, sustainability oriented organizations and community members. It is secondly a fundraiser for Sustainable Co nnections by means of a musical concert (Performed by The Endorfins an d friends), so as to produce income in support of our local economy an d raise awareness about the importance of buying local. This event wil l be creating the discursive and physical space for engendering social change. It will be a day of one-on-one networking and learning what's working in our local food economy. Time and place: The Foundry (100 E . Maple) doors open at 6 p.m. discussion begins at 6:30, benefit conce rt around 8:30-9 p.m.\n\nThe overarching goals of the event are to (1) engage the above stated attendees in a thought provoking discussion, open to the community with strong emphasis on community involvement an d contribution, about questions and issues concerning our local food s ystem, (2) provide local restaurants and producers an opportunity for free marketing and promotion, and a place to take part in direct inter action and relationship building with consumers, (3) provide consumers a place to come and ask questions of local producers, such as about q uality, location, access, production techniques, sustainability, trans parency, etc., (4) raise awareness of gastronomic knowledge to a wide variety of audience members in an effort to promote a food policy for the city that prioritizes food justice, establishing the right of all residents to adequate, nutritious food and promoting food production a nd distribution systems that are grounded in equity and equality, (5) address differential discursive status and access asymmetries of power by providing a physical space where anyone and everyone in the commun ity is welcome to learn and have a voice in speaking about concerns, i nequalities, disparities, visions of the future, and any ideas or comm ents in general concerning both the national food production system an d our local system.\n\nOpen Panel Discussion: Invitations have been ex tended to the following recipients (more are in the works): NamaSte En trepreneurs, Terra Organica, Bellingham Food Co-op, Common Threads Far ms, Growing Washington, Walter Haugen, Gigi Berardi, Fred Berman, Sust ainable Bellingham, Sustainable Connection, Mike Long, The Table, Bell ingham Food Bank, Misty Meadows Farms, and City Council members Terry Bornemann and Jack Weiss. \n\nI, Kenneth Schaumberg, and Chelsea Thaw (a friend and fellow intellectual) will be facilitating the discussion .\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/eve nts/a-call-to-action-food-for DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20110408T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20110408T233000 CATEGORIES:panel, discussion, concert, community, gathering LOCATION:The Old Foundry WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER:Kenny Shaumberg, Chelsea Thaw ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2270117532?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Harper S tone":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HarperStone ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Future M an":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/FutureMan ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Nick Was lenko":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/NickWaslenko ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Heather K":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Angela M ercy":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/AngelaMercy ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jenna Ku czynski":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/JennaKuczynski ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Eric Jen sen":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/Eric ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Alys Ke nnedy":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/AlysKennedy ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Aron St andley":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/AronStandley ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Travis Linds":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/TravisLinds END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR