Farm Symposium at Westchester Community College

                           
Hilltop Hanover Farm Leads Symposium at WCC

                                                      
By Tom McLoughlin

Mike Fedison, assistant farm manager at Hilltop Hanover
Farm, will be one of five featured speakers at the “Five Farmers Meet You at
the Table: A Conversation on Sustainable Food Systems” on Saturday, March 29th
from 8:30-12:00 at Westchester Community College’s Gateway Center- Davis
Auditorium. Admission is free. 

Joining Fedison will be fellow panelists Jack Algiere, Stone
Barns Center for Food and Agriculture; Doug DeCandia, Food Bank for
Westchester; John McDowell, Rockland Farm Alliance; and Steffen Schneider,
Hawthorne Valley Farm.

 This interactive discussion will focus on connections: new
relationships with food and farmers, cost/benefit of a healthy food system, and
call for community action: every step matters. Closing remarks will be
presented by Joan Dye Gussow, teacher, author, and organic producer.

Though free, a suggested donation of $10 would be
appreciated. All proceeds will be given to the Food Bank of Westchester.
Seating is limited, and pre-registration is required. To reserve a seat –
preferably by March 24 – go to www.eatrightwrda.org

                           

Hilltop Hanover Farm Leads Symposium at WCC

                                                       By Tom McLoughlin

 Mike Fedison, assistant farm manager at Hilltop Hanover

Farm, will be one of five featured speakers at the “Five Farmers Meet You at

the Table: A Conversation on Sustainable Food Systems” on Saturday, March 29th

from 8:30-12:00 at Westchester Community College’s Gateway Center- Davis

Auditorium. Admission is free.

 Joining Fedison will be fellow panelists Jack Algiere, Stone

Barns Center for Food and Agriculture; Doug DeCandia, Food Bank for

Westchester; John McDowell, Rockland Farm Alliance; and Steffen Schneider,

Hawthorne Valley Farm.

This interactive discussion will focus on connections: new

relationships with food and farmers, cost/benefit of a healthy food system, and

call for community action: every step matters. Closing remarks will be

presented by Joan Dye Gussow, teacher, author, and organic producer.

Though free, a suggested donation of $10 would be

appreciated. All proceeds will be given to the Food Bank of Westchester.

Seating is limited, and pre-registration is required. To reserve a seat –

preferably by March 24 – go to www.eatrightwrda.org