Detroit Food Policy Council

Events
The Detroit Food Policy Council conducts meetings the second Tuesday of every month. All meetings are open to the public. See our calendar for the schedule of all our events and meetings.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
2021 Detroit Food Summit:
Thurs, October 21 – Fri, October 22
Detroit Food Party, October 22
* This will be a virtual event. *
 

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Detroit Food 2024: Create, Collaborate, Celebrate!
Thur, September 26 –
Fri, September 27, 2024
9:00am – 5:00pm
Join 100+ of Detroit’s most dedicated food advocates for two days of learning, community with like-minded people, and a lot of fun!
LOCATION:
Marygrove College
8425 West McNichols Road
Detroit, MI 48221

Food Power Awards 2021

Vote for the 2021 Food Power Award
December 20, 2021
Starts at 6:00pm
* This will be a virtual event. *
Each year the Detroit Food Policy Council hosts the Food Power Awards to celebrate those doing powerful work to build a sustainable and just local food system in Detroit, while raising support for the work that remains to be done. Vote now for the Food Power Awards and join us for the virtual Food Power Awards ceremony on Monday, December 20 at 6:00pm.
 
Cast Your Vote!
 
This year we will present awards in the categories of Nonprofit Organization, Business, Individual, Youth, Sustainability and Community Choice. Our council of twenty-four members nominates finalists in five of our award categories. Once finalists are selected, we open the voting to the public to select the awardees. In the Community Choice category community members outside of Detroit Food Policy Council members are invited to nominate those in our community that they see doing powerful things to our Food System.
Vote for one finalist in each category, and vote only once. Voting for the Food Power Awards is open until December 15th.
Meet Our Finalists

Detroit Food Academy
Rescue Nature Now
Detroit Kitchen Terminal

Fennigan's Farms
Saffron De Twah
Parkway Foods

Tepfirah Rushdan
Candi Franklin
Marilyn Griffin
Marcus Reliford

John Kistler

Travis Peters
Sandra Turner Handy
Alyssa Rogers

COMMUNITY CHOICE
The Community Choice Award is where you tell us who you see doing powerful work in our Detroit Food System. Nominate a person, organization or business and tell us why you think they deserve to be recognized. You must provide contact information for your nominee so we know how to get in touch with them. The top finalists for the Community Choice Award will be announced in December, and the winner will be announced at Food Power Awards Virtual Ceremony on Monday, December 20 at 6:00pm.

Vote for the 2021 Food Power Award
December 20, 2021
Starts at 6:00pm
* This will be a virtual event. *
Each year the Detroit Food Policy Council hosts the Food Power Awards to celebrate those doing powerful work to build a sustainable and just local food system in Detroit, while raising support for the work that remains to be done. Vote now for the Food Power Awards and join us for the virtual Food Power Awards ceremony on Monday, December 20 at 6:00pm.
Cast Your Vote!
This year we will present awards in the categories of Nonprofit Organization, Business, Individual, Youth, Sustainability and Community Choice. Our council of twenty-four members nominates finalists in five of our award categories. Once finalists are selected, we open the voting to the public to select the awardees. In the Community Choice category community members outside of Detroit Food Policy Council members are invited to nominate those in our community that they see doing powerful things to our Food System.
Vote for one finalist in each category, and vote only once. Voting for the Food Power Awards is open until December 15th.

Non-Profit Organization
Detroit Food Academy
Rescue Nature Now
Detroit Kitchen Terminal
Business
Fennigan's Farms
Saffron De Twah
Parkway Foods
Individual
Tepfirah Rushdan
Candi Franklin
Marilyn Griffin
Marcus Reliford
Youth
John Kistler
Sustainability
Travis Peters
Alyssa Rogers
Sandra Turner Handy

The Community Choice Award is where you tell us who you see doing powerful work in our Detroit Food System. Nominate a person, organization or business and tell us why you think they deserve to be recognized. You must provide contact information for your nominee so we know how to get in touch with them. The top finalists for the Community Choice Award will be announced in December, and the winner will be announced at Food Power Awards Virtual Ceremony on Monday, December 20 at 6:00pm.

Detroit Food 2021

  • Info
  • Speaker
  • Detroit Food Party
  • Join Us
[RE] Food - Reconnecting and Reimagining
the Detroit Food System After COVID
Thurs, October 21 - Fri, October 22
* This will be a virtual event. *
Register Now
The Detroit Food Policy Council welcomes you to join us for Detroit Food 2021, [RE]Food - Reconnecting and Reimagining Detroit's Food System After COVID. DFPC hosts this annual conference to increase awareness about our food system, and develop strategies for building a healthier food system in Detroit. Detroit Food brings together community members, food industry workers, advocates, researchers and policy makers. The 11th annual Detroit Food Summit will be held October 21-22. [RE]Food will be a virtual event.
Summit Schedule
Thur, October 21, 9:00am - 6:30pm
Fri, October 22, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Detroit Food Party, October 22, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Agenda Highlights
  • Presentations from Senator Stephanie Chang, Detroit Health Department, Eastern Market, and Alliance for Youth Good Food.
  • Panel Discussions about Food Secure Detroit and Justice for Black Farmers.
  • Workshops about urban gardens, mutual aid programs that feed the community, food policy update, Detroit Community Markets, and more.
Tunde Wey
Tunde Wey is a Nigerian artist, cook and writer who uses Nigerian food to interrogate colonialism, capitalism and racism.
Tunde Wey Website
Detroit Food Party
Fri, October 22, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
* This event requires a separate ticket. *
At Detroit Food 2020 we welcome you to [RE]convene in a safe way as we [RE]imagine with our community what new possibilities can look like in the food system. Join us for the Detroit Food Party, a joy filled self-paced and self-guided tour of Detroit's food system. Visit the various sites on the tour and get a taste of our local food system. Hear from hosts about what goes on at each location, and sample some of the food being grown and made right here in Detroit. We will send you the full tour route, and you may visit these sites as an individual or with a group anytime during this window.
Detroit Food Party tickets- sliding scale
  • Full price = $50
  • (Low income and/or volunteer discount = 50% off)
  • Pay it forward to another guest = $75-100
Volunteers who work shifts for at least two hours at the Detroit Food Party may visit the other locations at no cost.
Sponsorship
If looking for creative and engaging ways to make a difference in the lives of Detroit community members you are invited to partner with Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) to create a powerful impact on the health, wellness, and engagement of the people of Detroit. Sponsors are invited to participate in Detroit Food 2021 to support community education and awareness about the local food system.
Become a Sponsor
Why Sponsor Detroit Food 2021
  • DFPC is proud to offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities that can be tailored to your marketing goals and budget.
  • Sponsorship allows you to show support for the work we do at DFPC.
  • Event cross-marketing will increase your business exposure within the community through event promotion on DFPC's website, e-newsletter and social media as well as on event materials distributed for the event.
  • Sponsorship allows you the opportunity to connect with potential customers.
Thank You

