Tag: #futureoffood

James Beard Foundation Full Use Kitchen Lab Success

March 10, 2019

Wow, what an amazing day facilitating the James Beard Foundation Full Use Kitchen Lab on March 1st! Over 30 participates gathered together at the Florida International University Chaplin School of Hospitality, where we spoke about reducing food waste in our culinary labs. Then the participates got to work in the kitchen producing dishes with food items that would normally end up in the garbage (unnecessarily) and items that could go for a second run. It was incredible to see the over achievers make so many creative flavorful dishes. Thank you again to James Beard Foundation for seeing the value and importance in culinary education, to Florida International University for hosting the event in their beautiful campus, and Morton Salt and the Rockefeller Foundation for their sponsorship. And a very special THANK YOU to Emily Rothkrug, Impact Programs Manager – Education at James Beard Foundation.

Thank you FIU for providing a beautiful facility & kitchen.
Team collaboration
Stir Fry
Stock from scraps
Chef Vicky Colas
Zero Waste!
Allyce Perret-Gentil & I
JBF Florida Chefs reunite
Meghan & I
Meghan & Bob
Amazing Dishes!

 

©MarkPoucherPhotography

Food, Advocacy & Passion Bring Florida Chefs Together

December 25, 2018

The amazing Robert Rauschenberg Residence on Captiva Island, FL was the home for 3 days to 13 Chefs from all over Florida this October; brought together by the James Beard Foundation Impact Programs.  Honored and humbled to have been one of the chefs selected to this amazing group. We talked, discussed, got frustrated, listened, cooked and ate together with hopes of making a difference in our world of food to help our community. We hope to continue the momentum and with our leading efforts will inspire those around us. Extremely grateful to the James Beard Foundation and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

New friends
Working hard
My view
Teamwork
Robert Rauschenberg

 

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New friendships!

Photos by ©MarkPoucherPhotography

2018 Food Tank Summit in New York

October 7, 2018

This week I was in New York for the 2018 Food Tank Summit at the NYU Tishman Auditorium Vanderbilt Hall. Three big take aways from the impressive line up of speakers for me were, one, we know there are numerous issues surrounding our food system and the food movement is growing and addressing all sides. Every effort is helping to connect the dots and all these dots adds up to make a difference. Two, Marion Nestle mentioned “the root cause of our food issues is over production, we need a new food system” – agreed! She also went on to say, “Vote with your fork,  Vote with your VOTE” whichever side you are on; VOTE. Three, when working on an a food issue address it with solutions,  results and not just relating to financial results but include the community and environmental impact as well.

 

Sustainability​ Education through Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture & Unilever sponsorship

April 15, 2018

Unilever unveiled its vision on Sustainable Nutrition during a Unilever dinner with top executives from all major grocery retailers this past January, at the FMI midwinter conference. They invited me to make a short presentation & speak during the interactive dinner regarding the impact their sponsorship in the Stone Barns Teacher Institute on sustainability was having on our local high school students and our community. There was only time for me to speak for a few minutes and unfortunately wasn’t able to share my Prezi presentation, but I wanted to share it here for everyone to see the importance of sustainability education and the immense impact it has on our community. Stone Barns Teacher Institute 2017 Prezi By Ana Plana @StoneBarns @UnileverUSA #Sustainability #impactyourcommunity #educatingyouth #sustainbleeducation #futureoffood #makeadifference