Changing the World

Conference Schedule:

Mankato, MN 56001
170 Good Counsel Drive
Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry
Saturday, November 3, 2007
SSND Mankato Provincial House Conference Center
Changing

Healthy Land= Healthy Food= Healthy People

170 Good Counsel Drive
e-mail: lcoons@ssndmankato.org
the World
Phone: 507.389.4272 O N E B I T E AT A T I M E :
8:00–9:00 Registration, Gathering with Healthy Land= Healthy Food= Healthy People
organic, Fair Trade Coffee and
homemade muffins. Resource table,
video stations, and exploration time

9:00–9:30 Welcome and Opening Reflection

9:30–10:30 Keynote Address, “Just FOOD or

JUST Food,” Dr. Lisa Heldke,
Changing
Gustavus Adolphus College the World

ONE BITE AT A TIME:

10:30–11:00 Interactive Reflection and Processing O N E B I T E AT A T I M E :
Healthy Land= Healthy Food= Healthy People
11–11:15 Break

T
11:15–12:15 “Locale Buffet,” Panel of speakers
PURPOSE:
from sustainable farms and
businesses TO RAISE AND FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION
on the connections between
12:15 Lunch: A delicious local, organic land, food and people.
and seasonal meal
To inspire individuals to take action
1:00–2:00 Session I: and to make changes in their own lives
• “Taking Action for Local and Regional ensuring the biological integrity
Food Systems,” Mark Schultz, Land of Southern Minnesota and all of life on Earth.
Stewardship Project
• “Myth: Fast Foods Are Faster,” Sister To bring about hope for and commitment
Kathleen Storms, Mankato Provincial Councilor to a just food system.
• “Shaping Local Food Efforts,” Sisters Annette
and Kay Fernholz, EarthRise Farm Saturday, November 3
• “Digging Deeper, Growing Together,” When: Saturday, November 3
Panel of local community gardeners Where: School Sisters of Notre Dame
Mankato Provincial House Conference Center
2:10–3:10 Session II: 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato
Repeat of Session I Workshops center for
3:10–3:30 Closing Reflection Earth Spirituality Registration: Due October 31. CEU offered
Contact: 507-389-4272 or
3:30 Farmer’s Harvest Market featuring & Rural Ministry lcoons@ssndmankato.org
local farmers with vegetables, meats, a ministry of the Cost: $15 or student rate of $10
jams, wools and other farm products Lunch: included
REGISTRATION Presenters and Workshops:
Due by October 31
Keynote Address
Name _________________________________
“Just FOOD or JUST Food?”
Dr. Lisa Heldke, Gustavus Adolphus College,
______________________________________
Professor of Philosophy
Address _______________________________
A pioneer in the area of Philosophy of
Food, Heldke has written one book, co-edited
City___________________________________
three others and published many articles on the
State___________ Zip____________________ topics of food, food justice, and the ethics and
power dynamics of eating. Her work continually
Phone (Home )__________ (Work)_____________ explores the question, “How can food be a vehicle
for social change?” Putting actual sweat behind
Email _________________________________ her words, Heldke, co-founder of the St. Peter
Community Garden, helped organize the St. Peter
CEU: Yes _____ Food Co-op educational series and challenges
those around her to think deeply and act justly
about that which we often take for granted—
food. Heldke, an avid baker, and her partner host
Please indicate workshop numbers you wish
to attend: 1  2 3 4 “Third Sunday Suppers,” monthly soup nights
aimed at creating community around good food.
Lunch:  vegetarian  non-vegetarian
Fees:  My fee of $15 or student rate of $10
is enclosed (lunch is included).
Afternoon workshops
Please make checks payable to CESRM. 1 “Taking Action for Local
and Regional Food Systems”
Mark Schultz, Land Stewardship Project
Return to: Schultz is Director of Programs and
School Sisters of Notre Dame Public Policy Program Director for the Land
Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry Stewardship Project (LSP) in Minnesota. The LSP
170 Good Counsel Drive believes in the power of people to bring about
Mankato, MN 56001
positive changes on the land and in their commu-
nities. With his years of experience, Schultz will
speak to ways that citizens can use to make their
efforts effective. Schultz lives in Minneapolis with
his family and has been a staff person for LSP for
16 years.
“Myth: Fast Foods “Digging Deeper,
2 4
are Faster” Growing Together”
Kathleen Storms, SSND, Presentation from community gardeners
Co-founder of the Center for at Good Counsel
Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry
With a mission centered around
Sister Kathleen is an avid gardener, access to nutritious food as a human right, the
cook and canner. In her workshop she
community gardens at Good Counsel provide
explores the trend in our fast-paced and a vibrant green space for people to grow food
often activity-driven schedules to revert to and nurture community. This panel explores
fast foods to take care of family and commu- the concept of gardening in a community
nity food needs. Obesity, diabetes, cancer setting. Find out some of the reasons people
and heart disease are often the result. As a garden in community gardens, how they
busy person with an often crazy schedule, benefit from the experience and what they
Sister Kathleen counters this dilemma with and their families gain beyond nutritious
healthy foods. Having developed a repertoire foods.
of quick-fix, nutritious meals that can be
Community Gardeners at Good Counsel
prepared in less than 30 minutes, she will
provide meal plans, recipes and share
thoughts about alternatives to a growing
trend toward reliance on fast foods.
(Limited to 20 participants)
3
“Shaping Local Food
Efforts”
Kathleen and Annette Fernholz, SSNDs,
Gardeners, farmers, and educators
Sisters Kathleen and Annette are
living a dream realized on Earthrise Farm
near Madison, Minnesota. Their story begins
with love of the land and learning to work
with it and neighboring farmers in order to
produce healthy food. Sisters Kathleen and
Annette tell of involving community, starting
a farmers’ market, establishing cooperatives,
all with an emphasis on education. Learn
how it works and what YOU can do to help
change the world.