Going Local Colloquium

The Going Local Colloquium will include a variety of exciting, tasty and useful items from our sponsors.

These items include:

Two compost bins from Gardener's Supply
Bags of compost from Intervale Compost
Cookbooks and magazine subscriptions from Eating Well Magazine
A $25 gift card to American Flatbread
A $20 gift card to Viva Espresso
A membership to Shelburne Farms
Various seed packets from High Mowing Organic Seeds
Two $20 gift cards to City Market
Two $50 gift cards to Healthy Living Market
A coupon for a bushel of pick your own apples from Shelburne Orchards
Handmade greeting cards made by Shelburne Orchards employee Meghan Humphrey
and pottery made by Montpelier potter Amy Macrellis

The raffle will be held before Michael Shuman's Keynote Speech in Memorial Lounge.

Please sign-up at the raffle table on April 19th.

With a grant from the USDA,
the University of Vermont's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
proudly presents the:

"The Challenges and Opportunities of Promoting Local Food and Local Food Systems"

A day of panel discussions, lectures,

Thursday, April 19th, 9:00-5:00
UVM's Waterman Building

Please click here to view the location of the Waterman Building on the UVM campus map.

Opening with a discussion on
Wednesday, April 18th, 7:00- 8:00 pm
by Former Governor Madeleine Kunin
Waterman Building, Memorial Lounge
with coffee and dessert generously provided by Sodexho

Panel Discussions include:

"Bringing Local Foods to UVM and Other School Environments: The Challenges and Opportunities"
"Global Warming, Local Foods and the 21st Century"
"The Policies Behind 'Going Local'"
"Its April -- What's for Dinner? The Localvore Movement in Vermont"
"Burlington as a Food Hub: The 21st Century and Beyond"
"The Economics of Going Local: Realities, Challenges, and Common Cents"
and more....

Key note address:

Michael Shuman,
author of The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Business are Beating the Global Competition
Thursday, April 19th
3:30 - 5:00 in Waterman's Memorial Lounge