Food Is Medicine
8th Annual Chef-Farmer Retreat
Farm-to-Table Program
December 7, 2011
8:30 – Arrival and Registration
Coffee, Herbal Tea, Healing Root Cake and/or Raw Treats
9:00 – Welcome and Introductions
Joseph Kiefer and Martin Kemple will introduce Food Works and the Farm-to-Table Program
Brian Van Hoy and Dan Stein will introduce the retreat and Sandra Lory, the Keynote Speaker
9:10 – Keynote Speaker
Sandra Lory, Good Food, Good Medicine
9:30 – Workshop session #1
Medicinal Soups: Medicinal Mushroom Soup
Split Pea and Ham
Earth Soup (Root Veggies)
Raw Food w/ Linda Wooliever
Healthy Desserts
10:30 – Farm-to-Table Market Display
A model farmer’s market showcasing the many wonderful things one could do with the variety of foods offered through the farm-to-Table Program. I.e. Juice tastings, Squash processing, Kale chips, and Kimchi.
11:00 – Workshop session #2
Food as Medicine w/ Sandra Lory
Winter Herbs for Immunity and Respiratory Protection w/ Amy Goodman-Kiefer
Healing our Communities through Food w/ Dan Stein
12:00 – Lunch
Reaping what we Sow. The Fruits of our Labor.
Dessert talk w/ Erica Campell, Farm to Plate
1:00 – Panel Discussion: Farming in a Changing Climate, Facilitated by Brian Van Hoy
George Gross, Dog River Farm, Berlin, VT
Dave Hartshorn, Hartshorn Farm, Waitsfield, VT
Martin Kemple, Two Rivers Farm, Montpelier, VT
1:45 – Wrap-up, evaluations, and surveys
Golden Garlic Award & Farmer Appreciation Award
2:00 – Departure
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