SLOW LIVING SUMMIT - Virtual Conference
Keynotes: Thursday, June 4 & Friday June 5, 2020
Panel Discussions and more: Monday, June 8 - Friday, June 12
The 10th annual Slow Living Summit will be virtual! Live keynotes by Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappé, Tom Newmark and Sandra Steingraber, plus interactive panels, a farm tour and a happy hour.
Topics include Social Justice & Climate Change, Regenerative Farming, Cooperative Ownership, Farm & Food Policy, and The Changing Landscape for Farm & Food Entrepreneurs During & After the Pandemic.
Strolling of the Heifers
Thursday, June 4
Time
Session
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1:00-1:45 PM
Frances Moore Lappé, Author, Diet for a Small Planet
3:00-4:30 PM
Bill McKibben, Founder, 350.org
Friday, June 5
Time
Session
Details
1:00-2:30 PM
Tom Newmark, New Chapter, The Carbon Underground, Finca Luna Nueva Lodge
3:00-4:30 PM
Sandra Steingraber
Fracking, Public Health, Climate
5:00-6:30
Happy Hour
Informal mingling for attendees
Monday, June 8
Time
Session
Details
1:00-2:30 PM
Panel: Social Justice & Climate Change
3:00-4:30 PM
Ben & Jerry’s
Past, present and future of Ben & Jerry’s commitment to climate change issues
Tuesday, June 9
Time
Session
Details
1:00-2:30 PM
Panel: Financing Farming
How can different financial models help fund farming. Co-op models and Regenerative Farming
3:00-4:30 PM
Panel: Climate Change & Policy
From Government to Grassroots w/ Lt. Gov David Zuckerman
Wednesday, June 10
Time
Session
Details
1:00-2:30 PM
Panel: Cooperative Ownership
Real Pickles & Vermont Employee Ownership Center
3:00-4:30 PM
TBA
Thursday, June 11
Time
Session
Details
1:00-2:30 PM
Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs
Green Tea, Pete and Gerry’s Green initiative. Clean up day video and photos!
3:00-4:30 PM
Karen Washington
Virtual Farm Tour of Rise & Root Farm and Presentation
5:00-6:30
Happy Hour
Friday, June 12
Time
Session
Details
1:00-2:30 PM
V-Bike
Talk and Bike Demo
3:00-4:30 PM
TBA
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