Site Visits: 412 Food Rescue and Chatham’s Falk School of Sustainability Eden Hall Campus
1:30 PM
Gather in Lobby of Hotel Monaco to board bus for site visits.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
412 Food Rescue
6022 Broad Street
Join us to learn about 412 Food Rescue which aims to fight hunger by collecting fresh, healthy food that would otherwise be discarded and directly distributing to community organizations that serve those in need.
3:00 PM
Depart from 6022 Broad Street for Eden Hall Campus
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Tour of Chatham’s Falk School of Sustainability Eden Hall Campus
Join us as we learn about the development of Eden Hall Campus which represents the first in the world built from the ground up for the study of sustainable living and learning. At 388 acres, EHC is the largest campus in Allegheny County and will be environmentally responsible in every way by using the latest in technology and design to be self-sustaining. Home to the Falk School of Sustainability at Chatham University, Eden Hall Campus features a working agricultural classroom and allows students to explore critical relationships between food, land, the environment, access, and culture. Encompassing a fully certified organic farm, demonstration garden, and greenhouses, faculty and students demonstrate different sustainable agricultural practices, produce food for the campus, and practice food cultivation and marketing. Initiatives include nutrient recycling and soil building from compost; aquaponics; mushroom farming; and edible landscaping around buildings.
Dinner and Roundtable Discussion: Bridging the Gap: Linking Agriculture and Production to Access
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Stay on at the Eden Hall Campus for dinner where we will discuss how to support our region’s agriculture and production systems in order to successfully bring the farm to the table and ensure pathways to food security.
Panelists:
- Alice Julier, Program Director and Associate Professor, Food Studies, Chatham University
- Jamie Moore, Director of Sourcing and Sustainability, Eat'n Park Hospitality Group (invited)
- Hannah Smith-Brubaker, Deputy Secretary for Market and Economic Development, PA Dept. of Agriculture (invited)
7:00 PM Return to Hotel Monaco: Day 1 Concludes
GWP extends its thanks to Eden Hall Foundation for its generous support of the costs associated with day 1 programming and dinner.
***Please note that this agenda may change as speakers and sites continue to be finalized and confirmed. You will be notified if any portion of the agenda that you sign up for is modified.***