Conference Agenda
Review the conference agenda here
Conference Details
Directions
Friday: The Farm Bus Tour will leave promptly at 2:00 PM. Please meet at 1414 K Street at the California Endowment Office in Sacramento.
Saturday: All of Saturday's events will be held in and around the Sacramento City College Student Center (STC). See a campus map for details. Parking on the weekends is free. Feel free to park in parking lot F, closest to the STC off of Sutterville Road.
Local Farm Tour-March 19th
Get on the bus!
Have you ever wanted to not only meet the people who grow the food you
eat, but also get the opportunity to see it growing? As part of the Conference, from Field to Table, we’ve organized a local farm
tour where you’ll get the chance to meet local farmers, hear about their
successes and challenges and see (and taste) the fruits of their labors.
March
19th
2:00
PM-6:00 PM
Meet
at the
Reserve your spot today!
(www.pesticidewatch.org/conference)
---cost
is $10 to cover the cost of the bus
Stop #1
Fremont
Community Garden, Bill Maynard
14th & Q Streets,
Stop
#2
L.
Strawberry Farm, Lo Saetern
Florin & Florin-Elk Grove Roads,
Stop
#3
Soil Born Farms,
Shawn Harrison
Stop
#4
Otow Orchard,
Tosh Kuratomi
Del Rio Botanical,
Suzanne Ashworth
Reserve your seat today and
check out the rest of the conference events on Saturday as well.
Speakers and Biographies
Here are a few of the conference speakers and workshop leaders:
Paul Muller of Full Belly Farm-Along with Andrew Brait, Judith Redmond, and Dru Rivers, Paul Mueller owns and runs Full Belly Farm, a 200-acre certified organic farm located in the beautiful Capay Valley of Northern California. Full Belly's system includes: growing and marketing over 80 different crops; providing year-round employment for farm labor; using cover crops that fix nitrogen and provide organic matter for the soil; developing innovative marketing strategies; and planting habitat areas for beneficial insects and wildlife.
Martha Arguello of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Martha
Arguello has served for the past 32 years in the non-profit sector as
an advocate, community organizer, and coalition builder. She joined
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles in 1998 to launch the
environmental health programs, and became Executive Director in
November 2007. She is committed to making the credible voice of
physicians a powerful instrument for transforming California and our
planet into a more peaceful and healthy place.
Lupe Martinez of Center for Race Poverty and the Environment-Since Lupe began working in the San Joaquin Valley fields in the 1960's he has worked tirelessly, loyally, and passionately organizing farm workers for the United Farm Workers side-by-side Cesar Chavez. He currently works for Center for Race Poverty and the Environment as their Director of Organizing.
Naomi Starkman of Civil Eats-Naomi Starkman is a founder and editor of Civil Eats. She is a food policy media consultant to Consumers Union and others. Naomi served as the Director of Communications & Policy at Slow Food Nation ’08 and has been a media consultant to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ and WIRED magazines. She is the co-founder of Kitchen Table Talks, a local food forum in San Francisco, and a board member of 18 Reasons, a nonprofit connecting community through food.
Other workshop leaders include:
Dan Jacobson of Environment California, Debbie Davis of Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Bill Allayaud of Environmental Working Group, Martin Guerena, City of Davis, Kathryn Gilje, Pesticide Action Network and many more...
Hotel Information
We have reserved a select number of hotel rooms at a discounted rate at the Vagabond Inn in Old Town Sacramento for those wishing to spend the night Friday,March 19th, Saturday March 20th, or both. If you are interested in reserving one of these discounted rooms please contact:
The Vagabond Inn is located at 909 3rd Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, 916-446-1481, dial 0 to make a reservation with the hotel directly. Mention the CPR conference at get a discounted rate of $62/night.
The Citizen Hotel is located at 926 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, 916-492-4460