Nourishing Our Community with our Local Food System

Join the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network for Nourishing our Community with our Local Food System to learn how together we can grow community health and wealth through food.

Our Keynote Speaker is Kate Krauss, Executive Director of Fair Food Network, whose national leadership in nutrition incentives and food system impact investing has strengthened community food systems across the country.

Kate Krauss will share the impactful work and inspiring story of the Fair Food Network and their belief that when we start with food, so much is possible: collaborative solutions, vibrant communities and new paths forward as we grow a more equitable, resilient food economy.

This half-day event will feature Panel Discussions with Q&A on three key impact areas:

• Food as Medicine
• Food Insecurity
• Farm to School.

Our panelists will include state and local leaders and experts working in these areas.

The venue for this event is the Don Wolf Conference Center at Do it Best headquarters at Electric Works in Fort Wayne. The day will begin with coffee and networking time at 8:30am with opening remarks beginning at 9:00am. See the complete agenda below.

This free event includes a delicious lunch featuring ingredients from local farms and meaningful discussions over lunch about actions our community can take to nourish our community with our local food system to grow the health and wealth of our region.

Please share your dietary preferences and any special accomodations that you need to be able to participate as you complete your event registration.

Parking: There are several ways to access the Electric Works campus parking. The easiest is to type the parking garage address into your navigation:

1450 Van Buren Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

The Electric Works campus features three parking areas:

• Swinney Lot, located at 1030 Swinney Avenue just off Broadway
• The parking garage, located at 1450 Van Buren
• Lot C, located on Wall Street, west of College Street

For more details about both free and paid parking options and a parking map visit: https://fortwayneelectricworks.com/parking-map/

We hope you can join us as together we learn and are inspired to action by what is possible when we start with food.

This event is made possible with generous support from the Indiana Department of Health, through a Regional Food System Partnerships grant from the USDA.

Host or Publisher Northeast Indiana Local Food Network