Food System Economic Partnership

The fourth annual FSEP Conference was held on June 19, 2009 at the Lenawee County Intermediate School District Tech Center with 160 individuals in attendance. The objective of the conference was to educate participants about local food system opportunities in pro­duction, processing, marketing, distribution, sales and consumption of locally grown foods.

Conference participants were inspired by the keynote presentation by Kamyar En­shayan, highlighting the work that has taken place in Iowa to move local foods into institu­tions. Attendees also chose from eighteen concurrent sessions that focused on the local food system.

One of the highlights of the conference was the local foods lunch prepared by the LISD students enrolled in the food service and hospital­ity program under the direction of Chef Corbett Day. Local foods from each of the five counties involved in FSEP were featured in the lunch that was both flavorful and attractive.

Missed the conference?  View workshop presentations here.