Farms, Food & Health Conference discounts end 7/22! Don't miss out!

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July 19, 2019 By Meghan McDermott, Food and Farming Program Director Early bird registration discounts to Groundwork's Farms, Food & Health Conference and Culinary Medicine Training ends July 22!  Groundwork's Food & Farming team has been working closely with our partners at Munson Healthcare, Great Lakes Culinary Institute and Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District to put together the first-ever joint Farms, Food and Health Conference and Culinary Medicine Training. Please join us this September 26–29, on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay, in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan, to share in our largest, most multifaceted, and most exciting conference yet! Early bird discount registrationends in just a few days!  This event brings together the cross-sector networking and interactive workshops and presentations of Farms, Food & Health with the hands-on culinary training of Culinary Medicine. By tying these two events together, as well as adding a large public keynote address, teacher training workshop, expo, and many more conference-related activities, this event will highlight innovative initiatives, engage a large, diverse audience and provide much-needed technical skill-building for healthcare providers and educators. Photos by Gary Howe, taken at Groundwork's March 2019 Culinary Medicine workshop. Be sure to register before early bird pricing closes on 7/22! Visit farmsfoodhealth.org to learn more about the conference taking place September 26-29. You'll learn more about our:    Five (!) Keynote Speakers Oran Hesterman, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Fair Food Network Geeta Maker-Clark, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Integrative Medical Education, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago Deanna Minich, Ph.D., Teaching Clinician, Certified Food & Spirit Practitioner Program and Food & Spirit, LLC Drew Ramsey, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Steven Rivard, M.D., Co-Founder and Corporate Medical Director, Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT Farms, Food and Health Conference Sessions including: Retail Renegades: Re-examining the role of grocery in building community health Adapting Graduate Medical Education: Curriculum to advance culinary literacy for physicians Chefs in Schools: Bringing fresh and local to a cafeteria tray near you Making Fresh Produce Affordable with Double Up: A Michigan case study Building Healthy Habits for Life: Two models for engaging students in changing their food choices Food System Field Trips, including: Knife Skills Class Sara Hardy Farmer's Market Tour Father Fred Foundation Tour Loma Farm Dinner with Planted Cuisine Winery Tour with Continuing Medical Education Great Lakes Culinary Institute Tour Cowell Cancer Center Tour Oryana Community Cooperative Tour   and so much more! Copyright © 2019 Groundwork Center, All rights reserved.  Groundwork strives to keep members, partners, and supporters informed on the issues they care about. We provide high-quality communications so you can stay in the know. We'll continue to send first-rate communications to those who opt in.  Our mailing address is:  Groundwork Center 148 E. Front St., Suite 301 Traverse City, MI  49686 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list