Calendar of Events for the Four Corner States
Calendar events included mainly take place in AZ, CO, NM, and UT - we may occasionally list very pertinent events outside this area and will mark them with a
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2013 Events
Navajo Nation Food & Wellness Policy Summit
June 11-12, 2013
Window Rock, AZ
Sponsored by the Navajo Division of Health. The summit will cover obesity prevention and control, indigenous food sovereignty, nutrition and physical activity. Inviting public policy advocates, health care providers and educators, nutrition educators, food suppliers, grassroots leaders and stakeholders. For more information contact (928) 871-6968 or email: sonlatsa.jim-martin@nndoh.org .
11th Annual SWMN Conference
15-17 July 2013
Alamosa, CO
Update: The 11th Annual SWMN Conference will be in Alamosa, Colorado on 15-17 July 2013. An optional tour on 15 July will visit traditional farms in San Luis, and Tuesday and Wednesday sessions will focus on Farm to School and related issues of distribution, food safety, increasing local food production, sustainable practices, and education. Stay tuned here for upcoming info on registration, lodging, and the agenda.
Closing the Hunger Gap: Cultivating Food Security Inaugural Conference
September 18-20, 2013
Tucson, AZ
For more information, please go to www.thehungergap.org.
6th Annual National Growing Food & Justice for All Gathering: Food is Medicine, Water is Life
October 18 - 20, 2013
Taos, NM
Pre-Gathering Intensive Leadership Facilitator Training will be held on Oct 17-18. This is a national gathering previously held in Chicago and Milwaukee and scheduled this year for Taos Co-sponsored by Taos County Economic Development Center. To get more information, register, or submit a proposal, go to http://www.growingfoodandjustice.org/Home_page.html.
Quivira Coalition Conference - Inspiring Adaptation. Last year's Quivira Conference How to Feed Nine Billion People From the Ground Up
November 13-15, 2013
Albuquerque, NM
For more information, go to http://quiviracoalition.org/index.html. To see videos of presenters in past conferences, go to www.youtube.com/quiviracoalition.
2014 Events
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference the Southwest's Premier Conference for Organic Agriculture
February 14-15, 2014
Albuquerque, NM
For more information go to www.farmtotablenm.org/programs/new-mexico-organic-farming-conference/
112th Anniversary National Farmers Union Convention – Spicing Up Family Agriculture
March 8 to 11, 2014
Santa Fe, NM
Farm family members and leaders from across the country gather to form policy, explore new ideas and learn.