Time Session Details

7:45-8:25 AM GATHERING — Latchis Theatre Lobby Registration, continental breakfast

8:30-10 AM PLENARY 2: Reconnecting Farmers, Eaters and Healthy Communities — Latchis Main Theatre Frances Moore Lappé — author of Diet for a Small Planet and EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want; founder of the Small Planet Institute; Judy Wicks — author of Good Morning, Beautiful Business: The Unexpected Journey of an Activist Entrepreneur and Local-Economy Pioneer; founder of the White Dog Café, Philadelphia; co-founder of Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), as well as founder of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia and Fair Food. Tone-setting moment by Erica Wheeler, The Soulful Landscape.

10 – 10:25 AM BREAK Refreshments in Latchis Theatre Lobby

10:30 AM – NOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SLOW DEMOCRACY, SLOW GOVERNMENT: Creating more resilient communities — Marlboro Graduate Center 1 Northeast George Putnam, president and CEO, Yankee Farm Credit; Susan Clark, author of Slow Democracy

COOPS: New models for cooperatives — Marlboro Graduate Center Room 2 East Roger Allbee, former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, moderator, Regina Beidler, Organic Valley Cooperatives; Brent Raymond, International Trade Manager for the State of Vermont and EB5 Director; Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Coops Association

Story of place — Holstein Association Conference Room (via Marlboro 3 bridge) Kate Stephenson, Yestermorrow Design/Build School; Bill Reed, Regenesis Group

NOON – 1:35 PM NETWORKING LUNCH at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, Main Street Farm-fresh local food — Sponsor exhibit tables open — Book table featuring books by Summit authors, presented by Everyone’s Books of Brattleboro. LUNCHTIME SESSION 12:30-1:30: The Pursuit of Happiness Walk, presented by Paula Francis, Inspired Consultation, and Linda Wheatley, Gross National Happiness USA. Pick up your lunch at the River Garden, take it to the KeyBank conference room, two doors north on Main Street, where this session will take place!

3:15 – 3:40 PM BREAK Refreshments in Latchis Theatre Lobby

3:45 – 5:15 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Measuring Vermont’s Well-Being — Marlboro Graduate Center 1 Conference Room Tom Barefoot, vice president, Gross National Happiness USA; Kate Jellema, Marlboro College Graduate School

Slowing down to the speed of nature — Marlboro Graduate Center 1 North Ivan McBeth, shamanic and druidic teacher

COOPS: Cooperatives are Slow — Latchis 4 Maggie Cohn, Cooperative Fund of New England; Alex Gyori, Brattleboro Food Coop; Regina Beidler, Organic Valley; Margaret Atkinson, Green Mountain Spinnery

5:30 – 7:00 PM NETWORKING RECEPTION at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden Heavy hors d’oeuvres; beverages compliments of Crop Organic Vodka and Farmers Organic Gin

7:00 PM FARM ART OPENING RECEPTION: At The Works Bakery Café, Main Street — featuring John Nopper’s photographs of Vermont’s organic farming pioneers, with food and drink compliments of The Works

7:00 PM TRANSITION: Intentional Conversation for Transition Organizers — with Simon Dennis, Susal Stebbins and Tina Clarke. At the Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main Street.

8:00 PM ECSTATIC DANCE: Led by Ivan McBeth and Fearn Lickfield, shamanic and druidic teachers, at Marlboro College Graduate Center 2 East