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08, 2022
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06, 2022
2023 ASAN Food & Farm Forum – Cancelled
2023 Food & Farm Forum CANCELLED Like many of our partner orgs, we are continuing to struggle to work with long-term event planning in the post-COVID arena. We are also struggling with capacity challenges and staff changes and wanting to center what’s most critical to ASAN’s overall work and mission vision. Given these multiple layers [...]
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11, 2021
2021 Food & Farm Forum – session schedule
TYPES OF SESSIONS: Plenary Sessions - full-network, big-picture discussion spaces meant to grow our shared understanding of the work before us as a movement, the legacies we've inherited, and the vision we have for a just, sustainable, resilient future "Hands-on" Skillshare Sessions - panels, roundtables, demos, and more, on a wide variety of practical skills [...]
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11, 2020
Forum Community Agreements
ASAN and the Forum aim to create community. Even though that community is coming together online this year, still, in order for it to be a reflection of our deepest values and best selves, we must adhere to some shared agreements about HOW we come together and how we engage. Below are the agreements that guide [...]
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11, 2020
2020 Food & Farm Forum – session schedule
TYPES OF SESSIONS: Campfire sessions - full-network, big-picture gathering spaces meant to grow our shared understanding of the work before us as a movement, the legacies we've inherited, and the vision we have for a just, sustainable, resilient future "Hands-on" skillshare sessions - panels, roundtables, demos, and more, on a wide variety of practical skills [...]
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10, 2020
ASAN Farmer Needs Assessment
This fall, ASAN will begin a state-wide farmer needs assessment (FNA) of fifty sustainable producers and aspiring producers in Alabama, and we need your help to make it possible! During the fall and winter, our Farmer Support Coordinator Charlotte, along with three FNA Fellows, will visit producers on their farms and hold two-hour interviews with [...]
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08, 2020
Meet Marian Mwenja, ASAN’s Admin & Communications Assistant / Justice Fellow
ASAN welcomed Marian Mwenja to the team in early August 2020. Marian has a multi-layered role, serving both as an Admin & Communications Assistant, and as our first-ever Justice Fellow. As Admin & Communications Assistant, Marian manages ASAN's social media, contributes to e-blasts/newsletters, and makes sure the organization's gears stay running smoothly. As the Justice [...]
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03, 2020
Resource Hub for COVID-19
ASAN RESOURCE PAGE FOR COVID-19 PANDEMIC: This page will be updated as new resources become available, so check back periodically! LOCAL FARMS/MARKETS DIRECTORY: These are difficult, uncertain times, and many of our typical supply lines are strained or cut off. But local farmers are here for you! Many are needing your support more [...]
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11, 2019
2019 Youth Food & Farm Forum
Follow the links at the top of the main Forum landing page to register, and to complete required additional forms. What is the Youth Food & Farm Forum? In 2018 ASAN held our first-ever Youth Food & Farm Forum, geared towards youth ages 14-21, and it was a wonderful success! Planned by our 6-member [...]
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11, 2019
2019 Food & Farm Forum / Youth Food & Farm Forum: EVENT SCHEDULE
This schedule is subject to change. THURSDAY DECEMBER 5 1:00-5:00pm - Field trips (optional, additional cost) 5:30-9:00pm - Registration open TIME TBD - Southern Exposure Film Fellowship film screening with Martha Hunter of Alabama Rivers Alliance 10:30pm - Quiet hours FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 7:30am-4:30pm - Registration open 8:00-9:00am - Breakfast *9:20-10:20am - Youth Forum opening session 9:20-11:25am - Concurrent sessions [...]