2012 Conference Speakers
Speaker Schedule for Friday & Saturday
S = Speaker D = Demonstration K = Kid’s Activity
Speakers, Demonstrations and Kid’s Activities will be added as they are scheduled, so check back often for updates!
Friday Schedule
Exhibit Hall opens at 10am
10:30 AM
D- Dave Gifford, North Hills Community Outreach
Produce in Food Pantries
S- Philip Ranieri, Ranieri Environmental Solutions
The Quality of our Drinking Water in PA
K- Mary Menniti
The Italian Garden Project
11:30 AM
D- David Luscher, Metz Culinary Management
Ratatouille Pizza
S- Emily Stevenson, Pleasant Valley Farm
Treasures from our Grandparents’ Gardens: Heirloom Seeds
K- Michelle A. Jones and Lionel Hong Long
Prepare a Kitchen Herb Garden
1:00 PM
D- Becky Rodgers & Cindy Cassell
Pittsburgh Public Market
Small Businesses and Public Markets
S- Edwin Shank, The Family Cow
Folks, This Ain’t Normal
K- Jen Clawges & Lisa Vanzin, Slippery Rock University
Planting Seeds for Kids
2:30 PM
D- Mim Seidel, MS, RD, LDN, University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Institute
Preventing Type II Diabetes through Nutrition and Physical Activity
S- Shari Mastalski & Chris Leininger, Blackberry Meadows Farm
Seed of Transformation: Blackberry Meadows Farm Kitchen and Barn Design
K- Jen Clawges & Lisa Vanzin, Slippery Rock University
Planting Seeds for Kids
3:30 PM
D- Dorit Brauer, Meditation
Food Blessing Meditation
S- Joanie Lapic, Glade Run Lutheran Services
Agricultural Therapy; a CSA model at Glade Run
K- Molly Enos, Paul Bunyan Maple Syrup
How to make Maple Sugar
Saturday Schedule
Exhibit Hall opens at 10am
10:30 AM
S- Jackie Sleeper, Humane Farm Animal Care
Certified Humane: A market solution
K- Rosemary Traill, Educator
Food is Elementary
D- Robbie and Jessie Orth, Quiet Creek Herb Farm
Cultivating your own Shiitake Mushrooms on Wood
11:30 AM
S- John Chaney, Against the Wind Ranch
Grass (Fed Beef) is GREEN
K- Lindsey Smith, The Real You
Junk Foods & Junk Moods
D- Christopher T. Rihn, MD, Westmoreland Center for Internal Medicine, PC
Farm to Heart: Using Farm to Table for Your Health
1:00 PM
S- John Boynton, Master Gardener
New Gardens – get the Garden Bug
K- Kasey Arena, PowerCakes
Healthy Eating for Kids
D- Leah Lizarondo, Brazen Kitchen
Healthy for Hedonists
2:30 PM
S- David Wetzel, Green Pasture Products
Benefits of Cod Liver Oil
K- Jen Clawges & Lisa Vanzin, Slippery Rock University
Planting Seeds for Kids
D- Janet McKee, Certified Holistic Health Counselor
The Power of Food to Heal
3:30 PM
S- Mark H. Buzzatto, DDS, CCWFN, Holistic Dentist,
Whole Foods, Whole Food Nutrition and Health
K- Jen Clawges & Lisa Vanzin
Slippery Rock University
Planting Seeds for Kids
D- Mandi Babkes, Holistic Health & Nutrition
An Energetic Approach to the Power of Holistic Health & Nutrition