[RE] Food - Reconnecting and Reimagining
the Detroit Food System After COVID
Thurs, October 21 - Fri, October 22
* This will be a virtual event. *
Register Now
The Detroit Food Policy Council welcomes you to join us for Detroit Food 2021, [RE]Food - Reconnecting and Reimagining Detroit's Food System After COVID. DFPC hosts this annual conference to increase awareness about our food system, and develop strategies for building a healthier food system in Detroit. Detroit Food brings together community members, food industry workers, advocates, researchers and policy makers. The 11th annual Detroit Food Summit will be held October 21-22. [RE]Food will be a virtual event.
Summit Schedule
Thur, October 21, 9:00am - 6:30pm
Fri, October 22, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Detroit Food Party, October 22, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Agenda Highlights
Presentations from Senator Stephanie Chang, Detroit Health Department, Eastern Market, and Alliance for Youth Good Food.
Panel Discussions about Food Secure Detroit and Justice for Black Farmers.
Workshops about urban gardens, mutual aid programs that feed the community, food policy update, Detroit Community Markets, and more.

Tunde Wey
Tunde Wey is a Nigerian artist, cook and writer who uses Nigerian food to interrogate colonialism, capitalism and racism.
Tunde Wey Website

Detroit Food Party
Fri, October 22, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
* This event requires a separate ticket. *
At Detroit Food 2020 we welcome you to [RE]convene in a safe way as we [RE]imagine with our community what new possibilities can look like in the food system.
Join us for the Detroit Food Party, a joy filled self-paced and self-guided tour of Detroit's food system. Visit the various sites on the tour and get a taste of our local food system.
Hear from hosts about what goes on at each location, and sample some of the food being grown and made right here in Detroit. We will send you the full tour route, and you may visit these sites as an individual or with a group anytime during this window.
Detroit Food Party tickets - sliding scale
Full price = $50
(Low income and/or volunteer discount = 50% off)
Pay it forward to another guest = $75-100
Volunteers who work shifts for at least two hours at the Detroit Food Party may visit the other locations at no cost.

Sponsorship
If looking for creative and engaging ways to make a difference in the lives of Detroit community members you are invited to partner with Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) to create a powerful impact on the health, wellness, and engagement of the people of Detroit. Sponsors are invited to participate in Detroit Food 2021 to support community education and awareness about the local food system.
Become a Sponsor
Why Sponsor Detroit Food 2021
DFPC is proud to offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities that can be tailored to your marketing goals and budget.
Sponsorship allows you to show support for the work we do at DFPC.
Event cross-marketing will increase your business exposure within the community through event promotion on DFPC's website, e-newsletter and social media as well as on event materials distributed for the event.
Sponsorship allows you the opportunity to connect with potential customers.
Thank You

