Conference Agenda
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
8:30 a.m. Pre-conference Tour - Hungry for Change:  Addressing Urban Food Deserts in St. Louis

In cities across the country, many low income residents live in food deserts with limited access to healthy and affordable foods.  In St. Louis, solutions to the lack of access to healthy foods can be discovered in a place-based comprehensive approach, spearheaded by a local neighborhood organization and MU Extension,  that links urban consumers with rural producers, provides educational support to assist families in making wise food choices, and promotes community gardens and markets in city neighborhoods.   Participants will visit Old North St. Louis, an urban-core neighborhood just north of downtown St. Louis that is at the center of a six-neighborhood food desert.  MU Extension faculty will showcase efforts related to farmers markets, community gardens, CSAs and a neighborhood-operated grocery co-op.  
12:30 p.m. Registration and Check-In

Lunch on your own
1:15 p.m. Welcome – Goals for the Meeting
Chair and Incoming Chair
1:30 p.m. A Report on the Battelle Study:  Power & Promise – Ag-bioscience in the North Central United States
2:30 p.m. Collaboration Principles
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Metropolitan Food Systems – An Update on This Topic Since the Symposium
4:00 p.m. Metropolitan Needs and North Central Priorities – Wellness
4:30 p.m. Regional Impact Indicators – Update
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
5:30 p.m. Regional Reception – Hosted by University of Missouri Extension

Dinner On Your Own
Thursday, September 8, 2011
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Discussion Groups – Break Out Meetings
  • Individual Program Area Meeting(s)
  • Associate Directors Meeting
  • State Directors of Planning and Evaluation
  • Deans/Directors Meeting
10:00 a.m. Working Break
Noon – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Break Outs Continue
3:45 p.m. Working Break
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
5:30-6:30 p.m. Social Hour
6:30 p.m. Dinner On Your Own
Friday, September 9, 2011
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Federal Budget Issues
  • Policy Board of Directors - Budget and Advocacy Committee
  • ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee
8:30 a.m.  Energy Programming Partnerships with DOE
8:45 a.m.  Regional Training on Team Development and Grant Writing
9:00am Dialog and Discussion [15 minutes, each group]
  1. Program Area Follow-up with Directors (Program Area A)
  2. Program Area Follow-up with Directors (Program Area B)
  3. Program Area Follow-up with Directors (Program Area C)
  4. Program Area Follow-up with Directors (Program Area D)
  5. Associate Directors Follow-up with Directors
  6. State Directors of Planning and Evaluation Follow-up with Directors
  7. Report back and observations from the Deans/Directors
10:00 a.m. Working Break
11:30 a.m. Overall Summary and Next Steps
Noon Adjourn

General Draft [July 5, 2011]
Initial Agenda – for discussion & outlining topics.
*This is currently a working agenda – subject to change.
(North Central Cooperative Extension Association)