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Keynote Speaker:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Tony\u00a0Geraci- Saturday, October 15, 2011 \u00a03:30-4:45 pm
\n<\/span>Planting the Seeds of Change:\u00a0Tony\u2019s keynote address will inspire conference attendees to plant the seeds of change in their own local communities by incorporating the assets that their communities already have.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Anthony Geraci is a chef and Food Service Consultant and is the former Director of Food and Nutrition for Baltimore City Public Schools. Prior to his move to Baltimore he was the developer and Executive Director of First Course; a culinary training and job\u00a0placement program for people who are developmentally disabled or recovering from substance abuse or mental illness. He has been an enthusiastic supporter, practitioner and architect of the National Farm-to-School movement.<\/p>\n

He is a native of New Orleans and a third generation restaurateur who did a traditionalapprenticeship with four-star hotels and restaurants throughout the U.S.\u00a0 More recently, he has worked with food service directors throughout the country; streamlining their operations for purchasing, introducing local products to their menus, and incorporating vocational training.\u00a0 He was also featured in the film \u201cAngry Moms,\u201d a documentary about the national school lunch program. He is the feature of a current film, \u201cCafeteria Man,\u201d the story of the transformation of Baltimore City Public School\u2019s lunch and breakfast program. His New Hampshire program was cited as a \u201cBest Practices\u201d example of one of the most innovative approaches to school nutrition in the nation. Tony\u2019s work has been featured in Gourmet Magazine, The Atlantic, Urbanite, The Diane Rehm Show, the Food Network, The Washington Post and a host of other radio, print and television appearances.<\/p>\n

Tony arrived in Baltimore, in July 2008. In a remarkably short amount of time, Tony increased the breakfast participation in the public schools from 8,500 breakfasts served per day to more than 35,000. He is also the founder of \u201cGreat Kids Farm\u201d \u2013 a city-owned, but abandoned, 33 acre farm which is now being used for vocational training and organic food production for Baltimore City\u2019s schools and local restaurants. Tony\u2019s focus in Baltimore was on nutrition and vocational training in the hospitality industry.<\/p>\n

Baltimore City Schools now source their fresh fruits and vegetables from Maryland farms \u2013 resulting in significant savings for the school system and increased revenue for the local farmers. Tony and his team also introduced an innovative 6 week menu cycle for the 2009-10 school year which includes \u201cMeatless Mondays\u201d which focuses on plant based school meals and provides an opportunity to have a conversation around cultural diversity.<\/p>\n

\"TonyAs a result of his innovations in Baltimore, Tony was voted by his peers as Foodservice Director Magazine\u2019s \u201cFoodservice Director of the Year\u201d for 2009 after being featured in July 2009 as Foodservice Director of the Month. He has also been recognized as a community leader; Maryland\u2019s Governor, Martin O\u2019Malley awarded Tony the first \u201cSmart, Green and Growing \u2013 Buy Local Agriculture\u201d award for successfully incorporating fresh local foods into Baltimore\u2019s cafeterias.<\/p>\n

Tony is now using his abundant energy, enthusiasm and expertise to assist school districts, food service providers, and corporations in their quest to provide better quality food to children in a fiscally responsible and accessible manner.<\/p>\n

Check out this recent “Cafeteria Man<\/a>” article about Tony in Organic Connections Magazine!<\/p>\n

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Friday Welcome Speaker: Julia Barton (Dickinson Alumni, ’05)<\/span>
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Putting Students to Work: How a College Farm Raises Citizen Scholars<\/strong><\/em>; Julia Barton, Graduate Fellow, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University<\/strong><\/p>\n

A liberal arts education is one that fosters new ways of thinking, creative problem solving, social awareness and engagement. Liberal arts institutions boast of academic rigor woven within diverse and well-integrated curricula. College farms can serve to support these advantages of a liberal arts education, while adding a hands\u2019 on, living laboratory that puts students to work directly with their environment and their communities. Julia Barton recounts how her involvement with Dickinson\u2019s student garden in conjunction with other sustainability and social justice groups and initiatives on campus helped to shape her academic and professional pursuits during and after her time at Dickinson College.<\/p>\n

Julia Barton is a graduate of Dickinson College (2005) and an urban homesteader with her partner, Patrick Turner, and cat, purslane.\u00a0 Since her time at Dickinson, Julia has remained engaged in agriculture, managing a small farm and day program for adults with disabilities, then working with urban farmers and community gardeners to preserve urban gardens, create new gardens, and address land use and policy issues associated with urban agriculture. \u00a0Julia completed her MS in Rural Sociology in 2010, during which she focused on agricultural economic development at the rural-urban interface, and collaborated with fellow students to found the Ohio State University Student Farm, which Patrick manages.\u00a0 She has recently begun an interdisciplinary PhD program in Environmental Sciences, which supports her work with Somali refugee women in an urban agriculture and empowerment project. Through a National Science Foundation grant, Julia teaches science in a rural, public school. \u00a0Julia\u2019s fourth\u00a0grade students recently advocated the creation of a school garden when they became dissatisfied with the vegetable options provided in school breakfast and lunch.\u00a0 Garden plans are underway!<\/p>\n

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