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13th Annual Local Food Conference
March 1-10, 2019

at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, downtown Pittsburgh, PA

Speakers, Demonstrations, & Events

		Friday, March 1, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
11am	Cooking	Getting Key Nutrients from Whole Foods to Support a Plant-Based Diet	Maya Henry	Realistically Radiant, LLC
12pm	Main	Starting & Supporting Local Gardens in Allegheny County	Rayden Sorock	Grow Pittsburgh
1pm	Cooking	SBA’s Programs and Services to Help Your Business Grow	Lynn Vozniak	U.S. Small Business Administration
2pm	Main	Vitality Through Living Food	Sarah King	Bee Well Pittsburgh
4pm	Main	Embrace Zero Waste Shopping	Kate Safin	East End Food Co-op
5pm	Cooking	TBD	Alisa Fava – Fasnacht	Emerald Valley Artisans
6pm-8pm	Main	Musical Entertainment	Casual Hobos	Casual Hobos
8pm	Cooking	Chickens 101	Homestead Phil	Rent The Chicken
		Saturday, March 2, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
11am	Cooking	Healthy Cooking Demo	Marilyn Scott	412 Food Rescue
12pm	Main	The Western Pennsylvania Foodways Archive- Using Oral History to Bolster Sustainable Regional Food Systems	Emeran Irby	CRAFT at Chatham University
1pm	Cooking	Fabulous Recipes for Vibrant Health	Janet McKee	Sanaview
2pm	Main	Straw Bale Gardening	Pat Morgan	Penn State Master Gardners
3pm	Cooking	Making Great Kimchi	Diana Conover	Conover Organic Farm
4pm	Main	Container Gardening	Robert Grey	Grow Pittsburgh
6pm	Main	So You Want to Start a Vegetable Garden	Barb Kline	Penn State Master Gardeners
7pm	Cooking	Bringing Meadows Home	Attila Csokai	Allegheny County Master Gardeners
8pm	Main	Gourmet Mushrooms: Growing, Culinary Delights, and Medicinal Uses (hands on demo)	Rusty Orner	Quiet Creek
		Sunday, March 3, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
10-12am	Farm to Table Booth	Meet the 2019 PA Honey Queen	Queen Kaitlyn	Pennsylvania Honey Queen Program
11am	Cooking	What is Mead?	Scott Neeley	KingView Mead
12pm	Main	”Coyotes in the Pasture and Wolves at the Door”: Our Farm to Table Story	John & Sukey Jamison	Jamison Farms
1pm	Cooking	The Art of Making Great Pickles	Jeff Conover	Conover Organic Farm
2pm	Main	Benefits of a Whole Food Plant Based Diet	Dr. Lela Dougherty	Family Matters Direct Primary Care
3pm	Cooking	Food Product Development Strategies and Best Practices from the Food and Ag Innovation Lab	Nicolette Spudic	CRAFT at Chatham University
4pm	Main	Locally Grown Wines and Jellies from PA Vineyards	Michael Lisovich & Diane Chessman	Wines of America & Chessman’s Vineyards
5pm	Cooking	Make your Own Culinary Herbal Mixes	Claire Orner	Quiet Creek
		Monday, March 4, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
6pm	Main	Westen PA Local Food Guide: How to Eat Local All Year Round	Erin Hart	Farm to Table Western PA
		Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
6pm	Main	Westen PA Local Food Guide: How to Eat Local All Year Round	Erin Hart	Farm to Table Western PA
		Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
6pm	Main	Westen PA Local Food Guide: How to Eat Local All Year Round	Erin Hart	Farm to Table Western PA
7pm	Cooking	Indian Cooking Demo	Jayashree Iyengar	Popping Mustard Seeds
		Thursday, March 7, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
6pm	Main	Westen PA Local Food Guide: How to Eat Local All Year Round	Erin Hart	Farm to Table Western PA
		Friday, March 8, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
11am	Cooking	How to Start a School Garden	Adia Effiong	Grow Pittsburgh
1pm	Cooking	Cooking up Excellence with CKPGH	Jesse Sharrard	Community Kitchen Pittsburgh
2pm	Main	What Does Sustainable Agriculture Mean?	Dan Dalton	Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture
3pm	Main	The Free Summer Food Program for Kids: Ways to Access and Ways to Volunteer	Chris West	Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
4pm	Main	Benefits of Buying Local	John Barkley	Marburger Farm Dairy
5pm	Cooking	Farm to Table Lifestyle	Alisa Fava-Fasnach	Emerald Valley Artisans
6pm	Main	Don’t Settle: One Man’s Story of Overcoming Obstacles to Find the Life He Loves-Told with Both Spoken Word and Original Songs	Jeff Corle	Jeff Corle Speaks
		Saturday, March 9, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
11am	Cooking	Healthy Cooking Demo	Marilyn Scott	412 Food Rescue
12pm	Main	Gardening for Gut Health: How to Cultivate Beneficial Bacteria	Carla Higgins, RD	RD Fresh Fix
1pm	Cooking	Blending your Own Herbal Teas	Claire Orner	Quiet Creek
2pm	Main	Local Food as a Platform	Stefan Vantchev	Greenhouses for Everyone
3pm	Cooking	Building a Community Local Food Organization from the Ground Up	Beth Futrick	PA Agricultural Ombusman Program Blair Conservation District
4pm	Main	Updates from a North Carolina Distillery: Carrying on Family Traditions	Oliver Mulligan	The Great Wagon Road Distilling Co.
5pm	Cooking	Understanding How to Taste EVOO: Differentiating the Good From the Bad	Peter Liokareas	Liokerias Olive Oil
7pm	Cooking	Simon Huntley	Harvie
		Sunday, March 10, 2019
Time	Stage	Title of Presentation	Speaker’s Name	Speaker’s Organization
11am	Cooking	Save the Bees	Michelle Wright and Jim Fitzroy	Chapel Valley Honey/ Tarenbee
12pm	Main	Bring Farm to Table to Your Workplace	Liz Kanche	Pathways to SmartCare
1pm	Cooking	Fermentation of Kraut and Kim Chi	Rusty Orner	Quiet Creek
2pm	Main	Permaculture Gardening	Rev. John Creasy	Garfield Community Farm
3pm	Cooking	Plant-Based Eating: Making Fresh, Flavorful Power Bowls	Sally Lipsky, Judi Carvell, & Brittany Jaroudi	“Plant-Based Pittsburgh” @PlantBasedEatingHub.com