Conference - Serving Up Good Health

Achieving Food Equity in Our Communities
2008 Annual Meeting and Conference
Smith Commons, REI Headquarters
6750 S. 228th Street
Kent, WA 98032

Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:30AM- 3:30PM

Join us at REI Headquarters to learn about food equity in our society and envision achieving food equity in our communities. You'll hear about recent initiatives in Washington's schools, businesses, and communities to increase access to healthy foods. Come prepared to be actively engaged in discussions throughout the day.

Who should attend: Dietitians, food and restaurant industry insiders, vending suppliers and buyers, worksite wellness managers, educators, School Foodservice Managers, businesses, anti-hunger advocates, hunger relief workers, producers

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Steven Gdula, author of "The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the 20th Century Home"

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that if you really want to understand the workings of a society, you have to "look into their pots" and "eat their bread." Steven Gdula gives us a view of American culture from the most popular room in the house: the kitchen. Examining the relationship between trends and innovations in the kitchen and the cultural attitudes beyond its four walls, Gdula creates a lively portrait of the last hundred years of American domestic life. The Warmest Room in the House explores food trends and technology, kitchen design, appliances and furniture, china and flatware, cookery bookery, food lit, and much more. Gdula's writing has appeared in Details, the Washington Post, the Advocate, and Cooking Light magazine. He lives in San Francisco, CA.