Farmers Markets, Food Banks and Chefs: Sample Your Food System!

Date and Time

• Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024  5:30pm

Location

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Details

Meet this amazing group of people who help bring food to your and your neighbor’s tables. This interactive program will include delicious samples from Sway and Curtis Aikens plus a panel discussion. It will be a fun, informative event that might change how you view our Bay Area food system. 

Andy Naja-Riese, CEO of the Agricultural Institute of Marin County, will discuss how we can strengthen our local food system in a changing climate. Chef Curtis Aikens, a former host and founding chef of The Food Network, will explain the Marin City HEAL Collaborative CAT, its three food system priorities, and how that ties into farmers markets and food banks. Ms. Tanis Crosby will discuss the mission of the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank to end hunger with a commitment to equity, collaboration and community. And Sway, founder of Forest & Flour, will share their journey into the allergen-free world and discuss how food nourishes environmental health, playing a vital role in bridging tradition, modernity, resilience and social justice.

Speakers:

• Curtis Aikens: Chef; Author; Former Host and Founding Chef, The Food Network


• Tanis Crosby: Executive Director, San Francisco-Marin Food Bank


• Sway: Founder, Forest & Flour


• Andy Naja-Riese: Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Institute of Marin; Co-chair, Marin County Healthy Eating Active Living Collaborative


• Patty James: Chief Innovation Officer, Foogal; Co-chair, Nutrition, Food & Wellness Member-led Forum, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California—Moderator