Detroit Food 2020

  • Info
  • Speakers
  • Resources
  • Join Us
Visions of a Food Future
Mon, October 5 - Fri, October 9
8:00am - 4:30pm
Virtual Conference
Register Now
Join us for the virtual Detroit Food 2020, October 5-9. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our community. Detroit Food 2020 is going virtual because we want to provide the safest environment possible for all members of our community to gather, and still have the critical discussions about the future of our food system. You can join Detroit Food 2020 on Zoom from your computer, phone, or mobile device.
In 2010, the first Detroit Food Summit considered "Powering Up the Local Food System." This theme looked to culture, economics, and wellness as guides to produce a food sovereign, financially viable and healthy system from seed to table to the soil. Since that first Summit, the Detroit Food System has grown both intentionally and organically.
The Detroit Food 2020 summit looks with intention toward what Detroit Food could, should, and will be in "Visions of a Food Future." How do and will the vision of a food system guided by culture, economics, and wellness continue to take shape? What could, should, and will the Detroit Food System be? This summit marks the tenth summit, and we will celebrate past work, frame current needs and explore the possibilities. We look to honor Reverend Dr. JoAnn Watson for her championing the creation of the Detroit Food Policy Council, review the city's food policy from the establishment of the council to the present and examine the direction of food.
The full schedule will be available soon. We will be bringing you some of the sessions we had planned for March, as well as new sessions that will address how our food systems has changed and adapted over the last six months.
  • Mon 12:00pm-4:00pm:   Opening, Panel Discussions, & Demos
  • Tues - Thurs 12:00pm-4:00pm:   Breakout Sessions, & Demos
  • Tues 5:30pm-6:30pm:   Panel Discussions
  • Thur 5:30pm-6:30pm:   Panel Discussions
  • Fri 12:00pm-2:00pm:   Keynote Address & Panel Discussions
Howard Conyers, Ph.D.
Founder of Conyers Family BBQ, From The Low Country to the Bayou, and GUMBO JUBILEE
Dr. Howard Conyers, Rocket Scientist Pitmaster from Paxville, SC, is the founder of Conyers Family BBQ, From The Low Country to the Bayou, and GUMBO JUBILEE. After over 20 years of learning history of the south and earning a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, he worked for NASA for over 10 years. He officially launched his Conyers Family BBQ LLC in 2016 to be a pitmaster, cultural food educator, and STEM expert to the New Orleans Area. Doc's emphasis quickly became cultural educational dinners, media productions, and demonstrations. In 2018, Dr. Conyers hosted and co-produced PBS Digital Studios show Nourish and it was awarded the Telly Award and a Webby Nominee in its pilot season. Professionally, he earned the NASA Space Technology Innovation Award and the Black Engineer of the Year Award Modern Day Technology Leader. For his combined interest, Dr. Conyers was the 1st of 25 people recognized as a Southerner of the South by Southern Living in 2018. In 2018, he was also presented with a key to the city of Manning, the town in South Carolina where he is from.
Dr. Conyers speaks on topics that reflect a commitment to educating the community about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), American BBQ, Black Farmers, African American Culture in the Rural South, and Southern Foodways. Dr. Conyers did a lot of research in validating the oral history in barbecue and southern food culture, and he uncovered he knew a lot of the foundations of southern foodways that were shaped by black hands whom worked on farms similarly to his parents, and multiple generations before them since and during enslavement. Dr. Conyers has become renowned nationally and internationally particularly for his knowledge of American Barbecue and Southern Foods. He is showcasing that African Americans have heavily shaped American BBQ while also exhibiting the ingenuity that they possessed. As a product of the deep rural south, he is taking important lessons of the past and applying them to the present, and ultimately to the future.
www.howardconyers.com
Malik Yakini
Malik Yakini, is the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. He is a longtime Detroit activist who has played a critical role in raising awareness about environmental and food justice issues in the city of Detroit for over a decade. Malik astutely provides a critical analysis of the history of race and racial injustice with concrete activism and specific steps that need to be taken within the Black community as well as in collaboration with community partners who share goals related to racial justice. Malik is a founding and emeritus member of the Detroit Food Policy Council, and served as the first Chair.
Phil Jones
Phil Jones has been interested in food and cooking since he was six years old. As a Cub Scout, he earned his first patch for cooking. Phil has been involved in Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit and Grown in Detroit. He is a chef, caterer, owner of Jones Urban Foods, and founder of Citi Foods. Phil is a founding and emeritus member of Detroit Food Policy Council, served as Chair of DFPC for 2 years, and has served as the Chair of the Summit for 10 years.
Suezette Olaker, M.D.
Dr. Suezette Olaker, M.D., is a practicing physician in the Detroit community, and educates individuals on strengthening the link between nutrition and health -emphasizing knowledge, responsibility, and a wholistic approach to health. She is a Public Health trained Family Physician who takes a common sense approach to health, and translates medical concepts into a plain English format. She helps individuals recognize the role they play and the power they have in improving health by teaching how to create an environment where the whole body can heal and maintain optimum health. A native of Chicago, Illinois and a current resident of Detroit, Michigan, Suezette is an avid gardener who preserves produce, and a creative vegetarian cook who works with flavors from around the world. She is a classically trained musician who also enjoys travel. Suezette is an emeritus member of Detroit Food Policy Council, and served as the Chair of DFPC for two years.
Sandra Turner-Handy
Sandra Turner-Handy currently serves in the position of Community Outreach Director for the MI Environmental Council. Her work is specifically around environmental issues, environmental justice, and public policies within the City of Detroit. As former chief of staff for State Representative, then State Senator Hansen Clarke of Detroit, Sandra found her niche in civic engagement of residents around environmental, economic, and social issues affecting the quality of life of residents. Sandra received an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a Master of Science in Leadership Development. Sandra is currently completing a doctorate in education with a focus on leadership development. Sandra is a lifelong Detroiter with six children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandson. A lifelong Detroiter, Turner-Handy is an executive board member CLEARCorps/Detroit, Doing Development Differently in Detroit (D4), and the Michigan Organization to Impact Obesity and Nutrition (MOTION). Turner-Handy is an emeritus member of Detroit Food Policy Council, and served as Chair for two years.
Alliance for Youth Good Food
There are a number of incredible organizations and community leaders doing meaningful programming aimed at engaging Detroit youth with healthy food. Some organizations have been doing work in our community for decades while others are newer. Local nonprofit programs are consistently working hard to impact as many kids as possible with limited resources. We also care deeply about working together and supporting one another to increase our collective impact.
We understand that with more than 198 schools located within the city serving over 170,000 Detroit kids, no one organization alone has the capacity to meet all of the needs that exist within our communities.
Recognizing that, for many organizations, there is limited capacity for how much time and how many resources can be allocated to work outside of our primary missions, we are looking to convene all of Detroit's healthy food focused organizations working with Pre-K-12 Detroit students to participate in a facilitated planning process. The intent will be to identify common goals and missions with which to develop concrete and actionable plans for more impactful collaboration.
  • Expand collective capacity and outreach
  • Raise awareness of our unique roles within our shared space
  • Creation of a services/programming map to serve as an internal and external resource
  • Identify opportunities for enhanced collaboration to maximize our impact
  • Develop a collective framework that can be utilized for potential funding opportunities
For more information: AllianceYGF@gmail.com
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Beyond Meat
Our Mission:
We believe there is a better way to feed our future and that the positive choices we all make, no matter how small, can have a great impact on our personal health and the health of our planet. By shifting from animal to plant-based meat, we can positively impact four growing global issues: human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare.
Our Website: www.beyondmeat.com
Fresh Prescription Program
Fresh Rx is a Detroit-based network that provides a prescription for free fruits and vegetables, nutritional education, and more to qualifying patients. To learn more contact Ethan Firestone efirest@med.wayne.edu.
Taste the Local Difference
Taste the Local Difference is Michigan's local food media and marketing company. For the past 16 years we've worked around the state of Michigan to lift up the stories of local food entrepreneurs in every sector of the food system and educate consumers about the value of local food. To connect food businesses to each other and engage consumers, we publish a print and digital statewide Local Food Guide, manage a searchable digital database , operate several social media platforms, and provide marketing services and ​technical support. To learn how you can join the Taste the Local Difference network, contact Kelly Wilson at kelly@localdifference.org.
Contact Information:
Zero Waste Detroit
Greetings and welcome to Zero Waste Detroit, your recycling connection and informational resource. Zero Waste Detroit provides recycling education and is also a source for obtaining free recycling carts. In 2008 a resolution supporting ZWD's solid waste model was supported by a City Council Resolution. In 2009 the city moved toward a small curb side recycling program. Zero Waste Detroit working alongside a coalition of members begin to work tiredly toward the goal of closing the incinerator.
In June 2019, this goal was realized, and a great victory was won for the residents of the City of Detroit. Zero Waste Detroit' work continues and has taken a different form since the virus outbreak. Please be on the lookout for virtual recycling educational series via Zoom in the very near future, toward the end of October. Education is an important component if not the most important component of recycling and avoiding the contamination of your recycle bin is of paramount importance. To recycle is to be responsible for doing your part to help heal the environment. Careful examination of the items that you put in your bin helps to ensure that your bin will not contaminate all your neighbor's bins that are collected. If just approximately 30% contaminated or wrongly deposited items can ruin an entire neighborhood recycle load.
  • Zero Waste Detroit call us at 313-986-2990---to have a free recycle cart delivered to your home. Please YOU must leave a message that includes your home address and email address.
  • Visit www.detroitrecycles.org for more recycling at home information
  • Email Questions to www.detroitrecycles.org
  • Zero Waste Detroit website: www.zerowastedetroit.org
  • Sign up for text alerts—get a text a day or two before your scheduled garbage, bulk, yard waste or recycle pickups will occur. Text your street address to 313-800-7905
Sponsor the Detroit Food Summit
We invite sponsors to partner with Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) to create a powerful impact on the health, wellness, and engagement of the people of Detroit. Sponsors are invited to participate in Detroit Food 2020 to support community education and awareness about the local food system. View our Sponsorship Package for more information.
Register
Register Now - We want every member of the Detroit community to join us in building a vision of the Detroit food system. We have a sliding scale for registration, and no one will be turned away. Online registration is open now until October 9.
  • Advocate $40
  • Standard $25
  • Senior/Student $5
  • Resource Fair $30
  • Friends of DFPC - 20% off*
  • Scholarships available
Register Now
* Friends of the Detroit Food Policy Council receive a discounted registration fee for Detroit Food 2020. Current Friends and new Friends who join by Monday, February 24 will receive a discount code that can be used for the standard registration.

