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Great event in D.C March 23-24th!

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From: Sudheer Shukla <sudheer...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 9:55 AM
Subject: Invitation to Earth 2100 Conference: The Future of Soil and Food, Friday & Saturday, March 23-24
To: Sudheer Shukla <sudheer...@gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

I'd like to invite you to the non-profit Our Task's Earth 2100 Conference on the Future of Soil and Food next Friday evening and Saturday, March 23-24. Friday evening, 7-10 PM, will feature a series of workshops where participants will be able to work with food artists and sustainability chefs at Pansaari restaurant in DC (Dupont Circle). On Saturday, from 9 AM to 5 PM, knowledgeable speakers will discuss involved and sometimes controversial issues related to the food we eat, at the Thurgood Marshall Center in DC. More information about the conference and speakers, including registration and locations, is below and also at the Conference Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/events/2079573018994246/ and at the Eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-of-food-and-soil-call-to-action-tickets-37804661761 .

Our Task is a youth-led organization that puts together excellent conferences. I've been to three Earth 2100 Conferences, and they have been very well-organized, and have featured fantastic speakers. The last conference I attended featured Lester Brown, Founder of the Earth Policy Institute, as a keynote speaker. (But I'm not sure I'll be able to attend the entire conference due to a possible work conflict.)

Registration

To register, you can sign up here. The regular fee for the 2-day conference is $100. The student/low-income rate is $70. The regular rates for only the first day and only the second day are $60 and $50, respectively, and the student/low-income rate for the second day is $20.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact

Sonja Potjewijd

at so...@ourtask.org or (571) 279-9237 and cc me at sudheer...@gmail.com or (240) 565-2471.

Locations (Friday and Saturday)

On Friday evening, March 23, 7-10 PM, the Conference will be at

Pansaari (Restaurant)
1603 17th Street NW
Washington DC 20009
www.pansaari.com

On Saturday, March 24, 9 AM - 5 PM, the Conference discussions and panels will be at

Thurgood Marshall Center

1816 12th Street NW

Washington, DC 20009

http://tmcsh.org/

More Information on the Conference

The aim of the conference is to answer two questions:
What role does soil play in ensuring a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren?
Can enough food be produced to feed an estimated population of 10 billion by 2100?

The Friday of the conference will be an interactive evening with Pansaari owner and chef Rano Singh. Participants will learn how to cook healthy, affordable, and delicious Indian meals by using local produce and the whole vegetable. Local farmers will join the discussion on sustainable and healthy food systems. Workshop, food tasters and drinks are included in the price.

Friday's Keynote speaker:

Lewis H Ziska - Research Plant physiologist with an interest in the interactions between plant biology, climate change and public health.

Saturday's speakers will include

Kelly Hodgins - Program Coordinator at the Feeding 9 Billion at the University of Guelph. The Feeding 9 Billion Challenge is an exciting 24-hour event taking place in universities across Canada. It challenges undergraduate students to work in teams to develop innovative projects fostering a more sustainable food system. A shorter version will take place with the participation of the attendees at our event.
Daniel Schwartz - Soil Scientist at Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District for the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
Jason Rowntree - Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Science, Beef Cattle and Forage Utilization at the Michigan State University. He is a scientific advisor and an accredited Holistic Management Educator for the Savory Institute and is an advisor of Standard Soil.
Phyllis Van Amburgh - Farmer, Dharma Lea, passionate organic farmer and grass fed pioneers.
Meredith Shepherd - Founder and CEO of Love&Carrots, a non-profit organization which promotes urban farming in DC
John Cosgrove - Owner of Ecocaters, a locally Sourced Organic Catering & Event Design in the DC area
Shana Muhammad - Marketing Director of Glen's Garden Market, environmentally friendly grocery store showcasing locally sourced products

More information is at the Conference Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/events/2079573018994246/ and at the Eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-of-food-and-soil-call-to-action-tickets-37804661761 and below.

Feel free to pass this information on!

Sincerely,

Sudheer

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Earth 2100 Conference Spotlight on Feeding 9 Billion

We are just a few weeks away from this year’s Earth 2100 Conference in Washington, D.C!

Join us on Friday, March 23rd at Pansaari and Saturday March 24th at theThurgood Marshall Center for an engaging and interactive event to network and learn about the leading solutions for safeguarding our planet’s soil and food systems.

During the conference, we will aim to answer the following two questions:

What role does soil play in ensuring a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren?
Can enough food be produced to feed an estimated population of 10 billion by 2100?

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Earth 2100 Conference Spotlight

Kelly Hodgins, Feeding 9 Billion

We are thrilled to welcome Kelly Hodgins, from Feeding 9 Billion, to the Earth 2100 Conference on Saturday afternoon!

Feeding 9 Billion is an initiative based out of the University of Guelph, in Canada, which offers insight, outreach, and education on issues related to food, agriculture, and hunger globally. During the conference, Kelly will lead the Feeding 9 Billion Challenge in which participants will develop innovative ideas to help fosters a sustainable food system.

This active-learning workshop is anchored in a metaphor drawn from Dr. Seuss (“imagine the places you can go”) will engage the participants via imagination and visual learning. More specifically, participants will identify problems in the D.C. community’s food system, the challenges in addressing these problems, stories of innovation, and pathways to making positive change. Then, participants will use that information to create a basic model for making change. At the end of the session, all teams will have the opportunity to present and share their unique ideas.

Our hope is that this workshop will challenge your thinking about food security and the discussions will help you to develop practice-based food solutions, which you can take back home to start implementing!

P.S. Be sure to check out Feeding 9 Billion's series of videos on the global food crisis!

Report Release:

Intertwined Issues of Soil

We hope you enjoyed the first report in our series on soil! In this second report, you will learn more about the important role soil will play in feeding the planet, as our populations grows to 9 billion in 2050. You can find a summary of our learnings here.

Report Written by: Stephanie McDevitt

Edited by: Adrew Gleich

Report Design by: Imari Sallins