Summit 2010

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The 2010 Summit on Hunger and Food Insecurity FINAL REPORT is ready to view! Find it in our Resources page, or CLICK HERE to download now.

The Summit was a success! A big 'THANK YOU' to everyone that attended, and a special thanks to all keynotes, presenters, and facilitators that gave their time and expertise to the cause to alleviate hunger in Idaho. We would also like to thank the Doubletree Riverside for providing such a great conference space and going the extra mile to serve an all local lunch.

This webpage will now be a followup to the Summit, providing PICTURES and WORKSHOP MATERIALS from all five of the workshops and next steps for Idaho. CLICK ON WORKSHOPS BELOW to find information on all of them.

 

'NEXT STEPS' for Hunger Relief in Idaho -- Summit outcomes

The "top 5 next steps" that were identified during the 2010 Idaho Hunger Summit include:

  • Increase participation in the Summer Meal Program for food insecure Idaho children through increased awareness, improved transportation options and involvement of diverse leadership (Childhood Hunger Track)
  • create a comprehensive awareness/media campaign for nutrition education and benefit assistance programs (Hunger Free Communities Track)
  • implement a cap on predatory lending (Policy and Advocacy Track)
  • develop an Idaho Food Stamp Outreach Plan (Senior Hunger Track)
  • create an Idaho Farmers' Market Association (local food systems--farmers' market track)

2010 CONFERENCE MATERIALS  (click on the "links" below to find resources and pictures taken from the workshops and keynotes)

More than 250 participants attended the 2010 Idaho Hunger Summit, with close to 300 showing up to hear the Keynote speaker. We were very fortunate to have Deputy Secretary of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan as our keynote speaker and Sasha Abramsky, author, Breadline USA, as the luncheon speaker. In addition to our keynotes, there were five workshop tracks addressing: 

  1. Childhood Hunger—Food That’s in When School is Out
    (Crystal FitzSimons, Food Research Action Center, Washington DC) 
  2. Local Food Systems—Idaho Farmers’ Markets Organize!
    (Diane Eggert, Farmers’ Market Federation of New York State, Fayetteville, New York)
  3. Senior Hunger—Putting Healthy Food & Relationships Within Reach
    (Lorraine Driscoll, AARP, Washington DC)
  4. Anti-hunger Policy and Advocacy--Finding Your Voice
    (Shannon Robins, Feeding America, Chicago)
  5. Hunger Free Communities—Continuum of Community Response
    (Peter Lawson, Southeast Oregon Food Bank, Ontario OR)


PICTURES ...Click the links below to see pictures of the Summit, and visit our Facebook page for even more.

Registration

Opening, Proclomation, and Keynote--Deputy Secretary Merrigan

Breakout Workshops

Lunchtime keynote--Sasha Abramsky

Conference Sponsors

  • Ahavath Beth Israel
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada County
  • Catholic Charities of Idaho
  • Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho
  • Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • Food Services of America
  • Idaho Dietetic Association
  • Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force
  • Idaho Interfaith Roundtable Against Hunger
  • Life's Kitchen
  • Monastery of St. Gertrude
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise
  • Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
  • The Idaho Foodbank
  • Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program of Idaho