Visions of a Food Future
Mon, October 5 - Fri, October 9
8:00am - 4:30pm
Virtual Conference
Join us for the virtual Detroit Food 2020, October 5-9. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our community. Detroit Food 2020 is going virtual because we want to provide the safest environment possible for all members of our community to gather, and still have the critical discussions about the future of our food system. You can join Detroit Food 2020 on Zoom from your computer, phone, or mobile device.
In 2010, the first Detroit Food Summit considered "Powering Up the Local Food System." This theme looked to culture, economics, and wellness as guides to produce a food sovereign, financially viable and healthy system from seed to table to the soil. Since that first Summit, the Detroit Food System has grown both intentionally and organically.
The Detroit Food 2020 summit looks with intention toward what Detroit Food could, should, and will be in "Visions of a Food Future." How do and will the vision of a food system guided by culture, economics, and wellness continue to take shape? What could, should, and will the Detroit Food System be? This summit marks the tenth summit, and we will celebrate past work, frame current needs and explore the possibilities. We look to honor Reverend Dr. JoAnn Watson for her championing the creation of the Detroit Food Policy Council, review the city's food policy from the establishment of the council to the present and examine the direction of food.
The full schedule will be available soon. We will be bringing you some of the sessions we had planned for March, as well as new sessions that will address how our food systems has changed and adapted over the last six months.
  • Mon 12:00pm-4:00pm:
    Opening, Panel Discussions, & Demos
  • Tues - Thurs 12:00pm-4:00pm:
    Breakout Sessions, & Demos
  • Tues 5:30pm-6:30pm:
    Panel Discussions
  • Thur 5:30pm-6:30pm:
    Panel Discussions
  • Fri 12:00pm-2:00pm:
    Keynote Address & Panel Discussions

Howard Conyers, Ph.D.
Founder of Conyers Family BBQ, From The Low Country to the Bayou, and GUMBO JUBILEE
Dr. Howard Conyers, Rocket Scientist Pitmaster from Paxville, SC, is the founder of Conyers Family BBQ, From The Low Country to the Bayou, and GUMBO JUBILEE. After over 20 years of learning history of the south and earning a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, he worked for NASA for over 10 years. He officially launched his Conyers Family BBQ LLC in 2016 to be a pitmaster, cultural food educator, and STEM expert to the New Orleans Area. Doc's emphasis quickly became cultural educational dinners, media productions, and demonstrations. In 2018, Dr. Conyers hosted and co-produced PBS Digital Studios show Nourish and it was awarded the Telly Award and a Webby Nominee in its pilot season. Professionally, he earned the NASA Space Technology Innovation Award and the Black Engineer of the Year Award Modern Day Technology Leader. For his combined interest, Dr. Conyers was the 1st of 25 people recognized as a Southerner of the South by Southern Living in 2018. In 2018, he was also presented with a key to the city of Manning, the town in South Carolina where he is from.
Dr. Conyers speaks on topics that reflect a commitment to educating the community about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), American BBQ, Black Farmers, African American Culture in the Rural South, and Southern Foodways. Dr. Conyers did a lot of research in validating the oral history in barbecue and southern food culture, and he uncovered he knew a lot of the foundations of southern foodways that were shaped by black hands whom worked on farms similarly to his parents, and multiple generations before them since and during enslavement. Dr. Conyers has become renowned nationally and internationally particularly for his knowledge of American Barbecue and Southern Foods. He is showcasing that African Americans have heavily shaped American BBQ while also exhibiting the ingenuity that they possessed. As a product of the deep rural south, he is taking important lessons of the past and applying them to the present, and ultimately to the future.
Malik Yakini
Malik Yakini, is the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. He is a longtime Detroit activist who has played a critical role in raising awareness about environmental and food justice issues in the city of Detroit for over a decade. Malik astutely provides a critical analysis of the history of race and racial injustice with concrete activism and specific steps that need to be taken within the Black community as well as in collaboration with community partners who share goals related to racial justice. Malik is a founding and emeritus member of the Detroit Food Policy Council, and served as the first Chair.
Phil Jones
Phil Jones has been interested in food and cooking since he was six years old. As a Cub Scout, he earned his first patch for cooking. Phil has been involved in Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit and Grown in Detroit. He is a chef, caterer, owner of Jones Urban Foods, and founder of Citi Foods. Phil is a founding and emeritus member of Detroit Food Policy Council, served as Chair of DFPC for 2 years, and has served as the Chair of the Summit for 10 years.
Suezette Olaker, M.D.
Dr. Suezette Olaker, M.D., is a practicing physician in the Detroit community, and educates individuals on strengthening the link between nutrition and health -emphasizing knowledge, responsibility, and a wholistic approach to health. She is a Public Health trained Family Physician who takes a common sense approach to health, and translates medical concepts into a plain English format. She helps individuals recognize the role they play and the power they have in improving health by teaching how to create an environment where the whole body can heal and maintain optimum health. A native of Chicago, Illinois and a current resident of Detroit, Michigan, Suezette is an avid gardener who preserves produce, and a creative vegetarian cook who works with flavors from around the world. She is a classically trained musician who also enjoys travel. Suezette is an emeritus member of Detroit Food Policy Council, and served as the Chair of DFPC for two years.
Sandra Turner-Handy
Sandra Turner-Handy currently serves in the position of Community Outreach Director for the MI Environmental Council. Her work is specifically around environmental issues, environmental justice, and public policies within the City of Detroit. As former chief of staff for State Representative, then State Senator Hansen Clarke of Detroit, Sandra found her niche in civic engagement of residents around environmental, economic, and social issues affecting the quality of life of residents. Sandra received an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a Master of Science in Leadership Development. Sandra is currently completing a doctorate in education with a focus on leadership development. Sandra is a lifelong Detroiter with six children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandson. A lifelong Detroiter, Turner-Handy is an executive board member CLEARCorps/Detroit, Doing Development Differently in Detroit (D4), and the Michigan Organization to Impact Obesity and Nutrition (MOTION). Turner-Handy is an emeritus member of Detroit Food Policy Council, and served as Chair for two year.

