Title: Food and Environment Working Group

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Section/SPIG: Environment

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Save the Date for the APHA Food and Environment Working Group DC Food System Tour and Networking Reception!

D.C. Food System Tour: Saturday Oct 29, .2011, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• On the D.C. Food System Tour, we will make several stops, including a local urban farm, the Farm at Walker Jones (http://wjfarm.wordpress.com/). The Farm at Walker Jones is a emerging urban farm that serves the great kids, families and neighbors of Walker Jones Education Campus, a D.C. Public School. We will learn about these programs, check out compost piles, and learn about urban bee keeping.  On another stop, we will learn from D.C.-based policy experts about local food systems policy at the federal level; advocacy, and grassroots involvement; and the latest on Farm Bill reauthorization.
• Tickets will go on sale later this month for the tour, so stay tuned. Announcements will be posted via The APHA Food and Environment Working Group's listserv and on https://www.facebook.com/APHA.food.and.environment

APHA Food and Environment Working Group Networking Reception: Tuesday, Nov 1, .2011, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

• To RSVP for the reception, please email apha.fewg@gmail.com and include "2011 Reception" in the subject line.