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Special Conference Offerings
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Please register for the appropriate tour on your conference registration form. Click here to register now!
Friday,
July 18
3:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Nutrition Education From Seed to Table with Urban Agriculture Tour
Cost: $45 (cost for dinner at Calvino’s restaurant is separate and
will be paid individually by tour participants. Entrees are $8-16.)
Join us for a tour of two innovative community gardens and dinner at Calavino’s
restaurant which uses produce from the gardens. For the past 10 years,
the Oakhurst Community Garden Project has provided direct garden experience
to hundreds of local youth. The one and a half acre garden is home to
vegetable plots, native woodlands, a creek, a bog,
beehives, herb gardens, and more, serving as an outdoor laboratory. Food
is a main focus of most programs, as participants grow, harvest, prepare,
and eat directly from the garden and compost whatever is left over to
feed the next crop. At Oakhurst Garden, many children encounter their
first ripe tomato, dig their first potato out of the ground, pick seeds
out of sunflowers, and savor sweet violet flowers. Oakhurst Garden provides
outreach
education to local schools, assisting them with creating their own outdoor
classrooms and vegetable gardens, and linking them to curriculum standards.
Space is limited.
Established in 1998, Gaia Gardens is a community farm, owned by East Lake
Commons Co-housing community and run by an independent farmer. The farm
is 5 acres, including hillsides, forest fragments, and an acre spring-fed
pond. The 1.5 acre growing space is a patchwork of fields dedicated to
rotations that include an intensive cover cropping schedule. During the
season you'll see a multitude of vegetable and cut flower varieties along
with perennial herbs and fruits. Produce is sold via a Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) program. Gaia Gardens also participates in community
youth programs and in an internship program for young would-be farmers.
Saturday,
July 19
7:30 p.m.
Dine Around
SNE has reserved tables at 10 restaurants in Downtown Atlanta so you can
enjoy a night out with your friends, and not worry about making dinner
reservations. Click here
to view a complete list of restaurants and make a reservation. Sign-up
sheets will be available on-site for any remaining spots. Space will be
limited so sign up early!
Sunday, July 20
7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Members’ Showcase
Cost: $75 booth fee
The Members’ Showcase is a cooperative exhibit of educational materials or other goods produced by individual SNE members. Space will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. Space is limited. For more information on the Members’ Showcase, contact SNE at 800-235-6690 or info@sne.org. To download a submission form, please go to http://www.sne.org/conference/registration.htm.
Monday, July 21
7:00 p.m.
NEW World of Coca-Cola Reception
Join your SNE colleagues at this special event. You'll see over 1,200
artifacts from around the world. In addition, you'll be visiting one of
the nation’s few “green” buildings. The building was
constructed in accordance with the United States Green Building Council’s
(USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)® standards.
The NEW World of Coca-Cola incorporates the latest advances in environmentally-friendly
construction and design. As a high-performance, sustainable building,
this facility minimizes negative environmental impact, conserves energy,
minimizes water use, and helps to protect natural resources.
Tuesday, July 22
5:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Volunteer Opportunity - Atlanta Community
Food Bank, Product Recovery Center
Join fellow SNE members in giving an evening of your time and energy to
help Georgia families in need. The Atlanta Community Food Bank’s
Product Rescue Center (PRC) provides quality food, beverages, and health
products to over 800 nonprofit partner agencies in Metro Atlanta and the
North Georgia area. These partner agencies, in turn, distribute these
products to individuals and families in need. Volunteers make this possible
by sorting, inspecting and packing donated items for these groups. Space
is limited.
Wednesday, July 23
7:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Atlanta Community Food Bank Tour
Cost: $25
Founded in 1979, the Atlanta Community Food Bank currently distributes
almost 2 million pounds of food and other donated grocery items monthly
to more than 800 nonprofit partner agencies in 38 counties in Metro Atlanta
and North Georgia. The Food Bank supports a wide range of people in need,
from children to the working poor. Food pantries, community kitchens,
childcare centers, night shelters and senior centers are among the agencies
that receive product from the Food Bank and provide food and other critical
resources for low-income Georgians who suffer from hunger and food insecurity.
The tour will include a “Hunger 101” presentation by a food
bank educator and an overview of programs and services provided by the
Food Bank. Space is limited.
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Gaia Gardens Tour
Cost: $40
Established in 1998, Gaia Gardens is a community farm, owned by East Lake
Commons Co-housing community and run by an independent farmer. The farm
is 5 acres, including hillsides, forest fragments, and an acre spring-fed
pond. The 1.5 acre growing space is a patchwork of fields dedicated to
rotations that include an intensive cover cropping schedule. During the
season you'll see a multitude of vegetable and cut flower varieties along
with perennial herbs and fruits. Produce is sold via a Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) program. Gaia Gardens also participates in community
youth programs and in an internship program for young would-be farmers.