Alliance for Youth Good Food
There are a number of incredible organizations and community leaders doing meaningful programming aimed at engaging Detroit youth with healthy food. Some organizations have been doing work in our community for decades while others are newer. Local nonprofit programs are consistently working hard to impact as many kids as possible with limited resources. We also care deeply about working together and supporting one another to increase our collective impact.
We understand that with more than 198 schools located within the city serving over 170,000 Detroit kids, no one organization alone has the capacity to meet all of the needs that exist within our communities.
Recognizing that, for many organizations, there is limited capacity for how much time and how many resources can be allocated to work outside of our primary missions, we are looking to convene all of Detroit's healthy food focused organizations working with Pre-K-12 Detroit students to participate in a facilitated planning process. The intent will be to identify common goals and missions with which to develop concrete and actionable plans for more impactful collaboration.
  • Expand collective capacity and outreach
  • Raise awareness of our unique roles within our shared space
  • Creation of a services/programming map to serve as an internal and external resource
  • Identify opportunities for enhanced collaboration to maximize our impact
  • Develop a collective framework that can be utilized for potential funding opportunities
For more information:
AllianceYGF@gmail.com
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Beyond Meat
Our Mission:
We believe there is a better way to feed our future and that the positive choices we all make, no matter how small, can have a great impact on our personal health and the health of our planet. By shifting from animal to plant-based meat, we can positively impact four growing global issues: human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare.
Our Website:
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Fresh Prescription Program
Fresh Rx is a Detroit-based network that provides a prescription for free fruits and vegetables, nutritional education, and more to qualifying patients. To learn more contact Ethan Firestone efirest@med.wayne.edu.
Taste the Local Difference
Taste the Local Difference is Michigan's local food media and marketing company. For the past 16 years we've worked around the state of Michigan to lift up the stories of local food entrepreneurs in every sector of the food system and educate consumers about the value of local food. To connect food businesses to each other and engage consumers, we publish a print and digital statewide Local Food Guide, manage a searchable digital database , operate several social media platforms, and provide marketing services and ​technical support. To learn how you can join the Taste the Local Difference network, contact Kelly Wilson at kelly@localdifference.org.
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Zero Waste Detroit
Greetings and welcome to Zero Waste Detroit, your recycling connection and informational resource. Zero Waste Detroit provides recycling education and is also a source for obtaining free recycling carts. In 2008 a resolution supporting ZWD's solid waste model was supported by a City Council Resolution. In 2009 the city moved toward a small curb side recycling program. Zero Waste Detroit working alongside a coalition of members begin to work tiredly toward the goal of closing the incinerator.
In June 2019, this goal was realized, and a great victory was won for the residents of the City of Detroit. Zero Waste Detroit' work continues and has taken a different form since the virus outbreak. Please be on the lookout for virtual recycling educational series via Zoom in the very near future, toward the end of October. Education is an important component if not the most important component of recycling and avoiding the contamination of your recycle bin is of paramount importance. To recycle is to be responsible for doing your part to help heal the environment. Careful examination of the items that you put in your bin helps to ensure that your bin will not contaminate all your neighbor's bins that are collected. If just approximately 30% contaminated or wrongly deposited items can ruin an entire neighborhood recycle load.
  • Zero Waste Detroit call us at 313-986-2990---to have a free recycle cart delivered to your home. Please YOU must leave a message that includes your home address and email address.
  • Visit www.detroitrecycles.org for more recycling at home information
  • Email Questions to www.detroitrecycles.org
  • Zero Waste Detroit website: www.zerowastedetroit.org
  • Sign up for text alerts—get a text a day or two before your scheduled garbage, bulk, yard waste or recycle pickups will occur. Text your street address to 313-800-7905

Sponsor the Detroit Food Summit
We invite sponsors to partner with Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) to create a powerful impact on the health, wellness, and engagement of the people of Detroit. Sponsors are invited to participate in Detroit Food 2020 to support community education and awareness about the local food system. View our Sponsorship Package for more information.
Register
Register Now - We want every member of the Detroit community to join us in building a vision of the Detroit food system. We have a sliding scale for registration, and no one will be turned away. Online registration is open now until October 9.
  • Advocate $40
  • Standard $25
  • Senior/Student $5
  • Resource Fair $30
  • Friends of DFPC - 20% off*
  • Scholarships available
* Friends of the Detroit Food Policy Council receive a discounted registration fee for Detroit Food 2020. Current Friends and new Friends who join by Monday, February 24 will receive a discount code that can be used for the standard registration.

