Training Overview Presenters Agenda Registration Hotel Sponsors Become a Sponsor	This is a Training Session...Come to Work !! Saturday, 20 August 2011 8am – 5pm Loudermilk Center 40 Courtland Ave Atlanta, Georgia 30303 For most of us that have been in the agricultural, food access, food policy and food security arenas whether urban or rural, understand the issues that present challenges for our communities. How to develop the steps to impact the neccessary changes will be the focus of this training. Urban Agriculture and Food Policy – Developing a Food Economy will be a training session. The training is designed to answer your questions on "how to" develop: Urban agricultural sites A frame work to jump start your city or state Food / Agriculture Policy Plan Partnerships for minority inclusion in the process Regional and national networks for collaborative efforts Strategies to secure funding to support your projects and initiatives The training will address issues of: Creating a common language for urban agriculture Inclusion of minority and underserved community stakeholders in the development of city and state food policy councils and food plans Successful urban agriculture models Distribution and collaborative models between rural and urban producers Funding to support urban agriculture projects and initiatives Who should be in attendance? Urban Agriculturist Farmers Grassroots organizations that service minority and underserved communities County and State Health Departments Nutritionist Food Policy Councils City, County and State Governmental Agencies Farmers' Market personnel Food Access Activist National agricultural and forestry governmental agencies Everyone who believes good food should be accessible to all citizens.