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Shaping the County of San Diego’s Food Justice Community Action Plan

Salon 1 • 3:00pm — 4:30pm

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

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Cultivating Cooperation between Food Recovery Organizations

Salon 2 • 3:00pm — 4:30pm

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Closing the Composting Gap: The Essential Role of Community Composting in a Connected, Circular Food System

Salon 3 • 3:00pm — 4:30pm

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Working Together to Build a Cooperative Ecosystem for Our Region

Salon 4 • 3:00pm — 4:30pm

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Food Futures Dream Lab

Salon 5 • 3:00pm — 4:30pm

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We Need More Producers! Investing in the Next Generation of Farmers & Fishermen

Salon 1 • 1:00pm — 2:30pm

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Cultivating Liberatory Power through Narratives and Culture: A Working Session

Salon 2 • 1:00pm — 2:30pm

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Mobilizing Resources with Love and Cooperation

Salon 3 • 1:00pm — 2:30pm

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Practicing Cooperation: Sustaining Us, Sustaining Our Movement

Salon 4 • 1:00pm — 2:30pm

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Building Conflict Resilience: Unlocking the Transformative Possibility Within Conflict

Salon 5 • 1:00pm — 2:30pm

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Project: Good Food - Live Podcast Recording

Salon 1 • 10:00am — 11:30am

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Rekindling Connections: Honoring Indigenous Voices in the Pursuit of Respect for People, Land, and Our Planet’s Rights

Salon 2 • 10:00am — 11:30am

Generations often feel divided, with our systems encouraging the siloing of youth, adults, and elders, and our culture broadly reinforcing disconnection from each other. However, we are not so different. We must recognize that no matter what age, we are all ancestors in training: What we do, how we speak and think, creates impacts that extend far beyond our own lifetimes.

In the movement to reimagine and transform our food system, we need youth voices. We need elder voices. Even in the absence of true liberation and cooperative models in our region today, together, we can lovingly plant seeds of hope for their existence in the future. We can spread awareness of our continuous history, practice connection with our ancestors, and ensure generational knowledge of the land.

Loving and connecting with every generation leads us to the realization that we are never alone in this universe—we have communal strength and resilience, and an accountability to each other. This is the reason we are here today.