Detroit Food 2019

  • Info
  • Speakers
  • Join Us
Infrastructure & Innovation
Thurs, March 7 - Fri, March 8, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Benson & Edith Ford Conference Center
460 W Baltimore St
Detroit, MI 48202
Detroit Food 2019 will be the 9th annual Detroit Food Summit held by DFPC. DFPC hosts this annual conference to increase awareness about our food system, and develop strategies for building a healthier food system in Detroit. Detroit Food brings together community members, food industry workers, advocates, researchers and policy makers.
Panels & Presentations
  • Farm Bill! Now What?
  • 10 Cents A Meal for School Kids & Farms
  • Innovation & Infrastructure in Food Waste
  • Transportation & Food
Ricardo Salvador
Ricardo J. Salvador is Director and Senior Scientist of the Food & Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainability-Food, and has advised a range of organizations that are advancing food system equitability and innovation (including: La Semilla Food Center, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, FoodCorps, the Center for Good Food Purchasing, Food System 6, The Land Institute, and the Fair Food Program of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.) Prior positions include Program Officer for Food Health and Wellbeing at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Associate Professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University. A native of Mexico, Ricardo's academic background includes undergraduate studies in agriculture at New Mexico State University, and M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in Crop Production and Physiology from Iowa State University.
Kiki Louya
Born to Congolese and Southern American heritage, Kiki Louya has always been interested in the ways food shapes a community. Now, as co-owner of The Farmer's Hand (a gourmet grocery) and Folk (a seasonally inspired brunch café) she works with hundreds of local Michigan purveyors and sees the impact triple bottom line businesses have on food.
Kiki is a graduate of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts (Chicago). Prior to venturing out on her own, Kiki's journey in hospitality began over 20 years ago, and she has worked in almost every front and back of the house position ever since. Most notably, she trained under some of the world's most famed chefs including her personal favorite, multiple James Beard award-winner Paul Kahan (Blackbird, avec, Nico Osteria).
Kiki lives in Midtown, Detroit with her husband and two rescue pitbulls.
Rohani Foulkes
Rohani hails from Australia where she grew up in the small seaside town of Cairns, best known as where the rainforest meets the sea and famous as the launch pad to the Great Barrier Reef. Her passion for food extends deep into her childhood, with an indigenous Torres Strait Island heritage her love of food was nurtured with smells such as frying belacan (Malaysian Shrimp paste) from the family kitchen, hand pressed coconut milk on the back porch and weekly trips to the coastal towns local Farmers Market.
Rohani began her career in food at a young age, with a trade apprenticeship in culinary arts and went on to work as a professional chef for 10+ years in restaurants hotels and island resorts along the East Coast of Australia. She coupled her love of food with teaching and went on to acquire a Bachelor's degree in Education: Design Technology & Vocational Arts at the University of Sydney (USYD). After numerous years working as a high school teacher in schools throughout Sydney Rohani continued her education to acquire a Master's in International Education and Policy Development (USYD) which led to a position with the United Nations Education Outreach division in NYC.
Rohani met her husband, locally born and raised, during a snowball fight on the streets of Williamsburg, NY, parents to a teenage son and toddler daughter they settled on Michigan to raise their family and pursue their vocations. Upon arriving to Michigan she volunteered with Share Our Strength's - Cooking Matters Program through Detroit's Gleaners Community Food Bank and soon after acquired a Full Time position in the Food Bank's Programs Department working in community outreach, nutrition education and programming. A position she has held up until recently.
Rohani has a deep passion for and commitment to honest wholesome food for all. Her vocational life has manifested her pursuit of this notion for all in many ways throughout her career and throughout her years in culinary arts and community programming and she has developed a deep desire for and dedication to understanding growing practices, local small scale food and farming movements for community nutrition and recently farmed a small part of her own 10 acre farm outside of Ann Arbor.
A Good Food Storytelling Night: Infrastructure & Innovation
Thurs, March 7, 5:00pm
Michigan Good Food and Model D Media are partnering with the Detroit Food Policy Council to host A Good Food Storytelling Night: Infrastructure and Innovation featuring local storytellers and their stories of food system infrastructure and innovation. We're excited to announce the following five food system trailblazers will workshop their stories with Model D and share them with a live audience at Detroit Food 2019.
Light fare will be provided by Chef Phil Jones, City Food Project Manager.
Register
We offer a range of registration rates of $30 - $160 so that the conference can be accessible to as many people as possible. This year, in an effort to maintain accessibility for community members to attend the Detroit Food Summit, we are maintaining last year's registration rates. Please support Detroit Food 2019 by giving as generously as possible with your registration contribution. The true expense of Detroit Food 2019 is $150 per person. We will consider the registration amount you pay in excess of $150 as a tax-deductible gift to Detroit Food Policy Council. Detroit Food 2019 does not offer group rates. Please pay the registration contribution that you can afford for each of your participants. A limited number of scholarships are available. Register Here
  • Early Bird (until February 17) $115
  • Advocate $160
  • Standard $130
  • Friends of DFPC $105*
  • Senior/Student $60
  • Youth $30
Become A Sponsor
Businesses looking for creative and engaging ways to make a difference in the lives of Detroit community members are invited to partners with DFPC (Detroit Food Policy Council) to create a powerful community impact. Sponsors are invited to participle in Detroit Food 2019 to help to provide community education and raise awareness about the local food system.
For more information about our sponsorship opportunities see our Sponsorship Package and Community Giving Package, or contact Kibibi Blount-Dorn at kibibi@www.detroitfoodpc.org
Directions and Parking
Follow these directions to the Taubman Center. A limited amount of free parking is available in the surface parking lot located on Baltimore between Cass Ave and Woodward Ave. The Conference Center is located on the 11th Floor. Enter the Taubman Center through the Cass Ave or Baltimore Ave entrance.

Infrastructure & Innovation
Thurs, March 7 - Fri
March 8, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Benson & Edith Ford Center
460 W Baltimore St
Detroit, MI 48202
Detroit Food 2019 will be the 9th annual Detroit Food Summit held by DFPC. DFPC hosts this annual conference to increase awareness about our food system, and develop strategies for building a healthier food system in Detroit. Detroit Food brings together community members, food industry workers, advocates, researchers and policy makers.
Panels & Presentations
  • Farm Bill! Now What?
  • 10 Cents A Meal for School Kids & Farms
  • Innovation & Infrastructure in Food Waste
  • Transportation & Food

