International Gleaning Symposium

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About

The International gleaning Symposium is a project of the Association of Gleaning Organizations. The goal of the International Gleaning Symposium is to bring together leaders of gleaning organizations from across North America. We seek to convene thought leaders from organizations who do urban and on-farm gleaning. Whether your organization is new or old, large or small, we want you to spend time connecting and learning with us. By strengthening the capacity of organizations across North America, we hope to strengthen the communities you work in and reduce food loss worldwide. Organizations gleaning efforts, and individuals of any size, from any region, and with any level of experience are encouraged to attend.

Day two of the Symposium is limited to members of The Association of Glenaning Organizations. Membership is available to anyone working in the gleaning movement. If you are not a member please join here.

Agenda

Tuesday, May 25rd, online at Inevents (all times are eastern time)

11:30 am - 12:00 pm	Check-in: Coffee and Networking
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Welcome- Association of Gleaners Board Chair
12:10 pm - 1:10 pm	Keynote Julia Dundorf - Executive Director - New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Room 1 1:15 p m - 2:15 pm	No Food Left Behind: Maximizing Farm Resources and Edible Food Rescue - Leigh Prezkop, World Wildlife Fund
Room 2 1:15 p m - 2:15 pm	Food Safety Billy Mitchell -FSMA Training Coordinator - Local Food Safety Collaborative
Room 1 2:30 pm - 3: 30 pm	Gleaning Platform Comparison: How to manage all that data? Dick Yates- Glean Web, Theresa Snow- Vermont Gleaning Collective, Nichole Fields- Concrete Jungle
Room 2 2:30 pm - 3: 30 pm	Gleaning and Labor Law Claire Child - Vermont Law School, Rachel Armstrong- Executive Director -Farm Commons
Room 1 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm	Grant-Writing for Newbies: Some Key Tricks of the Trade Anne Lezak
Room 2 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm	Non-Profit Best Practices Erica Horn- Founder- Glean Kentucky
4:50 pm - 5:15 pm	Closing Remarks- AGO Board
5:15 pm- 6:15 pm	Networking Event/ Cocktail Hour BYOB

Wednesday, May 26th, online at Inevents (all times are eastern standard time)

12:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Network meeting/2020 Gleaning Census- Shawn Peterson- AGO

Room 1

1:30 p m - 2:30 pm

Scaling up From all Volunteer to Staff -

David Laskarzewski -UpRoot Colorado, Gallagher, Paisley - Kitsap Harvest, Elizabeth Howard - Bella Coola Valley

Room 2

1:30 p m - 2:30 pm

Gleaning and Climate Change

EPA

Room 1

2:45 pm - 3: 45 pm

Partnering to Create a More Sustainable Gleaning Organization?
Nicki Ross- Table to Table, Aubrey Alvarez - Eat Greater Des Moines, Carter Oswood -Feed Iowa First

Room 2

2:45 pm - 3: 45 pm

Food Bank Gleaning in Southwestern PA

Lori Diefenbacher- Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Room 1

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

Fundraising 101
Heather Keisler Fornes-Portland Fruit Tree Project

Room 2

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Backyard Harvesting Case Study: How gleaning during COVID-19 changed and improved the way Food Forward works

Samantha Teslik and Dory Bennett- Food Forward