Ricardo Salvador
Ricardo J. Salvador is Director and Senior Scientist of the Food & Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainability-Food, and has advised a range of organizations that are advancing food system equitability and innovation (including: La Semilla Food Center, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, FoodCorps, the Center for Good Food Purchasing, Food System 6, The Land Institute, and the Fair Food Program of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.) Prior positions include Program Officer for Food Health and Wellbeing at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Associate Professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University. A native of Mexico, Ricardo's academic background includes undergraduate studies in agriculture at New Mexico State University, and M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in Crop Production and Physiology from Iowa State University.
Kiki Louya
Born to Congolese and Southern American heritage, Kiki Louya has always been interested in the ways food shapes a community. Now, as co-owner of The Farmer's Hand (a gourmet grocery) and Folk (a seasonally inspired brunch café) she works with hundreds of local Michigan purveyors and sees the impact triple bottom line businesses have on food.
Kiki is a graduate of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts (Chicago). Prior to venturing out on her own, Kiki's journey in hospitality began over 20 years ago, and she has worked in almost every front and back of the house position ever since. Most notably, she trained under some of the world's most famed chefs including her personal favorite, multiple James Beard award-winner Paul Kahan (Blackbird, avec, Nico Osteria).
Kiki lives in Midtown, Detroit with her husband and two rescue pitbulls.
Rohani Foulkes
Rohani hails from Australia where she grew up in the small seaside town of Cairns, best known as where the rainforest meets the sea and famous as the launch pad to the Great Barrier Reef. Her passion for food extends deep into her childhood, with an indigenous Torres Strait Island heritage her love of food was nurtured with smells such as frying belacan (Malaysian Shrimp paste) from the family kitchen, hand pressed coconut milk on the back porch and weekly trips to the coastal towns local Farmers Market.
Rohani began her career in food at a young age, with a trade apprenticeship in culinary arts and went on to work as a professional chef for 10+ years in restaurants hotels and island resorts along the East Coast of Australia. She coupled her love of food with teaching and went on to acquire a Bachelor's degree in Education: Design Technology & Vocational Arts at the University of Sydney (USYD). After numerous years working as a high school teacher in schools throughout Sydney Rohani continued her education to acquire a Master's in International Education and Policy Development (USYD) which led to a position with the United Nations Education Outreach division in NYC.
Rohani met her husband, locally born and raised, during a snowball fight on the streets of Williamsburg, NY, parents to a teenage son and toddler daughter they settled on Michigan to raise their family and pursue their vocations. Upon arriving to Michigan she volunteered with Share Our Strength's - Cooking Matters Program through Detroit's Gleaners Community Food Bank and soon after acquired a Full Time position in the Food Bank's Programs Department working in community outreach, nutrition education and programming. A position she has held up until recently.
Rohani has a deep passion for and commitment to honest wholesome food for all. Her vocational life has manifested her pursuit of this notion for all in many ways throughout her career and throughout her years in culinary arts and community programming and she has developed a deep desire for and dedication to understanding growing practices, local small scale food and farming movements for community nutrition and recently farmed a small part of her own 10 acre farm outside of Ann Arbor.
A Good Food Storytelling Night: Infrastructure & Innovation
Thurs, March 7, 5:00pm
Michigan Good Food and Model D Media are partnering with the Detroit Food Policy Council to host A Good Food Storytelling Night: Infrastructure and Innovation featuring local storytellers and their stories of food system infrastructure and innovation. We're excited to announce the following five food system trailblazers will workshop their stories with Model D and share them with a live audience at Detroit Food 2019.
Light fare will be provided by Chef Phil Jones, City Food Project Manager.

Sponsor the Detroit Food Summit
We invite sponsors to partner with Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) to create a powerful impact on the health, wellness, and engagement of the people of Detroit. Sponsors are invited to participate in Detroit Food 2020 to support community education and awareness about the local food system. View our Sponsorship Package for more information.
Register
Register Now - We want every member of the Detroit community to join us in building a vision of the Detroit food system. We have a sliding scale for registration, and no one will be turned away. Online registration is open now until October 9.
  • Advocate $40
  • Standard $25
  • Senior/Student $5
  • Resource Fair $30
  • Friends of DFPC - 20% off*
  • Scholarships available
*Friends of the Detroit Food Policy Council receive a discounted registration fee for Detroit Food 2020. Current Friends and new Friends who join by Monday, February 24 will receive a discount code that can be used for the standard registration.

Past Summits

  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
Detroit Food 2018
It Takes A Village: Reclaiming our power in the food system
Thurs, March 8 - Fri, March 9
Detroit Food 2018 will be the 8th annual Detroit Food Summit held by DFPC. DFPC hosts this annual conference to increase awareness about our food system, and develop strategies for building a healthier food system in Detroit. Detroit Food brings together community members, food industry workers, advocates, researchers and policy makers.
Review Agenda Here >>
Kick Off Events
Livestream Broadcast of Food Literacy for All
Detroit and Havana: Building Resilience Through Urban Agriculture
Speakers
Dr. Monica White, Ph.D.
Naim Edwards
Special Thanks
Blue Cross Complete of Michigan
Motivate Sponsors
Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems
Sustain Sponsors
Wayne State University Department of Nutrition & Food Science
Support Sponsors
Slow Food - Detroit Central City
Meal Sponsors
Russell Street Deli
Meal Sponsors
Avalon Internatioal Breads
Meal Sponsors
Hazon Detroit
Sustainability Sponsors
Wayne State University Office of Sustainability
Sustainability Sponsors
Detroit Food 2017
Come Together
Thurs, March 9 - Fri, March 10
The Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) announces its seventh annual food summit, Detroit Food 2017- Come Together. Since 2010, the Detroit Food Policy Council has been charged by the Detroit City Council to produce an annual food summit for the people of the city of Detroit, in order to engage and inform our community on current and future food issues with food sovereignty at its core. The event will feature keynote addresses from Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D. of Wayne State University's department of Urban Studies and Planning and Mary Lee of PolicyLink.
We will look at several aspects impacting food security in the city of Detroit, including access to quality food, impacts of food on health and wellness, and the economics of the food system.
The attendees of food summits range from policy-makers to concerned citizens, so we, with great intentionally, design the content that it appeals to all, whether one's interest is casual or more intensely policy focused. People will gain valuable network connections, unique insights and fabulous tastes of phenomenal local fare.
Innovations that we will be featuring this year includes added technology, a storytelling kiosk and an assortment of presentations that will bring participants to new levels of education and engagement.
Additionally, there will be robust networking and resource sharing to assist in building a stronger food system and healthier communities. We are excited to return to The College for Creative Studies in their Benson and Edith Ford Conference Center for a second year. This venue allows for us to produce a high level summit in a centrally located venue that celebrates the arts and our rich automotive history.
Speakers
Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D.
Mary Lee
Kami Pothukuchi is associate professor and chair of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Wayne State University. She is the founding director of SEED Wayne, a campus-community collaborative dedicated to building student leadership on sustainable food systems at WSU. Her action research examines how interventions in community food systems may advance goals in public health, economic development, social justice, and sustainability.
Dr. Pothukuchi's research and professional activities have helped create the sub-field of food planning within the broader field of urban planning. She has published papers on a variety of topics including access to vacant land for urban agriculture, attracting supermarkets to under-served neighborhoods, assessing community food systems, food system planning and policy-making, and university leadership in sustainable food systems.
Dr. Pothukuchi is a member of the city of Detroit's Urban Agriculture Work Group, a co-founder and past member of the Detroit Food Policy Council (2009-2014). She also served on the boards of several local and national organizations, and was a co-convenor of the Food Planning Interest Group of the American Planning Association from 2005 to 2014.
Mary is a Deputy Director of PolicyLink, a national advocacy organization working to advance racial equity, economic and social justice. As a member of the organization's health team, Mary helps guide the PolicyLink Center for Health Equity and Place, providing research, technical assistance and training to public and private agencies collaborating to build healthy communities. She has co-authored reports and journal articles on access to healthy food, the built environment, and the impact of place and race on health. She is also a practicing attorney with more than 30 years of experience working in communities throughout California, with special emphasis on issues of housing, land use and community economic development. Her work has always focused on the legal rights of low-income people. She began her legal career at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) and then joined the Western Center on Law and Poverty as a housing attorney. She later returned to LAFLA as Managing Attorney of that agency's South Central Los Angeles office and later maintained a private practice focusing on community economic development and housing law, including housing discrimination, landlord/tenant, foreclosure, land use law and civil rights.
Mary is a native of Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley.
Special Thanks
Fair Food Network
Motivate Sponsor
Hazon Detroit
Sustain Sponsor
Detroit Food 2016
Food for Change
Thurs, March 10 - Fri, March 11
The Detroit Food Policy Council warmly welcomes you to is 6th Annual Food Summit, where the theme
is "Food For Change". As the conference progresses, you'll have the opportunity to learn some of the exciting things that are growing in Detroit. Whether you are a novice, or seasoned in Food System work, there's something here for you. You'll be updated on issues impacting the local and national food systems. You'll be challenged to discuss, and offer suggestions on selected current controversies.
We are also here to celebrate our uniqueness - our individual and collective heritage(s), and to continue to plan a better future for the residents of Detroit. It's a time when we can come together to learn, plan, join the discussions, share stories, partner with others, and of course, to eat. Detroit is changing again. Link with us and with others to create an ever more vibrant Detroit.
Special Thanks
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Eastern Market Corporation
MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
edibleWOW
Hazon Detroit
Calder Diary
White Pine Coffee

Detroit Food 2018
It Takes A Village: Reclaiming our power in the food system
Thurs, March 8 - Fri, March 9
Detroit Food 2018 will be the 8th annual Detroit Food Summit held by DFPC. DFPC hosts this annual conference to increase awareness about our food system, and develop strategies for building a healthier food system in Detroit. Detroit Food brings together community members, food industry workers, advocates, researchers and policy makers.
Kick Off Events
Livestream Broadcast of Food Literacy for All
Detroit and Havana: Building Resilience Through Urban Agriculture
Speakers
Dr. Monica White, Ph.D.
Naim Edwards
Special Thanks
Blue Cross Complete of Michigan
Motivate Sponsors
Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems
Sustain Sponsors
Wayne State University Department of Nutrition & Food Science
Support Sponsors
Slow Food - Detroit Central City
Meal Sponsors
Russell Street Deli
Meal Sponsors
Avalon Internatioal Breads
Meal Sponsors
Hazon Detroit
Sustainability Sponsors
Wayne State University Office of Sustainability
Sustainability Sponsors

Detroit Food 2017
Come Together
Thurs, March 9 - Fri, March 10
The Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) announces its seventh annual food summit, Detroit Food 2017- Come Together. Since 2010, the Detroit Food Policy Council has been charged by the Detroit City Council to produce an annual food summit for the people of the city of Detroit, in order to engage and inform our community on current and future food issues with food sovereignty at its core. The event will feature keynote addresses from Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D. of Wayne State University's department of Urban Studies and Planning and Mary Lee of PolicyLink.
We will look at several aspects impacting food security in the city of Detroit, including access to quality food, impacts of food on health and wellness, and the economics of the food system.
The attendees of food summits range from policy-makers to concerned citizens, so we, with great intentionally, design the content that it appeals to all, whether one's interest is casual or more intensely policy focused. People will gain valuable network connections, unique insights and fabulous tastes of phenomenal local fare.
Innovations that we will be featuring this year includes added technology, a storytelling kiosk and an assortment of presentations that will bring participants to new levels of education and engagement.
Additionally, there will be robust networking and resource sharing to assist in building a stronger food system and healthier communities. We are excited to return to The College for Creative Studies in their Benson and Edith Ford Conference Center for a second year. This venue allows for us to produce a high level summit in a centrally located venue that celebrates the arts and our rich automotive history.
Speakers
Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D.
Mary Lee
Special Thanks
Fair Food Network
Motivate Sponsor
Hazon Detroit
Sustain Sponsor

Detroit Food 2016
Food for Change
Thurs, March 10 - Fri, March 11
The Detroit Food Policy Council warmly welcomes you to is 6th Annual Food Summit, where the theme
is "Food For Change". As the conference progresses, you'll have the opportunity to learn some of the exciting things that are growing in Detroit. Whether you are a novice, or seasoned in Food System work, there's something here for you. You'll be updated on issues impacting the local and national food systems. You'll be challenged to discuss, and offer suggestions on selected current controversies.
We are also here to celebrate our uniqueness - our individual and collective heritage(s), and to continue to plan a better future for the residents of Detroit. It's a time when we can come together to learn, plan, join the discussions, share stories, partner with others, and of course, to eat. Detroit is changing again. Link with us and with others to create an ever more vibrant Detroit.
Special Thanks
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Eastern Market Corporation
MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
edibleWOW
Hazon Detroit
Calder Diary
White Pine Coffee

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